Specialty Doctor – Pain Management
We are seeking a Specialty Doctor in Pain Management to join our team at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust.
We would welcome applications from GPs or other Doctors with a special interest in Pain Management. Patient safety, dignity and care are the highest priority and at the centre of all that we do.
Responsibilities and Duties
* Provide high quality Pain Medicine to patients, including clinical leadership and supervision of junior medical staff, ensuring the highest standards of clinical care are delivered at the hospital.
* Maintain own lists of patients seen as new patients and follow up and treat as appropriate; if a particular treatment is not available, liaise with the consultant team to learn the new technique or transfer responsibility for care.
* Take over the care of existing patients in the pain service.
* Improve efficiency and ensure delivery of patient care based on KPIs for our current commissioned activity.
* Collaborate with clinicians and managers within and outside the department to address any issues that may affect services.
* Maintain relationships and supervision, and collaborate where appropriate with other teams across the Integrated Care Board involved in provision of Chronic Pain (e.g., Primary Care Practitioners, pharmacists, rehabilitation teams).
* Participate in relevant audit and quality assurance processes.
* Communicate with local GPs.
Working Schedule
Weekly timetable: Monday to Friday working across the Torbay and South Devon locality. Additional PAs may be available to reflect extended working day and weekend working.
Direct Clinical Care (DCC): 4 PAs per week.
Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs): 1 PA per week.
On‑Call Activity: currently no on‑call commitment.
Qualifications
Applications are encouraged from GPs or other Doctors with a special interest in Pain Management.
About the Trust
TSDFT is the first fully integrated care organisation in England; we are progressive in the way we deliver safe, high‑quality health and social care. We have a positive and vibrant working atmosphere, with good transport links to all our sites. Our commitment to staff health and wellbeing looks at supporting our staff as whole individuals, recognising their own unique set of strengths and skills.
Strong links exist with the Plymouth and Exeter Medical Schools and the South West Peninsula Postgraduate Deanery. Our catchment area covers 300 square miles and includes Torbay Acute Hospital as well as Totnes, Brixham, Newton Abbot & Dawlish Community hospitals, serving a resident population of approaching 300,000 people, plus an additional 100,000 visitors at any one time during the summer holiday season. TSDFT has 396 inpatient beds, 154 day‑case beds and 42 children’s beds. There are around 1,180 outpatient clinics and 60 community clinics held each week. The trust operates a high dependency and intensive care unit, runs 10 operating theatres, and has 34 medical and surgical inpatient wards.
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