Locum Consultant in Pain Medicine- special interest in Pediatric Pain
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 11 Awst 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £105,504 - £139,882 per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 10 Medi 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Leicester, LE5 4PW |
| Cwmni: | University Hospitals of Leicester |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7361506/358-7361506-ITA |
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A Vacancy at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.
Locum Consultant in Pain Medicine (with a special interest in Paediatric Pain management) +/- Anaesthesia
UHL is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national, and international population. We serve the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and specialist services over a much wider area.
Applications are invited for enthusiastic and highly motivated Locum Consultants in Pain Medicine with a special interest in Paediatric Pain to join our existing team atthe University Hospitals of Leicester.
The post is suitable for either single specialty; Pain Medicine or those dual trained in Anaesthesia, please contact to discuss potential job plans.
Our specialist services within pain medicine include Paediatric Chronic Pain, Facial pain clinics, Pelvic pain clinics, combined clinics with Drug de-addiction Specialist, sessions in LOROS for complexcancer pain and a successful Pain Management Programme. We liaise strongly with Integrated Care Board (ICB) and the Clinical Programme Innovation Group (CPIG) to deliver the needs of our Primary care. II
This is a full time post for 12 months, many of our previous post holders have preceded to a substantive position within the Trust.
· Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients.
· To share with colleagues responsibility for the day-to-day management of patients.
· To promote new ways of working and co-ordinating care for patients in the community and to ensure that services are based on effective and integrated partnerships across the health community.
· Take part in multidisciplinary case conferences.
· Supervise and train junior medical staff
· To be involved in appraising and assessing juniors.
· Teaching, research and administration.
· To proactively develop the service.
· To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
· high-quality care for all,
· being a great place to work,
· partnerships for impact, and
· research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
· we are compassionate,
· we are proud,
· we are inclusive, and
· we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
The overriding purpose is to support the provision of highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.
• To conduct pain clinics and perform specialised interventional pain management procedures.
• To support the Pain department in delivering high quality elective and emergency theatre sessions and provide flexibility to support the service.
• Responsibility for the provision of a safe and efficient anaesthetic service for elective theatres at UHL including preoperative assessment and perioperative care, should the candidate express and interest in anaesthetic theatre sessions ( Duel trained only)
• To work flexibly to support the workload and cover for colleagues' annual leave and other authorised absences.
• To participate in service development and business planning in collaboration with the other Consultants in the department, the CMG and local GPs and commissioners within the local CCGs;
• Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff including the observance of local employment and human resource policies and procedures;
• Participating in medical audit, the Trust’s Clinical Governance processes and in CPD – CPD is provided in job plans and attendance at audit and other governance meetings is mandatory; Managerial, including budgetary responsibilities where appropriate and compliance with standing orders and standing financial instructions of the Trust.;
• In line with GMC Good Medical Practice it is the responsibility of the post-holder to ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard, and in accordance with current quality initiatives within the area of work.
• The post-holder is expected to participate in teaching and training of junior staff undergraduate students, and other clinical staff groups. The appointee will also have supervision responsibilities for junior medical staff within the specialty. If appropriate the post-holder will be named in the contract of junior staff as the person responsible for overseeing their training and as an initial source of advice to such doctors regarding their careers.
• The post-holder is expected to participate in professional continuing medical education; study leave is provided for this purpose.
• The post-holder will be expected to undertake the Trust Corporate and Directorate specific Induction and competency Programmes appropriate to role.
• The post-holder will be required to maintain their continuing professional development (CPD) to be able to successfully revalidate. As per the Trust requirement the successful candidate will be required to have annual appraisal and attend / keep fully up to date with statutory and mandatory training as stipulated.
This advert closes on Monday 25 Aug 2025
Locum Consultant in Pain Medicine (with a special interest in Paediatric Pain management) +/- Anaesthesia
UHL is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national, and international population. We serve the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and specialist services over a much wider area.
Applications are invited for enthusiastic and highly motivated Locum Consultants in Pain Medicine with a special interest in Paediatric Pain to join our existing team atthe University Hospitals of Leicester.
The post is suitable for either single specialty; Pain Medicine or those dual trained in Anaesthesia, please contact to discuss potential job plans.
Our specialist services within pain medicine include Paediatric Chronic Pain, Facial pain clinics, Pelvic pain clinics, combined clinics with Drug de-addiction Specialist, sessions in LOROS for complexcancer pain and a successful Pain Management Programme. We liaise strongly with Integrated Care Board (ICB) and the Clinical Programme Innovation Group (CPIG) to deliver the needs of our Primary care. II
This is a full time post for 12 months, many of our previous post holders have preceded to a substantive position within the Trust.
· Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients.
· To share with colleagues responsibility for the day-to-day management of patients.
· To promote new ways of working and co-ordinating care for patients in the community and to ensure that services are based on effective and integrated partnerships across the health community.
· Take part in multidisciplinary case conferences.
· Supervise and train junior medical staff
· To be involved in appraising and assessing juniors.
· Teaching, research and administration.
· To proactively develop the service.
· To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
· high-quality care for all,
· being a great place to work,
· partnerships for impact, and
· research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
· we are compassionate,
· we are proud,
· we are inclusive, and
· we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
The overriding purpose is to support the provision of highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.
• To conduct pain clinics and perform specialised interventional pain management procedures.
• To support the Pain department in delivering high quality elective and emergency theatre sessions and provide flexibility to support the service.
• Responsibility for the provision of a safe and efficient anaesthetic service for elective theatres at UHL including preoperative assessment and perioperative care, should the candidate express and interest in anaesthetic theatre sessions ( Duel trained only)
• To work flexibly to support the workload and cover for colleagues' annual leave and other authorised absences.
• To participate in service development and business planning in collaboration with the other Consultants in the department, the CMG and local GPs and commissioners within the local CCGs;
• Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff including the observance of local employment and human resource policies and procedures;
• Participating in medical audit, the Trust’s Clinical Governance processes and in CPD – CPD is provided in job plans and attendance at audit and other governance meetings is mandatory; Managerial, including budgetary responsibilities where appropriate and compliance with standing orders and standing financial instructions of the Trust.;
• In line with GMC Good Medical Practice it is the responsibility of the post-holder to ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard, and in accordance with current quality initiatives within the area of work.
• The post-holder is expected to participate in teaching and training of junior staff undergraduate students, and other clinical staff groups. The appointee will also have supervision responsibilities for junior medical staff within the specialty. If appropriate the post-holder will be named in the contract of junior staff as the person responsible for overseeing their training and as an initial source of advice to such doctors regarding their careers.
• The post-holder is expected to participate in professional continuing medical education; study leave is provided for this purpose.
• The post-holder will be expected to undertake the Trust Corporate and Directorate specific Induction and competency Programmes appropriate to role.
• The post-holder will be required to maintain their continuing professional development (CPD) to be able to successfully revalidate. As per the Trust requirement the successful candidate will be required to have annual appraisal and attend / keep fully up to date with statutory and mandatory training as stipulated.
This advert closes on Monday 25 Aug 2025