# Consultant in Pain and Anaesthesia

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- **Town:** Nottingham
- **Region:** Midlands
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- **Grade:** Consultant
- **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent: Pain and Anaesthesia
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 10 sessions per week (2 week rotations)
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-22T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-01T09:52:30.194Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Nottinghamshire/Nottingham/Nottingham_University_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Pain_Management/Pain_Management-v7889193
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7889193?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.nuh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

*******PENDING COLLEGE APPROVAL*****

We are looking to recruit into 2 Substantive Consultants positions for the Pain Management and Anaesthesia service at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

These positions will complement an existing medical team of 4 Consultants and 1 Nurse Consultant.

- Position 1 comprises of a 10 programmed activities (PAs) job plan each week across Chronic Pain and Anaesthetics.   These include 8 DCCs and 2 SPAs.

- Position 2 comprises of 9 programmed activities (PAs) job plan across Chronic Pain. These include 7.5 DCC and 1.5 SPAs.

There are no on-call commitments.

Pain Management sessions include Out-patient clinics, Operating Sessions in the Day Surgery Unit.

As a patient-centred, clinically led organisation we expect our clinical partners to participate in care-pathway development, research, audit and teaching. The successful applicant will be allocated a mentor and be given time to understand the processes of the department.

### Main duties of the job

*******PENDING COLLEGE APPROVAL*****

The appointees will be expected to fulfil the following duties with the agreed Job Plan.

Clinical

- Provision with Consultant colleagues of a comprehensive elective service.
- Clinic and theatre numbers would be in keeping with the guidelines.
- Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and the proper functioning of the department.

The successful candidate will be expected to comply with all relevant policies relating to administration of patient care. This includes working to set timescales for the triage of referrals, following the specified process for the management of patients that do not attend (DNA) their appointment or admission, and the completion of all paperwork deemed necessary to support the management of their patients within agreed timescales. Consultants are also expected to work with other partners, clinical service managers, nurses and consultant colleagues to manage their caseload in a flexible way, to ensure clinical, national and local priorities, such as maximum waiting times for referral to treatment, are achieved.

These duties are subject to review from time to time in the light of the changing requirements of the service. If alterations to the described duties are required these will be mutually agreed between the appointee, his/her Consultant colleagues, and the Trust.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further details

For further details / informal visits, contact : Dr M Fernandez , Consultant Pain Medicine . Head of Service and Clinical Lead. Email: \[email protected\]

## Job Details

*******PENDING COLLEGE APPROVAL*****

We are looking to recruit into 2 Substantive Consultants positions for the Pain Management and Anaesthesia service at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

These positions will complement an existing medical team of 4 Consultants and 1 Nurse Consultant.

Position 1 comprises of a 10 programmed activities (PAs) job plan each week across Chronic Pain and Anaesthetics. These include 8 DCCs and 2 SPAs.

Position 2 comprises of 9 programmed activities (PAs) job plan across Chronic Pain. These include 7.5 DCC and 1.5 SPAs.

There are no on-call commitments.

Pain Management sessions include Out-patient clinics, Operating Sessions in the Day Surgery Unit.

As a patient-centred, clinically led organisation we expect our clinical partners to participate in care-pathway development, research, audit and teaching. The successful applicant will be allocated a mentor and be given time to understand the processes of the department.

## Job Description

*******PENDING COLLEGE APPROVAL*****

The appointees will be expected to fulfil the following duties with the agreed Job Plan.

Clinical

Provision with Consultant colleagues of a comprehensive elective service.

Clinic and theatre numbers would be in keeping with the guidelines.

Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and the proper functioning of the department.

The successful candidate will be expected to comply with all relevant policies relating to administration of patient care. This includes working to set timescales for the triage of referrals, following the specified process for the management of patients that do not attend (DNA) their appointment or admission, and the completion of all paperwork deemed necessary to support the management of their patients within agreed timescales. Consultants are also expected to work with other partners, clinical service managers, nurses and consultant colleagues to manage their caseload in a flexible way, to ensure clinical, national and local priorities, such as maximum waiting times for referral to treatment, are achieved.

These duties are subject to review from time to time in the light of the changing requirements of the service. If alterations to the described duties are required these will be mutually agreed between the appointee, his/her Consultant colleagues, and the Trust.

## Responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further details

For further details / informal visits, contact : Dr M Fernandez , Consultant Pain Medicine . Head of Service and Clinical Lead. Email: \[email protected\]

## Person Specification

### Management Skills

**Essential**

- Able to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery.
- Able to delegate appropriately
- Able to work in a team

**Desirable**

- Experience of change management

### Practical Requirements

**Essential**

- Ability to travel between City Hospital Campus and Queen’s Medical Centre campus

### Personal Skills/Qualities

**Essential**

- Able to work flexibly in a changing health service
- Able to use the Trust’s IT support systems

### Professional Registration

**Essential**

- Full GMC registration
- Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register
- CCT expected within 6 months of interview date

### Clinical Skills/Experience

**Essential**

- Evidenced technical skills as described in the job description
- Able to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, their families and other health professionals.

**Desirable**

- Specific training in patient safety and/or human factors

### Teaching, Audit & Research

**Essential**

- Evidence of participation in Clinical Audit. Able to teach and support junior staff effectively.

**Desirable**

- Original Research
- Publications
- Higher teaching degree or qualification or training

### Professional Qualifications/Development

**Desirable**

- Higher professional degree

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