Consultant Otolaryngologist

Bolton Nhs Foundation Trust; Farnworth; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a full-time ENT consultant to join a team of surgeons delivering otology, rhinology, benign head & neck and laryngology services. The post emphasises general ENT work with advanced rhinology and facial plastics, based at Royal Bolton Hospital in Farnworth.

You will participate in planning and development of the ENT service, contribute to MDT work, teach and assess juniors, and share on-call duties within a 1:9 rota across the Trust.

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in planning, development and delivery of the ENT service for the department
• Function as a member of the ENT team and contribute to multi-disciplinary team work
• Participate in the consultant on-call rota with additional cover during colleagues' absence
• Promote high professional standards of clinical care through direct patient care, audit and CPD
• Take part in teaching and assessment of junior staff in ENT
• Develop links with General Practitioners and meet service priorities within resources
• Undertake administrative duties and ensure leave arrangements; share on-call duties among consultants
• Cover the hospital and drive service development for ENT at Royal Bolton Hospital and associated sites

Job description

Full time 10 PA's per week. Permanent post. The post holder will join a team of ENT surgeons who provide a range of subspecialty services including otology, rhinology, benign head & neck and laryngology. The post holder will primarily perform general ENT work with advanced patient care specialising in Rhinology and Facial plastics.

• Actively participate in the planning, development and delivery of the ENT service for the department
• Function as a member of the ENT team and contribute to multi-disciplinary team work
• Participate in the consultant on-call rota with additional cover during colleagues absence
• Assume a continuous commitment for the care of patients and ensure adequate arrangements are made for leave and off-duty periods
• Promote high professional standards of clinical care for patients through direct patient care, systematic audit and by the maintenance of continuing professional development
• Take an active role in the teaching, training and assessment of junior staff including Specialist Registrars, Core Trainees, Foundation Programme Trainees and GP Trainees in ENT
• Develop close links with local General Practitioners
• Develop specialist elements of the service in order to meet priorities within available resources
• Undertake administrative duties involved with the care of their patients, Actively participate in the planning, development and delivery of the ENT service for the department
• Function as a member of the ENT team and contribute to multi-disciplinary team work
• Participate in the consultant on-call rota with additional cover during colleagues absence
• Assume a continuous commitment for the care of patients and ensure adequate arrangements are made for leave and off-duty periods
• Promote high professional standards of clinical care for patients through direct patient care, systematic audit and by the maintenance of continuing professional development
• Take an active role in the teaching, training and assessment of junior staff including Specialist Registrars, Core Trainees, Foundation Programme Trainees and GP Trainees in ENT
• Develop close links with local General Practitioners
• Develop specialist elements of the service in order to meet priorities within available resources
• Undertake administrative duties involved with the care of their patients
• On-call commitments would be shared equally between all 5 consultants. Each consultant has a fixed on-call day during the week. Bolton NHS Foundation (BFT) operates a joint weekend on-call rota (Friday to Monday AM) with Preston Hospital and this currently enables a 1:9 (this frequency can change in future)
• Junior doctor cover on call is provided by F1 doctor and the F2 / CT trainee on call. The Specialty doctors/registrar also participate in shared weekend on call cover along with cover during the weekdays. This means the consultant on-call has middle grade assistance for both weekdays and over the weekend. Bolton NHS Foundation Trust was formed in 2008 and, in 2011, we became an integrated provider with community health services joining the trust. Covering a catchment area that also incorporates parts of Bury, Wigan and Salford, we deliver hospital and community based services from the Royal Bolton Hospital in Farnworth and from 20 health centres across Bolton, to a catchment population of 310,000+ people.
• The Royal Bolton Hospital is a major hub within Greater Manchester for women's and children's services and is the busiest single ambulance-receiving site in Greater Manchester. We're structured in four clinical divisions - Community Services, Families and Diagnostics, Medicine, and Surgery and are led by a Board of Directors. As an NHS Foundation Trust we're accountable to our members and have a Council of Governors to represent the views of patients, public, staff and partners. Buildings, names and models of care have changed over the centuries, but one thing has remained constant and is prevalent among our 6,718 staff members: the enduring commitment to providing the best health and care for the people of Bolton.