Job summary

This is an innovative and expanding department. A Service that encourages ideas for development and uses the best evidence based practice. The multidisciplinary team offers a full range of Pain Management interventions ranging from seminars, groups, individual sessions/treatment; and Pain Management Programmes. The service is predominately on one site but works closely with neighbouring Pain Services.

There are currently 2 Pain Consultants, 2 Clinical Psychologists, 3 Non Medical Prescribers, 2 Senior Physiotherapists, 4 Nurses and 4 admin support. We also support trainees from various professional bodies. The team work closely together on various pathways: Headache/Facial; Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome; Pelvic Pain; Self-Management; Amputation; Fibromyalgia; Neuromodulation (SCS); flare Up; Opioid reduction; medical intervention. Team members are also part of various regional, national and international societies.

We are committed to being a great place to work, and great place to train and a great place to receive care. As a large organisation we offer exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.

We have a simple philosophy: Time Matters. Time matters for our patients, their families and our staff. By focusing on time, we can remove unnecessary stress and frustration - giving our patients a better experience and to make sure you have more time to care and make the most of your skills.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will:

• Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients.
• To 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.
• Offer support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• To share with colleagues responsibility for the day to day management of patients.
• To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and Audit.

About us

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provides hospital and community health care . We serve a wide geographical area with a population approaching 800,000 residents. We deliver care services from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals, high street clinics and in patients' own homes. We have nearly 10,000 staff, with an annual budget of over £650 million. We are the largest NHS organisation in the East Anglia.

We are building for better care with an exciting capital development programme across our sites - totalling £100million over the next five years.

We are building a new elective orthopaedic centre for ESNEFT at Colchester Hospital. It will be one of the biggest centres in the country and will ensure we can retain complex and low volume cases locally for the people we serve.

We are also now building a £7million specialist interventional radiology and cardiac angiography unit at Colchester.

At Ipswich we are investing £35million in a new Emergency Department and co-located Urgent Treatment Centre, with additional diagnostic imaging kit (MRI and CT). There's a £5.3million molecular diagnostic laboratory soon to open at Ipswich, and works begins soon for a new Breast Care Centre and a Children's Unit.

We would like you to help us provide the best care and experience for the communities we serve in east Suffolk and north Essex. You can find out more about us on our website.