Locum ENT Consultant with interest in Otology and Skull Base

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent UK healthcare provider seeks a Consultant ENT Surgeon specializing in Paediatric ENT. This fixed-term role is essential for the well-regarded ENT department, with a potential to become permanent. Responsibilities include managing patient care, administrative tasks, and leading junior medical staff. Join a distinguished team contributing to exceptional healthcare services at a leading hospital noted for its quality and comprehensive medical offerings.

Qualifications

• Consultants must have a continuing responsibility for the care of patients.
• Participation in medical audit arrangements is expected.
• Assessment and teaching of undergraduates and junior doctors is required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee patient care in charge and manage departments.
• Administer duties related to patient and clinic management.
• Guide junior medical staff and handle locum arrangements.

Education

Medical Degree

Fellowship in ENT Surgery

Job description

Position Summary

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to invite applications for a Consultant ENT Surgeon with a subspecialty interest in Paediatric ENT and/or Paediatric Otology. This is a fixed‑term post, 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 provisional job plan is equivalent to 10 programmed activities (PAs) and is detailed in the schedule enclosed in the job description. The plan will be reviewed as part of the annual job planning process, to be undertaken within 12 months of appointment. 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.

Trust Overview

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 offers 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. Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, the hospital has almost 500 beds, a ten‑bed intensive care unit and maternity, paediatric and neonatal wards. Community services are delivered from 75 partner sites in Hackney and the City of London. The Trust also provides continuing health care at the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

The hospital houses three day‑surgery theatres and six main operating theatres for general surgery, trauma and orthopaedics, gynaecology, maxillo‑facial, urology, ENT, obesity, bariatrics and obstetrics. A surgical treatment room is located within the main theatres complex.

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 singly and corporately for the management of Junior Medical Staff, including approving and monitoring junior staff rotas and 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 junior doctors. Consultants are expected to continue with all aspects of professional development to allow successful appraisal and revalidation.

Please view the job description for full details of the role.

Application Deadline

This advert closes on Sunday 25 Jan 2026