Locum ENT Consultant Surgeon with specialist interest in Paeds Otology

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in London is seeking a Locum ENT Consultant Surgeon with an interest in Paediatric ENT and/or Paediatric Otology. This role offers a structured position with the potential to transition to a permanent role. Full-time work is required, with salaries ranging from £109,725 to £145,478 per year. Candidates must be registered on the GMC Specialist Register and possess substantial clinical experience. The position is based at Homerton University Hospital.

Qualifications

• Registered on GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining it.
• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates and junior/senior medical staff.
• Understanding the principles of clinical governance.

Responsibilities

• Consultants will have a continuing responsibility for the care of patients.
• Take responsibility for the management of Junior Medical Staff.
• Contribute to the teaching and assessment of undergraduates and junior doctors.

Skills

Communication skills

Teaching experience

Management skills

Research knowledge

Education

Higher degree - BSc, MS, MD, PhD or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to invite applications for a Locum ENT Consultant Surgeon with a subspecialty interest in Paediatric ENT and/or Paediatric Otology. This is a fixed-term post until July 2026, developed in response to current service needs within our well-regarded ENT department. While initially offered on a fixed-term basis, there is funding in place and a possibility that the post may progress to a substantive position, subject to future Trust approval. The closing date is 12 October 2025.

Main duties of the job

The provisional job plan is equivalent to 10 programmed activities (PAs) and is detailed in the schedule enclosed in the job description. This will be subject to review as part of the annual job planning process, to be undertaken within 12 months of appointment. Please note that elements of the timetable may be subject to change due to a Trust-wide reconfiguration of the theatre schedule, following the opening of the new Elective Surgical Centre. These changes will be managed in accordance with service requirements and the Trust's job planning policy.

About us

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated care trust which provides hospital and community health services for Hackney, the City and surrounding communities. The Trust provides a full range of adult, older people\'s and children\'s services across medical and surgical specialties. The Trust operates acute services from a single site: Homerton University Hospital, which opened in 1986. Based on an aggregation of ratings across all core services, the hospital has been rated by Care Quality Commission as \'Outstanding\'. The hospital has almost 500 beds spread across 11 wards, a ten-bed intensive care unit and maternity, paediatric and neonatal wards. Community services are provided by staff working out of 75 partner sites in Hackney and the City of London. The trust has a separate registration to provide continuing health care at the Mary Seacole Nursing Home. The hospital has three day-surgery theatres and six main operating theatres for all types of general surgery, trauma and orthopaedics, gynaecology, maxillofacial, urology, ENT, obesity, bariatrics and obstetrics. We also have a surgical treatment room within the main theatres complex.

Job responsibilities

Consultants will have a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and for the proper functioning of their departments. Consultants will undertake administrative duties associated with the care of their patients and the running of their clinics or department. All Consultants are expected to assume responsibility both singly and corporately for the management of the Junior Medical Staff. In particular, they are expected to be responsible for approving and monitoring junior staff rotas and junior staff locum arrangements, where appropriate. The successful applicant will be expected to participate fully in the medical audit arrangements. Consultants are also expected to concern themselves with the professional development of their trainees and allied health professional colleagues. All Consultants have a responsibility to contribute to the teaching and assessment of undergraduates and of junior doctors. Consultants are expected to continue with all aspects of professional development to allow successful appraisal and revalidation.

Please view job description for full details of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• HIGHER DEGREE - BSc MS MD PhD or EQUIVALENT.

Registration

• REGISTERED ON GMC SPECIALIST REGISTER OR WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF OBTAINING IT AT THE TIME OF THE INTERVIEW.
• POST CCT FELLOWSHIP OR NHS CONSULTANT EXPERIENCE.

Specialty/Sub-specialty

• SUBSPECIALIST TRAINING IN OTOLOGY / PAEDIATRIC ENT.
• BROAD-BASED GENERAL PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN ADULT +/- PAEDIATRIC ENT.
• POST-CCT OTOLOGY OR BALANCE FELLOWSHIP TRAINING POST.

Training and Teaching

• EXPERIENCE OF TEACHING AND TRAINING UNDERGRADUATES, POSTGRADUATES AND JUNIOR / SENIOR MEDICAL STAFF.
• TRAINING THE TRAINERS COURSE OR EQUIVALENT TEACHING QUALIFICATION.

Management and Audit

• UNDERSTANDING THE PRINCIPLES OF CLINICAL GOVERNANCE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS.
• ABILITY TO WORK AS AN EFFECTIVE MEMBER OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM.
• EVIDENCE OF SERVICE AUDIT, DESIGN OR CHANGE MANAGEMENT.
• AUDITS AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT WORK.

Research/Publications

• KNOWLEDGE OF RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.
• TRAINING IN RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.

Personal Skills

• ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH CLARITY AND INTELLIGENTLY IN WRITTEN AND SPOKEN ENGLISH.
• EXPERIENCE OF TELEPHONE CLINICS AND/OR VIRTUAL CLINICS.
• EVIDENCE OF CCG OR PRIMARY CARE COLLABORATION.
• EVIDENCE OF ROTA DESIGN OR JOB PLANNING EXPERIENCE.

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 CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Address

HOMERTON HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Salary

£109,725 to £145,478 a year (pro rata)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

293-Consultant-369-A

Job locations

HOMERTON HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST