NHS Consultant in Pain Medicine (+/- Anaesthesia)
Join the NHS Consultant in Pain Medicine (+/- Anaesthesia) role at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust and contribute to a holistic pain management service that combines outpatient and inpatient care with a multidisciplinary team of clinical psychologists, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and healthcare assistants.
Responsibilities
* Provide a consultant service within a multidisciplinary pain team for patients with chronic pain.
* Ensure personal knowledge of and compliance with Trust and departmental protocols.
* Maintain high quality of patient care with minimal risk and enhance patient satisfaction with informed consent following GMC guidelines.
* Help deliver effective services within the agreed budget.
* Co‑operate with other departments and agencies to meet the objectives of the Pain Services, Anaesthetic and Critical Care Departments.
* Maintain the highest clinical standards in the management of patients.
* Promote new ways of working and co‑ordinating care for patients in the hospital and community, ensuring that services are based on effective and integrated partnerships across the health community.
* Take part in multidisciplinary case discussions and meetings.
* Work with the multi‑professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines in collaboration with the clinical lead.
* Develop and maintain good working practices within wards, outpatients and A&E.
* Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues in tertiary centres, community services and primary care.
* Provide training, supervision and career development to junior doctors and career grade.
Vacant Details
Senior level: Mid‑Senior level. Employment type: Full‑time. Job function: Health Care Provider. Industries: Hospitals and Health Care.
About the Trust
The Trust offers a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community‑based services to about 331,000 people across West and North Norfolk, North Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire. With 530 beds across 33 wards, we pride ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit.
Future Development
We are building a new state‑of‑the‑art hospital to open in 2031/32 and undertaking our most ambitious digital transformation, replacing paper‑based records with an electronic patient record (EPR) from 2026.
Contact
For further details or informal visits please contact: Dr. Ben Fox, Anaesthetist & Divisional Director for Surgery, Email: benjamin.fox@qehkl.nhs.uk, Tel: 01553 613419.
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