Job requirements
Essential
29 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Personal
Agreement to live within 15 miles of the Trust or within reasonable access by car
- Personal
Car owner with a full driving licence
- Professionalism
Enthusiasm and commitment to the specialty
- Management Skills
Awareness of NHS organisation and core values of NHS
- Management Skills
Understanding of the management responsibilities of NHS consultants
- Management Skills
Participation in a management training course
- Knowledge/Research
Commitment to CPD and requirements of clinical governance, research and audit
- Knowledge/Research
Regular attendance at Audit meetings
- Knowledge/Research
Ability to supervise audit projects
- Legal Requirements
Inclusion on the Specialist Register or eligible for inclusion within 6 months of interview date
- Legal Requirements
Full registration with the GMC
- Legal Requirements
Primary medical qualification
- Legal Requirements
FRCA or equivalent
- Skills & Abilities
Excellent communication skills – both oral and written.
- Skills & Abilities
Effective teaching skills
- Skills & Abilities
Ability to organise and prioritise workload and to delegate responsibility and supervise staff.
- Skills & Abilities
Ability to motivate and inspire a multi-disciplinary team and work sensitively within teams and across organisations
- Skills & Abilities
Involvement and evidence of implementation of service development and managing change in a healthcare setting
- Skills & Abilities
Leadership skills- ability to take responsibility, show leadership and make decisions
- Skills & Abilities
Awareness of NHS organisation and core values of NHS
- Skills & Abilities
Understanding of the management responsibilities of NHS consultants
- Skills & Abilities
Participation in a management training course
- Experience & Knowledge
Clinical training and experience equivalent to a UK CCT in Anaesthesia.
- Experience & Knowledge
Comprehensive core and emergency anaesthetics experience within the NHS or UK healthcare system.
- Experience & Knowledge
Proven capability in the multi-disciplinary assessment and management of chronic pain using a biopsychosocial model.
- Experience & Knowledge
Training and competence in interventional pain management procedures.
- Qualifications & Training
Completed approved training programme in Anaesthesia or equivalent
- Qualifications & Training
Completed approved training programme / advanced sub-speciality training in Chronic Pain Management or equivalent
- Qualifications & Training
Evidence of appropriate CEPD
Desirable
16 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Professionalism
Membership of appropriate societies
- Management Skills
Evidence of leadership training or qualification
- Knowledge/Research
A proven track record in self- directed research
- Knowledge/Research
Publications in peer reviewed journals
- Knowledge/Research
Recent personal involvement in audit
- Legal Requirements
Advanced Life Support qualification
- Legal Requirements
Qualification in Paediatric Life Support
- Legal Requirements
FFPMRCA Qualification or equivalent
- Skills & Abilities
Computer and IT skills
- Skills & Abilities
Educational qualification or working towards
- Skills & Abilities
Experience of supervision of other staff
- Skills & Abilities
Understanding of principals of Clinical Governance
- Skills & Abilities
Evidence of leadership training or qualification
- Experience & Knowledge
Post-CCT experience or advanced fellowship training in specialized pain interventions or major surgical anaesthesia
- Qualifications & Training
Full log book summary
- Qualifications & Training
Management or leadership Training or qualification
Job overview
We are looking for dynamic and enthusiastic individuals to join our department as part of a busy DGH hospital on the Fylde Coast.
This post is due to be vacant following an upcoming retirement from the chronic pain management service.
The successful candidate will provide high-quality, evidence-based clinical care, dividing their time between general/elective anaesthesia and comprehensive outpatient chronic pain services, working closely with a multidisciplinary team (MDT)
Supported by 21 Consultants (2 with specialist interest in Chronic Pain Management), 3 Middle Grades and 4 Anaesthetic Associates.
Supported by currently 41 Trainees.
1 in 16 on call rota.
Responsibility to provide general and obstetric anaesthetic services whilst on call/ out of hours.
Operating lists in ENT, Major Head and Neck Cancer, Dental surgery, Ophthalmology, Trauma, Orthopaedics, General surgery, Breast Surgery, Urological Surgery Including Nephrectomy, Maternity, Gynaecology, Colorectal Surgery including robotic surgery, Benign upper GI surgery.
Paediatric surgery held weekly on Thursdays.
Preoperative assessment, Cardiopulmonary exercise testing.
Acute and Chronic pain service with outpatient clinics and procedure lists
Implantable Continuous Venous Access devices.
Main duties of the job
Clinical
10 PA contract
- PA for on call
- Core SPA
- Clinical PAs to include 0.5 PA for admin, pre and post op visiting
- clinical days per week 8am to 6PM
There is flexibility to increase clinical PA if desired.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please ensure you read the Job description and Person Specification attached to the advert in full before applying.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Consultant in General Anaesthetics and Chronic Pain Management with Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Blackpool, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Anaesthesia and Intensive Care role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 pa. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 11 Nov 2026.
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