Locum Consultant in Pain MedicineNHS

Job summary

As a Locum Consultant in Pain Medicine, you will join one of the UK's few dedicated specialist pain centres, based in our purpose-built Pain Management Centre on Cleveland Street. Working alongside a team of experienced consultants and a wide multidisciplinary group of psychologists, physiotherapists, nurses and trainees, you will help patients with complex, persistent and cancer-related pain conditions improve their symptoms and quality of life.

You will have close links to neurology, neurosurgery and other specialist teams, within a Trust known internationally for world-class research and education. If you are a skilled, compassionate consultant looking to develop your career in a nationally recognised, forward-thinking service, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

You will deliver outpatient pain clinics and interventional procedures to a consultant standard, working within a large interdisciplinary team to provide coordinated, evidence-based care for patients with complex pain. You will actively contribute to multidisciplinary and departmental meetings, supervise and support trainees and students, and take part in audit, quality improvement and research relevant to your specialist interests. Strong communication, leadership and organisational skills are essential, along with the ability to build effective working relationships across a busy, multi-professional service.

You will be expected to maintain your own professional standards through CME, appraisal and job planning, and to bring a genuine commitment to patient safety, teaching and service improvement.

Job description

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

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• UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.

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About us

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:o University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)o National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgeryo Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitalso University College Hospital Grafton Way Buildingo Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicineo University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centreo The Hospital for Tropical Diseaseso University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.