Job summary
- Main area
- Anaesthetics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 388-7202234-M&D
- Employer
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Torbay Hospital
- Town
- Torquay
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Pain Consultant with Anaesthetics
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
We are looking for a Consultant Anaesthetist with an interest in Pain to join our team here at Torbay Hospital.
Your time will be split approximately equally between pain medicine and anaesthetics.
You will contribute to the delivery of a quality Consultant led service in pain medicine and general anaesthesia. Your general anaesthesia commitment will include elective and on call services.
We are an innovative unit and looking for someone to join us to help take forward our pain service.
The Chronic Pain Team consists of 4 consultants and one GP wsi and is part of the Anaesthetic Department. Pain consultants work within a multidisciplinary team to deliver general outpatient chronic pain clinics, interventional pain lists and support to the inpatient pain service.
Inpatient pain services are primarily consultant and nurse delivered. There are 3 inpatient pain nurses providing a weekday service. There is a weekly inpatient consultant session.
There is close liaison between the inpatient and outpatient teams. Weekend support is provided by the general anaesthetic emergency team.
Pain clinics operate from Torbay and peripheral hospitals. We also work closely with the Royal Devon University Hospital
Main duties of the job
To provide high quality consultant delivered care to patients including clinical leadership and supervision of junior medical staff, ensuring the highest standards of clinical care are provided to all patients attending the hospital
Weekly timetable/Job plan
The clinical aspect of the job is expected to be split to deliver equal amounts of Chronic Pain and General Anaesthetics
The current anaesthetic on call rota is 1:20. Additional PAs may be available to reflect extended working days and weekend working.
Working for our organisation
Based in South Devon, with good links across Devon and further afield, working in Torbay allows you to enjoy an excellent work life balance, situations close to the coastline and the moorlands with large cities less than 40 minutes away.
We have a strong anaesthetic department, which you will be part of which has expanded in recent years with the addition of new theatres. We are a centre of excellence for day surgery and have excellent team working.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please review the attached job description for full details of the role and the main responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration
- Minimum 2 years working in NHS
- CCT Specialist Registration
Desirable criteria
- Other degree
- 3 years higher training in relevant speciality
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems.
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Ability to provide anaesthesia for the full range of DGH specialities
- Proven ability to teach clinical skills within multi-disciplinary teams applying evidence based knowledge.
Desirable criteria
- Subspecialty anaesthetic interest and expertise
- Evidence of relevant research, publications or presentations
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Andrew Gunatilleke
- Job title
- Consultant in Anaesthetics and Pain
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01803 654251
- Additional information
Will Key - Clinical Service Lead (Anaesthetics)
Heather Barlow - Senior Operational Manager
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