Post CCT Fellow In Head & Neck Surgery | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare institution based in London is looking for a Senior Clinical Fellow in Head and Neck Surgery. This position will provide comprehensive exposure to head and neck cancer surgeries and includes a significant educational component with teaching responsibilities. Ideal candidates should have a CCT in Otolaryngology and a strong background in research. The role offers flexible working options and support for career development.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working options

Staff recognition scheme

Onsite leisure facilities

Qualifications

• Must hold or be about to be awarded a CCT in Otolaryngology.
• Experience in head and neck surgery is essential.
• Evidence of involvement in research and audit preferred.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and manage benign and malignant head and neck conditions.
• Lead the inpatient team and coordinate operating lists.
• Conduct teaching sessions for junior medical staff.

Skills

Audit

Research

Publications

Presentations

Teaching

Quality improvement projects

Management & leadership involvement

Education

Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Otolaryngology

Job description

Overview

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust invites applicants to apply for the position of Senior Clinical Fellow in Head and Neck Surgery. The post is based primarily at the Charing Cross Hospital campus in Fulham and will be for a 12 month fixed period commencing 30th September 2026.

Application Requirements

This Fellowship is suitable for a Specialist Registrar who holds, or is about to be awarded, a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (or equivalent) in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and is interested in acquiring further sub‑specialist experience.

In your application, please discuss your experience in the following:

• Audit
• Research
• Publications
• Presentations
• Teaching
• Quality improvement projects
• Evidence of involvement in management & leadership

It is also advised that there is a list of peer‑reviewed publications in the application form. A list of operations as assistant or main operator will also be useful, including the following: neck dissection, parotidectomy, tracheostomy and laryngectomy.

Department Overview

The Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust carries out about 2,000 elective operations, 1,800 day‑case operations and over 1,000 emergency operations per year. The department also has a busy outpatient service and sees about 15,000 new outpatients and 20,000 patients in follow‑up per year. As well as general ENT work in adults and children, the department manages a significant majority of the major complex head and neck cases in West Central London and North West Thames.

We innovate and lead in techniques such as transoral robotic surgery (TORS) for cancers of the oropharynx, salivary duct endoscopy, free tissue transfer, and base‑of‑skull approaches. As regional head and neck cancer centre, supra‑regional skull base surgery centre, and national centre for adult airway reconstruction, patients are referred to us from around London, across the UK and from other countries around the world.

There are excellent oncology, radiology (CT, MRI, PET/CT and angiography as well as interventional USS), pathology and speech therapy departments. Adult ENT services are based at Charing Cross Hospital and paediatric ENT is based at St Mary’s Hospital. Some of the paediatric outpatient and inpatient services are carried out under a Service Level Agreement at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, and the Department also provides emergency adult ENT cover there.

About Us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values – expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast‑forward your career.

Benefits

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

Equal Opportunities

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part‑time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Role Details

The Fellowship offers a well‑balanced exposure to all aspects of head and neck cancer extirpative surgery and benign tumour surgery. Input into the academic activity of the department is encouraged. There will also be an important component of service provision with both operating lists and outpatient clinics, as well as the middle tier on‑call rota (approximate on‑call frequency for ENT‑in‑general, 1:7). This is a post with a start date of 30th of September 2026 and for a duration of 1 year.

The successful applicant will take on the role of Senior Head and Neck Fellow based at Charing Cross Hospital. This will involve diagnosing and managing patients with benign and malignant head and neck conditions, making treatment decisions, presenting cases at the multidisciplinary meetings and performing head and neck surgery both under supervision and independently. In addition, the fellow will lead the inpatient team in managing post‑operative inpatients and coordinate operating lists. The post has an important educational role with teaching sessions for the junior medical staff, nursing staff and allied health professionals. Involvement in research and audit is encouraged and the fellow will be expected to take on such projects with a view to publication. The timetable will be agreed weekly with the ENT team and will be guided by clinical, training and waiting‑list pressures. It will naturally include day surgery, inpatient and outpatient sessions, with a total of around 7 fixed sessions a week.

Application Deadline

This advert closes on Thursday 20 Nov 2025