Locum Consultant in Pain Medicine- special interest in Paediatric Pain

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 at the 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 complex cancer 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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Pradeep Ingle Job title: Lead for Pain Medicine Service, LGH Email address: Pradeep.ingle@uhl-tr.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0116 258 2853

For Further Details / Informal Visits Contact

Dr Jonathan Greiff, Head of Service, LGH

Email: jonathan.greiff@uhl-tr,nhs.,uk

Tel: 0116 258 4661