ConsultantFixed Term

ENT Locum Consultant

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Good

Liverpool

Salary

£109,725 – £145,478

Training post

Unknown

Trust type

Teaching

Posted

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About the role

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust wishes to appoint a locum Consultant ENT Surgeon (full time 10 PA) to support the services of the department. The Trust hosts the centralised and regional head and neck surgical oncology service for Cheshire and Merseyside.

The post is for 12 months initially with the possibility of limited extension. The appointee is expected to support the present team and to contribute to the development of services within the ENT Department. Applicants are required to hold the fellowship of a Royal College of Surgeons (UK) or recognised national equivalent qualifications, and be fully registered with the General Medical Council. It will be expected that the incumbent contributes to the department’s active teaching and training programme, at both post-graduate specialist-registrar level and nurse specialist level.

ENT Locum Consultant

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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This is a locum appointment of a Consultant ENT Surgeon (Full time10 PA). The appointee is expected to complement the skill mix of the existing Head and Neck/ Airway-Voice team.

The appointee will participate in the on-call rota for daytime emergencies and for out-of-hours cover (including weekends and bank holidays), based at Aintree University Hospital. The daytime on-call rota is currently 1:16 consultant-of-the-week (COTW), based at Aintree University Hospital. Elective work for the individual consultant during the COTW is suspended.

Out-of-hours on-call has 0.5 DCC PAs and a 3% on call supplement.

The provisional timetable is based on a 10 PA job plan including 1.5 supporting PAs, and is subject to change.

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Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust wishes to appoint a locum Consultant ENT Surgeon (full time 10 PA) to support the services of the department.

The post is for 12 months. The appointee is expected to support the present team and to contribute to the development of services within the ENT Department. Applicants are required to hold the Fellowship of a Royal College of Surgeons (UK) and to be fully registered with the General Medical Council. It will be expected that the incumbent contributes to the department’s active teaching and training programme, at both post-graduate specialist-registrar level and nurse specialist level.

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Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.

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Person specification

Essential

Ability to use Microsoft office packages, e.g., word, excel, access & PowerPoint. Ability to use patient information systems.
FRCS (ORLHNS) (or equivalent)
MBBS (or equivalent)
Full registration with the GMC and licence to practise (or eligible for)
Eligible for specialist register in Otolaryngology
Broad experience in ORL-HNS
Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on all ORL-HNS problems
Evidence of continuing medical education.
Experience of teaching to medical and nursing staff and other disciplines
Understanding of NHS management structures and the principles of Clinical Governance
Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
Willingness to participate in management activities
Understanding of financial arrangements in the NHS
Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures.
Experience working in a busy tertiary centre and within multidisciplinary teams (e.g, Thyroid, Head and Neck, Skull Base)
Thorough understanding of the principles of clinical audit.
Publication of audit results.
Understanding principles of research
Proven track record in research.
Publication of research.
Ability to cope with stressful situations and undertake responsibility / able to work under pressure
Demonstration of good communication skills and leadership qualities
Ability to work as part of a multi professional team
Ability to organise own time. Punctuality, Initiative.

Desirable

CCT in ORL-HNS (or equivalent training) or within 6 months of attaining one at time of interview
Experience managing rhinology or otology patients.
Patients in Rapid Access Clinics or 2-Week Wait service
Airway and voice experience
Running and managing courses/ conferences
Attendance of leadership, management, advanced communication courses
Evidence of audit submitted for publication/ peer review.
Evidence of awarded higher degree e.g., PhD

Motivated to develop new services.