Consultant ENT surgeon with interest in Thyroid & Benign Head & Neck

NHS; Romford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is seeking a Consultant ENT surgeon specializing in Thyroid and Benign Head & Neck. This role involves extensive clinical responsibilities, including performing outpatient services and surgeries, alongside teaching and leading within a multidisciplinary team. Join a dynamic department focused on innovation, patient care, and professional growth.

Benefits

State-of-the-art facilities

Opportunities for professional growth

Dedicated support from specialists

Qualifications

• Relevant GMC specialist registration or proposed date within the next 6 months.
• High level of clinical experience and competence in ENT.
• Commitment to teaching and personal development.

Responsibilities

• Deliver outpatient clinics, perform surgical procedures, and provide post-operative care.
• Participate in Head & Neck MDT meetings.
• Contribute to teaching and mentoring junior doctors.

Skills

Clinical Governance

Teaching

Surgical Expertise

Multidisciplinary Teamwork

Education

GMC specialist registration via CCT/CESR

Job description

Go back Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Consultant ENT surgeon with interest in Thyroid & Benign Head & Neck

The closing date is 03 August 2025

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Consultant in Head & Neck Surgery with a specialistinterest in Thyroid and Benign Head & Neck to join our dynamic and innovative ENT team. Our departmentprovides a comprehensive, high-quality ENT service to a population of over 750,000 and is recognised as aleading centre for Head & Neck Surgery.This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a multidisciplinary team that includes specialists in Otology,Rhinology, Endocrinology, Maxillofacial Surgery and Radiology. You will play a key role in deliveringoutpatient clinics, diagnostic services, and surgical interventions, with a focus on Thyroid, Benign Head &Neck, and cancer pathways.We are looking for some with substantial experience in Thyroid & Benign Head & Neck Surgery who has theability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team and lead service improvements.

Main duties of the job

Outpatient Services - Deliver outpatient clinics at Queen's Hospital and peripheral sites, including theweekly Neck Lump Clinic.

Surgical Expertise - Perform benign and diagnostic cancer Head & Neck procedures, thyroid surgeries, and routine ENT operations. Manage complications and provide post-operative care.

Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Involvement - Active participation in Head & Neck MDT and Thyroid MDT meetings to ensure high-quality, collaborative patient care.

Clinical & Educational Leadership - Contribute to teaching, training, and mentoring junior doctors, as wellas supporting clinical governance and service development.

On-Call Commitment - Participate in the emergency ENT on-call rota, providing specialist input whenrequired.

Extensive organisational and management experience at the Cancer Alliance level, with a proven trackrecord in optimising cancer pathways is desirable along with strong teaching and mentoring background,with experience in supervising junior doctors and trainees.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures; we've opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.Our patients are benefitting from our Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.The majority of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.

Job responsibilities

Why Join Us?State-of-the-art facilities, including narrow band imaging (NBI) for early cancer detection, CO Laser, 4Kmicroscopes, and advanced endoscopy in theatres.Dedicated support from Audiology, Speech & Language Therapy, and Head & Neck Cancer NurseSpecialists.

Opportunities for professional growth in a teaching hospital environment with a strong focus on research,innovation, and service development.If you are a committed, forward-thinking surgeon with expertise in Head & Neck Surgery and a passion forteaching and service improvement, we would love to hear from you.

Apply now to join our thriving ENT department and contribute to our reputation for excellence!

Person Specification

Experience and Qualification

• GMC specialist register via relevant CCT/CESR or proposed date within next 6 months
• Participation in audit and clinical governance
• High level of clinical experience and competence in ENT
• Commitment to and experience of teaching
• General training in all aspects of adult and paediatric ENT
• Demonstrate continued professional and personal development

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust