ACH Medical Leader of Complex Pain - Calgary

The Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Alberta Health Services Calgary, invites applications for the position of Alberta Children’s Hospital Medical Leader of Complex Pediatric Pain in Calgary. 

Reports to the Department Lead of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine. 

In a competent and professional manner, the ACH Medical Leader of Complex Pain will:

·       Provide medical leadership to a multi-disciplinary team at the Alberta Children’s Hospital (ACH) who provide treatment to acute and chronic pediatric pain patients.

·       The contractor is responsible to the Corridor Clinical Department Lead, through the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine’s ACH Section Chief, for clinical administration of the Pediatric Complex Pain program located at the Alberta Children’s Hospital.

·       The medical leader of the Alberta Children’s Hospital Complex Pain Program is responsible for the full scope of practice of the Complex Pain Clinic and is responsible for ensuring an outpatient service is provided for chronic and complex pediatric pain patients, including consultant coverage of outpatient pain consultations for complex, chronic and palliative pain, through existing clinic infrastructure. 

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