Job summary
- Main area
- Pain Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 426-002-25CC
- Employer
- The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- Town
- King's Lynn
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading

NHS Consultant in Pain Medicine (+/- Anaesthesia)
NHS Consultant
Job overview
The Pain Management Service offers a holistic approach, including outpatient and inpatient care, with a team comprising clinical psychologists, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and healthcare assistants.
The Consultant will provide a comprehensive service within a multidisciplinary pain team, focusing on chronic and complex pain management, with responsibilities including maintaining high patient care standards, ensuring compliance with Trust protocols, and collaborating with various departments to enhance service delivery.
Main duties of the job
To provide a consultant service within a multidisciplinary pain team for patients with chronic pain.
To ensure personal knowledge of, and compliance with, Trust and departmental protocols.
To maintain high quality of patient care with minimal risk and enhance patient satisfaction with informed consent following GMC guidelines.
To help in the delivery of effective services within the agreed budget.
To co-operate with other departments and agencies to meet the objectives of the Pain Services, Anaesthetic and Critical Care Departments.
Maintain the highest clinical standards in the management of patients.
Promote new ways of working and co-ordinating care for patients in the hospital and community and to ensure that services are based on effective and integrated partnerships across the health community.
Take part in multidisciplinary case discussions and meetings.
Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines working closed with the clinical lead.
Develop and maintain good working practices within wards, outpatients, and A&E.
Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues in tertiary centres, community services and primary care.
To provide training, supervision and career development to junior doctors and career grade.
Working for our organisation
There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2031/32 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.
Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.
At the QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across West and North Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.
We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
- FRCA or its recognised equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Other professional qualification or higher degree e.g., in medical education, clinical research or management.
- Fellow of the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists FFPMRCA or equivalent.
- Membership of appropriate professional organization e.g. IASP, British Pain Society, FIPP or EFIC
Entry Criteria
Essential criteria
- Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council.
- Meets the criteria set out in the Specialist generic capabilities framework – detailed in the person specification
Desirable criteria
- Entry on GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) at time of interview
Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and experience of working in the National Health Service
- Advanced training and experience in pain medicine or equivalent
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
- Dr Ben Fox
- Job title
- Anaesthetist & Divisional Director for Surgery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01553 613419
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