Consultant in Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust in Huddersfield is inviting applications for an Ear, Nose and Throat Consultant to join a team alongside five other consultants and a wide range of Specialty Doctors, Registrars, Nurses and Audiologists. The post is a full-time 10PA role with outpatient clinics, operating lists and MDT attendance.

The successful candidate will focus on general ENT clinics and theatres, including paediatrics, and cover on-call sessions with support from Specialty

Qualifications

• Must be on the General Medical Council Specialist Register, or within six months of entry for trainees in the UK, and hold a Licence to Practise.
• Experience in ENT surgery and running outpatient clinics is desirable.
• Flexibility to work across theatres and clinics and participate in on-call duties.

Responsibilities

• Provide ENT services in general clinics and theatre lists.
• Participate in MDT meetings and cross-cover with colleagues.
• Lead/participate in development of ENT services and governance activities.

Skills

ENT surgery

General ENT clinics

On-call duties

Education

GMC Specialist Register / CESR pathway

Job description

An opportunity has arisen to join the ENT team . Applications are invited for an Ear, Nose and Throat Consultant to join Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust alongside five other consultants and numerous Specialty Doctors, Registrars, Nurse Practitioners and Audiologists.

The is a full time, 10PA role consisting of outpatient clinics, operating lists, MDT attendance

The successful candidate will be working as an ENT Consultant concentrating on general ENT clinics and theatres, including paediatrics and covering the Consultant on-call sessions supported by the Specialty Doctors and Registrars.

Applicants must be on the General Medical Council Specialist Register, or within six months of being admitted to the Register for trainees, if in a training programme within the UK or be in the process of completing the CESR pathway. Applicants must continue to hold a Licence to Practise.

The post holder will build and utilise governance links beyond the organisation, for example West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT) Network to ensure high quality care is provided to patients., Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has comprehensive facilities for the diagnosis, care and treatment of ENT disease. The successful candidate will be expected to provide ENT services in conjunction with colleagues and will contribute to the development of ENT services.

The trust is committed to changes in theatre timetabling to encourage more efficient use of resources, and is actively looking to pursue the provision of evening and weekend sessions as part of routine working.

The post requires a flexible attitude to working practices, managing patients in partnership with other consultant colleagues and professional staff, and making the best possible use of resources put at the disposal of the department. This may require negotiated changes of duties and time-tabled sessions from time to time. All Consultants have a responsibility to liaise with their colleagues in order to co-ordinate their individual activities to ensure the clinical service operates effectively and effectively.

The post holder will have 1.5 SPAs allocated in the first instance; of this 1.5 SPA, 0.5 SPA will be flexible in the job plan.

Post-holders who wish to undertake and develop an ENT research portfolio will negotiate reasonable SPA time to enable research development., The Divisional Director is Mr William Ainslie, Consultant General Surgeon and the Director of Operations is Mr Tom Strickland.

Each Directorate has a Clinical Director who is supported by an operational team with finance, personnel and Informatics support.

The Surgery and Anesthetics Directorate includes:

• Anesthetics - Critical Care
• Anesthetics - Operating Services
• General Surgery & Specialist Surgery
• Head and Neck
• Trauma and Orthopaedics

The Head and Neck Directorate includes; Ophthalmology, Orthoptics, Optometry, Ear Nose and Throat, Head and Neck Cancer, Oral Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery and Audiology.

CHFT is a digital trust and therefore the successful post-holder will need to be comfortable in navigating a computer. This is an essential requirement.

ENT is part of the Head and Neck Directorate of the Division of Surgery and Anaesthetics. Each Division has a Divisional Director who is supported by a Director of Operations, along with finance, personnel and information technology support. Within the Division there are 5 Directorates.