Planned system outage: A number of IT systems will be temporarily unavailable on 7 March 2026 from 10am–6pm AEDT due to scheduled maintenance. 

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Planned library system outage: Access to library e-resources - including all e-books and e-journals - will be impacted by a system upgrade on Wednesday, 18 February 2026 from 8AM - 12PM AEDT / 10AM - 2PM NZDT.

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The college will be closed from 2pm (AEDT) on Wednesday 24 December 2025 until Monday 5 January 2026. We wish you a happy and safe festive period.

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Opportunities to engage with FPM

We’re building a diverse and engaged volunteer community and welcome people who want to contribute their time, skills and expertise. Explore volunteer opportunities with the Faculty of Pain Medicine and discover how you can support our work across education and training, standards of practice, research and advocacy, helping to strengthen pain medicine across Australia and New Zealand.

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Current opportunities

Director of Professional Affairs – FPM Professional Affairs (0.4 FTE, paid)

The Faculty of Pain Medicine (FPM) is seeking expressions of interest for the role of Director of Professional Affairs – FPM Professional Affairs (0.4 FTE). Applications close Sunday 22 March 2026. 

Learn more or submit your application to the CEO. For confidential enquiries and a copy of the position description, please contact Dr Vanessa Beavis. 

Director of Professional Affairs – FPM Education (0.2 FTE, paid)

The Faculty of Pain Medicine (FPM) is seeking expressions of interest for the role of Director of Professional Affairs – FPM Education (0.2 FTE). Applications close Monday 16 March 2026. 

Learn more or submit your application to the CEO. For confidential enquiries and a copy of the position description, please contact Dr Vanessa Beavis. 

CPD officer - FPM

FPM fellows interested in continuing professional development (CPD) are invited to get in touch about the role of FPM CPD officer. 

Learn more or submit your EOI (with a copy of your CV) to FPM by March 27 2026.

FPM representative on the APS Pain in Childhood SIG Executive

We're seeking expressions of interest from members with a professional or research interest in paediatric pain to be the FPM representative on the Australian Pain Society's Pain in Childhood Special Interest Group (SIG) Executive.

Please submit your EOI to FPM by 27 March 2026 or learn more.

DDG member - PG03 Major regional analgesia

We are seeking expressions of interest from fellows to participate in the review of the following professional document:

PG03 Major regional analgesia: the review of PG03 Guideline for the management of major regional analgesia and accompanying background paper PG03BP. We are seeking fellows with particular interest, experience, or expertise in this area.

Serving as a Document Development Group (DDG) member provides a valuable opportunity to contribute to the safety and quality of care for patients.

If you are interested in being nominated for the DDG, please email us for further information.

Accreditation reviewers

We’re seeking expressions of interest from FPM fellows (with at least three years of fellowship) to become accreditation reviewers. 

Contact the FPM team for more information or to apply. 

CPD Emergency response activity development

We’re looking for fellows to help develop a new procedural CPD emergency response activity on ‘Early recognition and management of acute neurological complications in procedures’

Please contact the FPM team for more information or to register your interest.

Curriculum reference reviewer - ETA seven

FPM is seeking expressions of interest from pain fellows with an interest in headache and orofacial pain to review and update reference lists for essential topic area (ETA) seven. 

Learn more, or contact Kathryn Rough, Research Librarian, or Janet McConville, FPM Education Development Lead to apply.

SIMG assessor

We’re seeking expressions of interest from FPM fellows (with at least three years of fellowship) to join interview panels assessing specialist international medical graduates in pain medicine. Fellows who have completed the SIMG process are especially encouraged to apply. 

Contact the SIMG team to learn more or apply.