Locum Consultant Head & Neck Surgeon | Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Maidstone is inviting applications for a Locum Consultant position in the ENT department. This role involves collaborating with other Consultants to enhance patient services and may transition into a permanent appointment. You will provide high-quality care, participate in clinical governance, and engage in teaching. The position offers flexible working hours, generous leave, and a pension scheme among other benefits. We seek individuals committed to exceptional patient care and clinical excellence.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Membership in NHS Pension Scheme

Blue Light card eligibility

Qualifications

• Must provide high standard of patient care.
• Experience in clinical governance required.
• Participate actively in audits and teaching.

Responsibilities

• Provide care to patients under your clinical responsibility.
• Participate in clinical and service developments.
• Collaborate with medical and managerial staff.
• Share leadership of clinical governance.
• Conduct departmental audits and training.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical governance

Patient care

Audit coordination

Teaching and supervision

Education

Qualified medical doctor

GMC registration

Job description

Overview

We are inviting applications for a Locum Consultant position to enhance the services of our ENT department, which currently serves approximately 560,000 patients. We are seeking a Locum Head & Neck Consultant to deliver exceptional patient care within our progressive organisation. In this role, you will be responsible for providing and developing services in collaboration with other Consultant colleagues. There is also potential for this position to become a permanent, substantive appointment.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic and innovative team comprising 7 Consultants, 9 Speciality and trust-grade doctors, fellows, speciality trainees, Nurse Practitioners, Audiologists, and a substantial team of ENT nurses, technicians, and healthcare assistants. The department also benefits from an ENT failsafe coordinator and a supportive senior management team.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team and, in addition, any patients of consultant colleagues when you are covering for annual leave.
• Participate in clinical and other service activities and developments to ensure a high standard of patient care across the Trust.
• Work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the speciality, to provide high-quality health care to the Trust’s patients, and to contribute to future thinking about the Trust’s strategic direction.
• Participate fully in and share leadership of the clinical governance of the speciality, covering its Trust-wide activities. Attend clinical governance half-days as detailed in the Trust’s Guide to Job Planning, unless on agreed leave or while attending emergencies.
• Participate actively in departmental audits, the coordination of audit activities within the department and the implementation of change.
• Take an active responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and supervision.
• Take personal responsibility for risk management in your work and undertake to review practices and learn from mistakes.
• Respond promptly and efficiently to all complaints related to any patient care you or your staff have been involved with, assisting the Trust’s corporate responsibility to reply to complaints within a specified time frame.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with agencies concerned with the provision of health and social care services and those representing the interests of patients.
• Undertake an annual appraisal leading to a personal development plan as outlined in the Trust Appraisal Policy. Collect and maintain sufficient evidence to support the appraisal process and your GMC revalidation. The appraisal will inform the study leave and job planning processes.

About the Trust

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust ranks among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and was named the second-best Trust to work for in the South East in the 2023 and 2024 NHS Staff Survey.

We are a large acute hospital trust in south‑east England, providing general hospital services and specialist care to around 600,000 residents in West Kent and East Sussex. With a dedicated and diverse team of over 8,000 staff, we are proud to offer specialised cancer services to over two million people through the Kent Oncology Centre.

Fordcombe Hospital, near Tunbridge Wells, became part of the Trust in October 2024. Specialising in planned care, it offers two operating theatres, 28 inpatient and day‑care beds, diagnostic services (X‑ray, MRI, CT, and endoscopy), and consultation/treatment rooms.

Flexible Working

We are a flexible, work‑friendly organisation. Whether it’s adjusting your hours or exploring other flexible arrangements, we want to work with you to find the best solution for you, our patients, and the Trust. Talk to us about how we can accommodate your working needs.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Membership in the NHS Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 23.7% and life assurance benefits
• Blue Light card eligibility
• And more; additional benefits can be found in the benefits documents below

Note: This advert closes on Monday 12 Jan 2026.