About this fellowship

Supervisor: Dr John Williams, Lead Clinician for Pain Management

Length: Six month post, extendable to two years subject to satisfactory internal review

Eligibility: Open to all post-fellowship anaesthetic ST7 registrars who wish to develop a further interest in pain management and research

Time commitment: The post will include pain research work, clinical work within the pain team, pain clinic experience, access to pain clinics in other trusts, and an additional on-call commitment based in Sutton. This would add up to an average 48-hour week

Opportunities: Specific opportunities include, but are not limited to, those described in the job description, and as below:

• Attend pain control ward rounds and outpatient clinics and lead discussions about the patient’s diagnosis and treatment options, including research-based treatments
• Be involved in education for pain clinic nursing staff
• Involvement in the pain research/Clinical Database to introduce and evaluate the database in clinical practice
• Recruit to an RCT evaluating the implementation of a new pain pathway for patients undergoing major abdominal surgery

For more details, please contact the Fellowships team