NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.
This Specialist Registrar post forms part of the West of Scotland Training Programme and will provide Advanced Training in Pain Management in a 12-month program accredited by the Royal College of Anaesthetists. The post will rotate between the North and South Glasgow pain units. There will also be the opportunity for experience at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, as well as other adult hospitals in the West of Scotland. In addition, a Pain Management Programme, intrathecal cancer pain service and Spinal Cord Stimulator service operates within Glasgow, offering further training opportunities.
The Specialist Registrar will be supervised by the Regional Adviser in Pain Management. In addition, there are College tutors and Educational Supervisors in Pain Management in all the teaching hospitals on the training rotation. Quarterly assessments carried out during the 12-month programme will contribute to summative assessment, in keeping with the Faculty of Pain Medicine recommendations, and also to the ARCP interview.
Written and verbal details of the training programme may be obtained from Dr Peter Paisley, Regional Advisor in Pain Management. This training programme has been developed by the NHS Education for Scotland – West Region Postgraduate Training Committee in Anaesthesia, on which there are representatives of the Training Hospitals, University and Junior Staff. Individual trainees are required to sign a training programme agreement.
Successful completion of the 1-year post will count towards the award of the Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST). Study leave conforms to terms and conditions of service for the Specialist Registrar grade.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
The Trainee will be appointed by a Committee comprising representatives of the Postgraduate Dean, Speciality Training Committee, teaching hospitals, district hospitals, University of Glasgow, and National Panel of Specialists.
Applicants must have an MB ChB or recognised equivalent and FRCA or recognised equivalent. Applicants must currently be in a Type I training post and hold a National/Visiting Training Number and must be in either ST6 or ST7 at the commencement of the post.
Applicants from out with the West of Scotland should have the agreement of their Postgraduate Dean to retain their original training number and to return to their original deanery at the end of the year of training.
Interviews for this position will be on Monday 12th May AM.
For more information, please contact: Peter Paisley, Consultant Anaesthetist, Peter.Paisley2@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs.
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