Staff Specialist - Pain Management

Description:

We are looking for a Staff Specialist in Pain Management! The primary purpose of the role of Staff Specialist in Pain Medicine is to provide high quality diagnostic and consultative specialty services in Pain Management, and to participate in teaching, research, quality improvement and administrative activities within the Department of Anaesthetics and Pain Management and Hospital as required.

Pain Management services at Concord Hospital are highly diversified services within a continuity of care model. Services range from collaboration with Preadmission Clinic in preoperative pain management and analgesic planning, perioperative pain management, specialised burn pain management, a close integration between acute and chronic pain service delivery, transitional pain management and specialised service for veterans in collaboration with the National Centre for Veterans’ Healthcare. The Pain Clinic is accredited toward training with the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) and has an active research program.

The Staff Specialist will ensure a high standard of professional performance and encouragement of an academic environment which supports education, research and professional development.

The successful applicant will be registered, or eligible for registration, with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), and Fellowship of the Pain Medicine Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FFPMANZCA) and/or other equivalent specialist recognition as provided for in the NSW Staff Specialists (State) Award.