Consultant in Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen to join the ENT team . Applications are invited for an Ear, Nose and Throat Consultant to join Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust alongside five other consultants and numerous Specialty Doctors, Registrars, Nurse Practitioners and Audiologists.

The is a full time, 10PA role consisting of outpatient clinics, operating lists, MDT attendance

The successful candidate will be working as an ENT Consultant concentrating on general ENT clinics and theatres, including paediatrics and covering the Consultant on-call sessions supported by the Specialty Doctors and Registrars.

Applicants must be on the General Medical Council Specialist Register, or within six months of being admitted to the Register for trainees, if in a training programme within the UK or be in the process of completing the CESR pathway. Applicants must continue to hold a Licence to Practise.

The post holder will build and utilise governance links beyond the organisation, for example West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT) Network to ensure high quality care is provided to patients.

Main duties of the job

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has comprehensive facilities for the diagnosis, care and treatment of ENT disease. The successful candidate will be expected to provide ENT services in conjunction with colleagues and will contribute to the development of ENT services.

The trust is committed to changes in theatre timetabling to encourage more efficient use of resources, and is actively looking to pursue the provision of evening and weekend sessions as part of routine working.

The post requires a flexible attitude to working practices, managing patients in partnership with other consultant colleagues and professional staff, and making the best possible use of resources put at the disposal of the department. This may require negotiated changes of duties and time-tabled sessions from time to time. All Consultants have a responsibility to liaise with their colleagues in order to co-ordinate their individual activities to ensure the clinical service operates effectively and effectively.

The post holder will have 1.5 SPAs allocated in the first instance; of this 1.5 SPA, 0.5 SPA will be flexible in the job plan.

Post-holders who wish to undertake and develop an ENT research portfolio will negotiate reasonable SPA time to enable research development.

Please note that we would like applicants to specify the procedure and numbers in the application to aid shortlisting.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will have a job plan tailored to meet the collective needs of the individual and services provided, to include a selection or all of the following:

• General ENT clinics
• Head and Neck clinics (inc Fast track)
• General Anaesthetic theatre working
• Clinical triage, advice and guidance
• Patient administration
• SPA (1.5PA, of which 0.5PA flexible)
• MDT presentation
• Service development
• Audit and Research opportunities
• Monthly Clinical Governance

The Trust wishes to ensure that Consultants have time in their job plan to undertake Supporting Professional Activities which underpin and maintain high quality patient care. The Trust Board and Local Negotiating Committee have agreed that a Core allocation of 1.5 SPAs should be allocated to undertake CPD, appraisal, clinical supervision, audit and clinical governance, mandatory training and the general management of the service. Objectives should be agreed at the Job Plan review meeting with regards to this SPA.

The post-holder will share emergency duties with consultant colleagues. This currently equates to a 1 in 6 on call rota. This is a prospective on call rota.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.