Senior Clinical Fellow ENT Otology- October 2026

St George's University Hospitals; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in London seeks a post CCT Specialist Registrar to specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of complex otological diseases. The position offers extensive training in surgical otology and participation in multidisciplinary meetings, ensuring ample exposure to both cochlear and bone-conducting implants as well as skull base surgery. Candidates must possess solid post-operative management skills.

Qualifications

• Post CCT Specialist Registrar or equivalent seeking to specialise in otological disease.
• Experience in cochlear implantation and bone conducting implants.
• Knowledge in managing acoustic neuromas and relevant post-operative care.

Responsibilities

• Engage in supervised training for surgical otology.
• Participate in MDT meetings for implantation otology and skull base surgery.
• Conduct radiological reviews of relevant imaging.

Job description

This post is suitable for post CCT Specialist Registrars (or equivalent) seeking to specialise in the diagnosis and treatment of complex otological disease including implantation otology and lateral skull base surgery.

The post offers supervised training in all aspects of surgical otology including cochlear implantation, implantation of bone conducting implants (BCI) and surgery for chronic ear disease and otosclerosis. The post also involves training in lateral skull base surgery including but not limited to the management of acoustic neuromas. This experience is in conjunction with the neuro-surgical department. Relevant post-operative management of these patients is an essential part of this post.

The successful individual will participate in regular MDT meetings in both implantation otology and skull base surgery. These include radiological reviews of relevant imaging.

St George's Hospital is the main teaching hospital in the western sector of the South Thames, and as such has developed links with most district general hospitals throughout the South Thames West, and supports a significant training programme for junior doctors who rotate through the Trust.

St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest healthcare organisations and has now integrated with Community Services Wandsworth. The Trust shares its main hospital site in south west London with St George's University of London, and is linked to Kingston Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences.

St George's has an established national and international reputation as a leading hospital for specialist care including neurosciences, cardiac care, stroke and cancer. We also provide excellent local care to the residents of Wandsworth, and regional care as both an acute, hyper acute stroke unit and trauma centre.

Otolaryngology Service

The otolaryngology service has been successfully configured on the 'hub and spoke' model and following its work as an 'Action on ENT' Pilot site has been developed into a formal network. The Service is centered at St George's where complex surgery is carried out. Day surgery is performed at a number of partner hospitals- Kingston (KH), Epsom, St Helier (E/SH) and the Mayday (MH)- fed through outpatient services at these hospitals. St George's also provides the emergency cover for these hospitals.