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From the employer's advert, checked 27 October 2026.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors as “Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust” (Skilled Worker). Register checked 23 October 2026.
About the job
Job summary
We are looking for dynamic and enthusiastic individuals to join our department as part of a busy DGH hospital on the Fylde Coast.
This post is due to be vacant following an upcoming retirement from the chronic pain management service.
The successful candidate will provide high-quality, evidence-based clinical care, dividing their time between general/elective anaesthesia and comprehensive outpatient chronic pain services, working closely with a multidisciplinary team (MDT)
Supported by 21 Consultants (2 with specialist interest in Chronic Pain Management), 3 Middle Grades and 4 Anaesthetic Associates.
Supported by currently 41 Trainees.
1 in 16 on call rota.
Responsibility to provide general and obstetric anaesthetic services whilst on call/ out of hours.
Operating lists in ENT, Major Head and Neck Cancer, Dental surgery, Ophthalmology, Trauma, Orthopaedics, General surgery, Breast Surgery, Urological Surgery Including Nephrectomy, Maternity, Gynaecology, Colorectal Surgery including robotic surgery, Benign upper GI surgery.
Paediatric surgery held weekly on Thursdays.
Preoperative assessment, Cardiopulmonary exercise testing.
Acute and Chronic pain service with outpatient clinics and procedure lists
Implantable Continuous Venous Access devices.
Main duties of the job
Clinical
10 PA contract
1.7 PA for on call
1.5 Core SPA
6.8 Clinical PAs to include 0.5 PA for admin, pre and post op visiting
2.5 clinical days per week 8am to 6PM
There is flexibility to increase clinical PA if desired.
Job responsibilities
Please ensure you read the Job description and Person Specification attached to the advert in full before applying.
About the employer
There is ample time within the contract to support CEPD, teaching, audit, and activities of clinical governance. Although there is some flexibility in how and where these activities take place there is a requirement that time is dedicated within the working week to demonstrate participation in these activities on the hospital site. The Clinical Director will require evidence of participation in these activities.
The total number of programmed activities is 10 but further PAs will be offered to account for the elective and emergency workload after discussion. Alternatively, the number of basic programmed activities will be reviewed.
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