Consultant ENT with interest in Otology

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the ENT Otolaryngology department at Imperial. The successful applicant will be expected to have excellent experience within general and subspecialty Otolaryngology Surgery. The successful candidate will be expected to work flexibly and to bring new skills to the department.

The post holder will work as part of the Otology ENT team to provide a high quality Otology ENT service that aims to provide excellent patient care. This includes delivery of out-patient, emergency, day-case and inpatient services independently

Main duties of the job

Job purpose

• To enhance and complement the skill mix and services provided by the Otology Service at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• To advance the lateral skull base service across sites working in collaboration with head and neck, neurology and plastic surgery teams developing new pathways and model of care.

Key areas of responsibilities

• Provide high quality care to patients in Otology
• Research, teaching and training
• Performance management
• Medical staff management
• Governance
• Strategy and business planning
• Leadership and Team working

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and Divisional Director, on behalf of the Medical Director, this is not designed to be exhaustive.

The post holder and Divisional Director/ Chief of Service will review the job plan annually in line with the provisions in schedule 3 of the terms and conditions.  Either may propose amendment of the job plan.

A provisional job plan is included in the Job Description. This is subject to change.

Programmed activities (PA’s):

For a whole-time contract: A total of 10 PAs

Clinical Activities: 8 PAs per week (including clinical activity, clinically related activity, predictable and unpredictable emergency work)

Supporting Professional Activities: 2 PAs per week (including audit, clinical governance, CPD, teaching, research, educational supervision of junior staff and CPD)

Regular meetings:

Attendance at regular department audit, M&M and business meetings are required.