# Consultant in Head and Neck Surgery > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-head-and-neck-surgery/eb41312e-0077-4ecf-a36b-9042c1879531 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-head-and-neck-surgery/eb41312e-0077-4ecf-a36b-9042c1879531.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Calderdale Royal Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Ear, Nose and Throat - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum (dependent on experience) - **Contract type:** Permanent: 10 PA Job plan - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week (1:6 on call) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-09T07:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-18T09:21:01.526Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Yorkshire/Huddersfield_Halifax/Calderdale_Huddersfield_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Ear_Nose_Throat/Ear_Nose_Throat-v8239186 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8239186?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Consultant in Consultant in Ear, Nose & Throat with specialist interest in Head and Neck Surgery. An opportunity has arisen for a consultant ENT surgeon within the Head and Neck cancer team. Applications are invited for an Ear, Nose and Throat Consultant to join Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation NHS Trust alongside five other consultants and numerous Specialty Doctors, Registrars, Nurse Practitioners and Audiologists. ### Main duties of the job The post-holder will be expected to be independent in general ENT surgery with a focus on head and neck and management including benign disease and two week wait fast track referrals. There is an opportunity to tailor your practice to include other disciplines of ENT surgery. The Head and Neck Cancer and Thyroid service works as part of the tertiary group with Bradford and Leeds Teaching Hospitals. Weekly MDTs take place where complex activity is referred to our tertiary partners. The post holder will need to be able to work with such teams at a high level to ensure patient care and transition is smooth. ### 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: - Head and Neck clinics (including 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. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### General **Essential** - Eligibility to work in the UK - Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust - For areas requiring EPP Clearance (Exposure Prone Procedures), this will also be a requirement of the health screening - An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required with the Disclosure and Barring Service ### Qualifications **Essential** - Applicants must be Registered with the General Medical Council and hold a Licence to Practise - FRCS or equivalent qualification **Desirable** - Relevant Higher Degree - Specialist registration for ENT (or within 6 months of being admitted to the register for trainees, if currently in a training programme in the UK) ### Audit and Research **Essential** - Academic achievements/evidence of familiarity with research methods which have resulted in publications Critical Appraisal Skills - Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects ### Teaching and Training **Essential** - Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff. **Desirable** - Training in clinical and educational supervision - Attendance at a teaching course - Formal qualification in teaching/education ### Experience and Achievements **Essential** - Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of the ENT specialty **Desirable** - Understanding current issues within ENT and the future direction of the specialty - Understanding current issues within the wider NHS - Attendance at a recognised management course - Shows ability to work with and lead others across professions ### Disposition-Adjustment/Attitude/Commitment **Essential** - Good communication and empathy skills with patients - Evidence of willingness to participate in a multi-disciplinary team environment to provide an integrated service - Ability to work as a member of a team, both through communication and sharing workload - Ability to manage high pressure situations e.g. clinical crisis - Ability to prioritise and organise workload and co-ordinate staff - Ability to integrate the care of a patient by many and various other clinical staff - Willingness to work flexibly to deliver clinically effective and cost effective healthcare ### Practical/Intellectual Skills/Personal Qualities **Desirable** - Evidence of continual learning and development - Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others - Evidence of innovation - Ability to use a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software, email and internet browser ## Documents - [h&n consultant jd (pdf, 351.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10549895) - [h&n consultant ps (pdf, 230.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10549896) - [trust information (pdf, 764.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10549894) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.