General Practitioner With An Extended Role In Ent
Calderdale And Huddersfield Nhs Foundation Trust
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Job summary
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a General Practitioner with ENT experience to join our multidisciplinary team as a GPwER in ENT. This part-time, Specialty Doctor scale role offers flexible working and opportunities to shape ENT services across the region while remaining in primary care.
The post provides a supportive, digitally advanced environment with mentoring and opportunities for professional development.
Qualifications
- Registered with the General Medical Council and hold a Licence to Practice.
- MRCGP or equivalent.
Responsibilities
- Assess and treat patients referred with ENT conditions.
- Triaging of referrals and providing Advice & Guidance.
- Provision of ENT clinical interventions (e.g. micro-suction, flexible nasal endoscopy, audiology).
- Support primary care colleagues in ENT management.
Skills
Education
Job description
Are you a GP with some ENT experience and a desire to take your skills further in a flexible, multi-disciplinary team? We're looking for motivated GPs to join our ENT colleagues at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) as General Practitioners with an Extended Role (GPwER) in ENT.
This opportunity allows you to continue working in primary care whilst helping shape a more integrated approach to ENT care across our region.
- Up to 2.5 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week (1 PA = 4 hours)
- Outpatient clinics (typically two per week)
- Referral triage and Advice & Guidance
- Primary care education, clinical supervision and liaison with LMCs
- Participation in ENT clinical governance and up to 0.5 SPA for development
Ability to increase PAs dependent on successful applicants availability and service need.
Whether you're looking to broaden your clinical experience, develop a special interest alongside your GP work, or play a role in improving how ENT care is delivered for your patients -- we'd love to hear from you. CHFT is nationally recognised for innovation in elective care delivery and offers a supportive, digitally advanced environment to grow your career.
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is committed to excellent patient care and professional development within a modern health service. Our Trust brings a culture of safety, teamwork, and innovation across a wide range of primary and secondary care settings.
- Part-time salaried role on the Specialty Doctor scale (from £5,917 to £23,850, depending on experience and time commitment)
- No on-call or emergency duties
- Supportive team and structured mentoring
- Flexible working alongside your existing primary care role
Date posted: 14 October 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Specialty Doctor
Salary: Depending on experience £59,175 - £95,400 per annum pro rata (dependent on experience)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 372-SURG-MD209
Job locations: Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, Acre Street, Lindley, Huddersfield, HD3 3EA, United Kingdom
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 as follows:
- Assessment and treat patients referred with ENT conditions
- Triaging of referrals received by CHFT as well as providing Advice & Guidance
- Provision of a range of clinical interventions (e.g. micro-suction, flexible nasal endoscopy, audiology, etc.)
- The knowledge to signpost patients to other support services, including local and national patient support groups
- Support and train primary care colleagues in ENT management
- Provide remote support (e.g. telephone/email advice)
- Collaborate with other GPwERs and local ENT teams
- Help shape integrated ENT pathways across primary and secondary care
- Develop management guidance for common ENT conditions
- Contribute to joint training sessions for GPs, nurses and wider MDT
- Applicants must be Registered with the General Medical Council and hold a Licence to Practice
- MRCGP or equivalent
- MRCS ENT or equivalent
- Other higher degree (PhD, Masters)
- Demonstrate clinical experience and competence in ENT specialty - minimum 6 months ENT experience in a rotational post or equivalent (although please note CHFT offers the opportunity to train successful candidates)
- Understanding current issues within ENT and the future direction of the specialty
- Understanding current issues within the wider NHS
- Attendance at a recognised management course
- Shows ability to work with and lead others across professions
- Training in clinical and educational supervision
- Attendance at a teaching course
- Formal qualification in teaching/education
- Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff.
- Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects
- Good communication and empathy skills with patients
- Evidence of willingness to participate in a multi-disciplinary team environment to provide an integrated service
- Ability to work as a member of a team, both through communication and sharing workload
- Ability to manage high pressure situations e.g. clinical crisis
- Ability to prioritise and organise workload and co-ordinate staff
- Ability to integrate the care of a patient by many and various other clinical staff
- Willingness to work flexibly to deliver clinically effective and cost effective healthcare
- Evidence of continual learning and development
- Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others
- Digital Competence
- Evidence of innovation
- Eligibility to work in the UK
- Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
- For areas requiring EPP Clearance (Exposure Prone Procedures), this will also be a requirement of the health screening
- An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required with the Disclosure and Barring Service
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.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer name: Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, Acre Street, Lindley, Huddersfield, HD3 3EA, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.cht.nhs.uk
For questions about the job, contact: ENT Clinical Lead, Mr Simon Charlett, simon.charlett@cht.nhs.uk
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