# Speciality Doctor in Pain Management > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Grampian. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/speciality-doctor-in-pain-management/33b0647a-6a50-488f-9d6e-6fd06ce644be - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/speciality-doctor-in-pain-management/33b0647a-6a50-488f-9d6e-6fd06ce644be.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS Grampian - **Location:** Aberdeen Royal Infirmary - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £64,158 - £99,975 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - **Closing date:** 2026-10-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-21T12:09:03.942Z - **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=261033 - **Application URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/DecideInternalExternal/DecideInternalExternal?JobId=261033 - **Employer website:** https://www.nhsgrampian.org ## Job Content ### Job details - Job reference: 250627 - Salary: Specialty Doctor - 2022 (£64,158 - £99,975) - Job closing date: 04/10/2026 - Job Type: Medical and Dental - Location: Aberdeen Royal Infirmary - Employment type: Permanent - Hours Per Week: 40 - Job posted date: 21/09/2026 - Employer (NHS Board): NHS Grampian - Department: Chronic Pain NHS Grampian are seeking a Specialty Doctor in Pain Management to join our team in Aberdeen. The successful candidate will join an established team and will be expected to provide high quality Pain Medicine to be delivered to patients including clinical leadership and supervision of junior medical staff, ensuring the highest standards of clinical care are provided to all patients attending the hospital. The post-holder will have their own lists of patients to be seen as new patients and will also be expected to follow-up and treat patients as appropriate. The post-holder will also be expected to take over the care of some existing patients in the pain service. The existing team offer a range of treatment options for patients and there will be opportunities for the post-holder to participate in areas of their own particular interest. The team also have links with the University of Aberdeen and are active in multiple areas of research. Full registration with a licence to practise with the GMC is required. (licence to practise must be in place prior to starting in post). For more information visit www.gmc-uk.org For any enquiries please contact Dr Naomi Scott, Consultant in Pain Medicine or Dr Ravi Nagaraja, Consultant in Pain Medicine on 01224 550644. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Demonstrates experience in managing complex chronic pain patients, assessing, formulation and management within a multi-disciplinary team - Demonstrates evidence of autonomous working appropriate to specialist grade - Keeps up to date with current research and best practice in Pain Management, through appropriate continuing professional development activities and their own independent study and reflection **Desirable** - Publications relevant to pain management - Evidence of previous teaching/training experience relevant to role ### Leadership and Team Working **Essential** - Awareness of their leadership responsibilities as a clinician and demonstrates appropriate leadership behaviour - Develops effective relationships across teams and contributes to work and success of these teams – promotes and participates in both multidisciplinary and inter-professional team working - Time management skills **Desirable** - Experience of people management ### Qualifications and experience **Essential** - MB Ch B or equivalent - FRCA or equivalent - Completed advanced training in Chronic Pain - Full registration & Licence to practise with GMC (Licence to practise must be in place prior to starting in post) - Shall have completed at least four years' full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a less than full-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme or specialty registrar locum appointment for training (LAT) - Equivalent training, experience or competencies, either in the UK or overseas **Desirable** - Membership of the Faculty of Pain Medicine ### Professional knowledge and skills **Essential** - Practises with the professional values and behaviours expected of all doctors as set out in GMC Good Medical Practice and the Generic Professional Capabilities Framework - Demonstrates competences appropriate to Specialist role in Pain Management - Critically reflects on own competence, understands own limits, and seeks help when required - Communicates effectively with multidisciplinary team and is able to share decision-making with patients, promoting a person-centred approach to their care, including self-management - Respects patients' dignity, ensures confidentiality and appropriate communication where potentially difficult or where barriers exist - Demonstrates key generic clinical skills around the areas of consent, ensuring humane interventions, prescribing medicines safely and using medical devices safely - Adheres to professional requirements, participating in annual appraisal, job planning and reviews of performance and progression - Awareness of legal responsibilities relevant to the role, such as around mental capacity and deprivation of liberty; data protection; equality and diversity **Desirable** - Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills - Current driving licence ### Patient Safety and Quality Improvement **Essential** - Takes prompt action where there is an issue with the safety or quality of patient care, raises and escalates concerns, through clinical governance systems, where necessary - Collaborates with multidisciplinary and inter-professional teams to manage risk - Evidence of involvement in Audit, Clinical governance activity and quality improvement - Evidence of understanding of safeguarding of vulnerable groups **Desirable** - Evidence of leading and completion of QI and clinical governance activity ## Documents - [CI250627 - Speciality Doctor in Pain Management (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1200393&JobId=261033) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.