Pain/Anaesthetic Consultant NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Job overview

The Pain Service at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is offering the opportunity for the correct candidate to be appointed to the substantive role of Consultant in Chronic Pain and Anaesthesia , including acute pain.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 420,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care to a wider area covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

AAC Interview Date: 9th July 2025 – AM

Main duties of the job

The candidate will be expected to work across both sites depending on the needs of the service. The job plan will include 10 Programmed Activities with a 1 in 12 on call commitment, which will work out as 1:12 weekends and 1:3 fixed weekday, delivered at St Helier Hospital. The job plan will include 3.5 PAs in Chronic pain and 0.625 PA in acute pain. The job plan includes 1.5 SPA for core mandatory training/governance in pain and anaesthetic, with an additional 0.5 SPA for mentoring and guidance under a senior supervisor for 12 months. The successful candidate must be dedicated to the pursuit of excellence, always placing the patient first.

AAC Interview Date: 9th July 2025 – AM

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Hold a medical qualification registered with the GMC
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register or within six months of obtaining CCT/CE SR or equivalent Completion of 12 months
• Completion of 12 months of Pain SIA or equivalent
• EPALS / APLS training

Desirable criteria

• FFPMRCA – Fellow of the Faculty of Pain Medicine Royal College of Anaesthetists
• Additional paeds/obs experience beyond Stage 3 experience
• Special interest in regional anaesthesia

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria

• Broad range of experience of anaesthesia for elective, emergency surgery for patients of all ages
• Competent in doing pain injections/blocks

Desirable criteria

• Advanced airway management skills

Management and Administrative

Essential criteria

• Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate trainees
• Ability to teach clinical skills

Desirable criteria

• Experience of supervising junior doctors
• nstructor status in ALS/ APLS / EPLS or other similar courses

Research Experience

Essential criteria

• Ability to contribute to change management
• Ability to critically review research

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrate involvement in Audit

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria

• Ability to be flexible to meet the demands of the departmen
• Ability to communicate with patients and relatives

Desirable criteria

• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities to local, regional or national levels

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