Locum Consultant in Head and Neck Surgery

NHS; Halifax, Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Locum Consultant in Head and Neck Surgery. The role demands independence in general ENT surgery and offers an opportunity for collaboration with a multidisciplinary team. Candidates should have appropriate UK GMC registration, clinical experience, and a passion for teaching. The position includes responsibilities like clinical governance, MDT presentations, and potential for tailored practice. This is an excellent opportunity to make a significant impact in patient care within a supportive healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Experience of clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff.
• Demonstrate ability to manage high pressure situations in clinical settings.
• Willingness to participate in audit and research projects.

Responsibilities

• Independently perform general ENT surgeries focusing on head and neck.
• Participate in MDTs and manage complex cases with tertiary partners.
• Tailor practice to include various disciplines of ENT surgery.

Skills

Clinical experience in ENT

Training in clinical supervision

Effective communication skills

Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team

Leadership skills

Education

Registered with the General Medical Council

Relevant Higher Degree

Specialist registration for ENT

Job description

Locum Consultant in Head and Neck Surgery

The closing date is 01 January 2026

Locum Consultant in Ear, Nose & Throat with specialist interest in Head and Neck Surgery.

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

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be expected to be independent in general ENT surgery with a focus on head and neck and management including benign disease and two week wait fast track referrals. There is an opportunity to tailor your practice to include other disciplines of ENT surgery.

The Head and Neck Cancer and Thyroid service works as part of the tertiary group with Bradford and Leeds Teaching Hospitals. Weekly MDTs take place where complex activity is referred to our tertiary partners. The post holder will need to be able to work with such teams at a high level to ensure patient care and transition is smooth.

About us

At Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT), we are a compassionate and dynamic team of over 6,500 staff delivering exceptional healthcare across our two hospitals—Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary— as well as in community sites, health centres, and patients' homes. Supported by nearly 150 volunteers, we provide essential services ranging from urgent and emergency care, surgery, maternity, critical care, and paediatrics to end-of-life care and diagnostic imaging.

Our community health services, including sexual health, operate in Calderdale through Calderdale Royal and local centres like Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza. This broad spectrum of services ensures we meet the diverse needs of our population, providing care where it’s needed most.

At CHFT, we are proud to have recently gained national recognition for our innovative approach to tackling some of the NHS’s most significant challenges.

At CHFT, you'll join an innovative organisation with a strong track record of success, continually striving to improve, adapt, and above all put our patients first.

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will have a job plan tailored to meet the collective needs of the individual and services provided, to include a selection or all of the following:

• Head and Neck clinics (including Fast Track)
• General Anaesthetic theatre working
• Clinical triage, advice and guidance
• SPA (1.5PA, of which 0.5PA flexible)
• MDT presentation
• Audit and Research opportunities
• Monthly Clinical Governance.

The Trust wishes to ensure that Consultants have time in their job plan to undertake Supporting Professional Activities which underpin and maintain high quality patient care. The Trust Board and Local Negotiating Committee have agreed that a Core allocation of 1.5 SPAs should be allocated to undertake CPD, appraisal, clinical supervision, audit and clinical governance, mandatory training and the general management of the service. Objectives should be agreed at the Job Plan review meeting with regards to this SPA.

Qualifications

• Applicants must be Registered with the General Medical Council and hold a Licence to Practise
• Relevant Higher Degree
• Specialist registration for ENT (or within 6 months of being admitted to the register for trainees, if currently in a training programme in the UK)

Experience and Achievements

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of the ENT specialty
• 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

Teaching and Training

• Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff.
• Training in clinical and educational supervision
• Attendance at a teaching course
• Formal qualification in teaching/education

Audit and Research

• Academic achievements/evidence of familiarity with research methods which have resulted in publications Critical Appraisal Skills
• 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

Practical/Intellectual Skills/Personal Qualities

• Evidence of continual learning and development
• Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others
• Evidence of innovation

General

• 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

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.

Address

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust