Locum Consultant Otolaryngologist

NHS; North East; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is looking for a Consultant in paediatric ENT to deliver high-level care in clinics and operating theatres. The role emphasizes teaching and education, requiring GMC registration and significant clinical expertise. This fixed-term position offers a competitive salary and commitment to flexible working arrangements, suitable for a candidate dedicated to advancing their career in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Commitment to education and research

Qualifications

• Registered medical practitioner with entry onto GMC Specialist Register.
• Experience in a tertiary paediatric ENT service.
• Evidence of continuing personal and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist expertise in paediatric ENT clinics and operations.
• Ensure effective communication with healthcare professionals.
• Contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

Skills

Clinical experience in adult and paediatric ENT

Ability to manage paediatric airway patients

Teaching and supervising junior medical staff

Education

Primary Medical Qualification

Full GMC Registration

FRCS ORL HNS or equivalent

Job description

Job summary

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.

This is a fixed term locum post, to commence on 29 September 2025 until 14 November 2025. The post will be based at the Great North Children's Hospital.

In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Main duties of the job

Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on, or eligible to join, the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Mr Steven Powell, Clinical Director via email at [e-mail].

About us

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Details Date posted

01 August 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£109,725 to £145,478 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 weeks

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

317-LCON-25-186

Job locations

ENT Specialty - FH

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE7 7DN

Job description Job responsibilities

Clinical:

• To provide specialist expertise in paediatric otorhinolaryngology by providing paediatric ENT clinics, paediatric ENT operating and daytime on-call responsibilities at the Great North Childrens Hospital
• Specialist skills in managing paediatric airway patients, paediatric voice and laryngeal clinic are essential

Administrative:

• To ensure communication with other healthcare professionals occurs in an effective and timely manner.
• To develop an appropriate managerial role to assist with the running of the department

Teaching:

• To contribute to the undergraduate and postgraduate otorhinolaryngology teaching programmes.

Job description Job responsibilities

Clinical:

• To provide specialist expertise in paediatric otorhinolaryngology by providing paediatric ENT clinics, paediatric ENT operating and daytime on-call responsibilities at the Great North Childrens Hospital
• Specialist skills in managing paediatric airway patients, paediatric voice and laryngeal clinic are essential

Administrative:

• To ensure communication with other healthcare professionals occurs in an effective and timely manner.
• To develop an appropriate managerial role to assist with the running of the department

Teaching:

• To contribute to the undergraduate and postgraduate otorhinolaryngology teaching programmes.

Person Specification Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills Essential

• Primary Medical Qualification
• Full GMC Registration & License to practice in UK
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC)
• FRCS ORL HNS or equivalent
• Experience in a tertiary paediatric ENT service

Desirable

• Higher Degree

Clinical Experience Essential

• Clinical experience and expertise in the generality of adult and paediatric ENT, both elective and emergency
• Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty
• Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality
• Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre
• Evidence of continuing personal and professional development
• Knowledge & appreciation of the core legal, ethical and political issues which govern medical practice

Desirable

• Ability to introduce innovative service developments for the benefit of patients

Management and Administration Experience Essential

• Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty
• An understanding of Clinical Governance

Desirable

• Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals
• Evidence of leadership / project management
• Evidence of having implemented change
• Experience in developing and implementing new technologies

Teaching Essential

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff
• Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
• Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills

Desirable

• Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills
• Postgraduate qualification in medical education

Research Essential

• Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings
• Research/critical review of literature
• Publications in the last five years

Desirable

• Higher degree

Audit Essential

• Evidence of participation in audit

Desirable

• Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit
• Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement

Personal Attributes Essential

• Alignment with the Trust's values
• Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
• Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce
• A commitment to personal / unit CPD
• Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota
• Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work

Person Specification Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills Essential

• Primary Medical Qualification
• Full GMC Registration & License to practice in UK
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC)
• FRCS ORL HNS or equivalent
• Experience in a tertiary paediatric ENT service

Desirable

• Higher Degree

Clinical Experience Essential

• Clinical experience and expertise in the generality of adult and paediatric ENT, both elective and emergency
• Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty
• Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality
• Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre
• Evidence of continuing personal and professional development
• Knowledge & appreciation of the core legal, ethical and political issues which govern medical practice

Desirable

• Ability to introduce innovative service developments for the benefit of patients

Management and Administration Experience Essential

• Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty
• An understanding of Clinical Governance

Desirable

• Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals
• Evidence of leadership / project management
• Evidence of having implemented change
• Experience in developing and implementing new technologies

Teaching Essential

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff
• Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
• Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills

Desirable

• Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills
• Postgraduate qualification in medical education

Research Essential

• Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings
• Research/critical review of literature
• Publications in the last five years

Desirable

• Higher degree

Audit Essential

• Evidence of participation in audit

Desirable

• Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit
• Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement

Personal Attributes Essential

• Alignment with the Trust's values
• Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
• Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce
• A commitment to personal / unit CPD
• Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota
• Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

ENT Specialty - FH

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE7 7DN

Employer's website

https://careers.nuth.nhs.uk/why-us (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

ENT Specialty - FH

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE7 7DN

Employer's website

https://careers.nuth.nhs.uk/why-us (Opens in a new tab)