ConsultantPermanent

Consultant ENT Surgeon Specialising in Laryngology and Voice

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Requires improvement

Peterborough

Salary

£109,725 – £145,478

Training post

No

Trust type

Foundation

Posted

3 weeks ago

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity to join our ENT team. We are looking to recruit a full time Consultant ENT Surgeon specialising in laryngology, Voice and Benign Head & Neck Surgery . The ENT department is an active and busy sub-regional ENT Centre providing ENT services for Peterborough, Huntingdon, wider Cambridgeshire, South Lincolnshire, East Leicestershire and parts of Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire. During 2023/24 a total of 20,534 outpatient attendances were recorded, 2,045 elective operations performed, and the department dealt with over 898 emergency episodes All consultation rooms are fully equipped with state-of-the-art facilities. Each room has its own microscope, Storz Telepack 2 system, flexible laryngoscopes, rigid endoscopes, suction, digital recording, and air purifying facilities. The audiology department has three audiology walk-in booths including a very large modern Paediatric booth, as well as caloric testing equipment. On the adult ENT ward there is a fully equipped treatment room with operating microscope and flexible laryngoscope, where all emergency patients are initially treated.

Consultant ENT Surgeon Specialising in Laryngology and Voice

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

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To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team and, in addition, any patients of Consultant colleagues when you are covering for annual leave.

To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.

To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional, and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trust's patients, and to contribute to future thinking about the Trust's strategic direction.

To participate fully and share leadership of the Clinical Governance of the specialty covering its Trust-wide activities. To attend Clinical Governance half-days as detailed in the Trust's Guide to Job Planning unless on agreed leave or while attending emergencies.

To actively participate in departmental audits, sharing co-ordination of audit activities within the department and implementation of change.

To participate actively in research projects both within and outside of the trust (commercial and non-commercial) and to encourage research projects amongst other members of the department.

To take an active responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training, and supervision.

Participation in 1:9 on call emergency rota.

We are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in our workforce and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, with a special focus on welcoming individuals from disabled, Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, as well as those from our local area.

In line with our dedication to employee support, we offer a variety of benefits. For more information, please see the attached staff benefits leaflet.

We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where employees feel valued and empowered to excel in their roles. Join us and become part of a team dedicated to making a positive difference in our community.

Person specification

Essential

Full GMC Registration
Entry on GMC specialist register or within 6 months of CCT
Evidence of thorough and broad training in ENT Head and Neck Surgery, with completion of a recognised training programme
Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems, both emergency and elective within the specialty
Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Evidence of advance sub-specialty interests in Laryngology and Voice Clincs, including outpatient laryngeal injection procedures
Evidence of competence and experience of appropriate independent decision making out-of-hours (when not directly supervised)
Evidence of ability to teach clinical and operative skills and experience of supervising trainees at all postgraduate levels
Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical and surgical problems
Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities, surgical waiting lists and operating lists
Recognition of the need to support the Trust in meeting national and local performance targets.
Good understanding of the principles and practice of clinical governance
Evidence of audit

Desirable

Fellowship in Benign head and neck, laryngology and phono surgery.
Completion of a clinical teacher or training course
Publications in peer reviewed journals related to the field of ENT
Evidence of ability to manage staff within the specialty at all levels
Basic IT skills