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Job requirements
Essential
6 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Research
Evidence of a research interest • Published (or accepted for publication) as principal author in peer reviewed journal
- Teaching
Demonstrate experience in having taught other junior doctors and undergraduates
- Specialist skills
Demonstrate evidence of having had a broad subspeciality training • Evidence of ability to perform advanced subspecialty procedures • Comprehensive knowledge of subspeciality subject
- Knowledge and Experience
Demonstrate evidence of good clinical training • Attend appropriate basic training courses • Ability to manage basic surgical conditions in children.
- Communication and interpersonal skills
Well-presented CV
- Education, qualifications & special training
Full GMC registration • Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via CCT or CSER(CP) – proposed CCT/CESR(CP) date must be within 6 months of interview, CESR or European Community Rights. • Fellowship in advanced rhinology and anterior skull base surgery
Desirable
17 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Research
Extensively published
- Research
Presentations at local/reginal/national and international meetings
- Research
Publications and presentations in subspeciality subject
- Research
Demonstrate an enthusiasm to continue with research
- Teaching
Formal medical education qualification
- Management
Evidence of interest and ability in management
- Management
Management qualification
- Specialist skills
Attended subspeciality-specific meetings in the last 3 years
- Specialist skills
Attended advanced subspecialty specific courses
- Knowledge and Experience
Demonstrate evidence of wide based knowledge
- Knowledge and Experience
Attend appropriate courses/meetings in the last 6 years covering the spectrum of the entire speciality
- Communication and interpersonal skills
Information technology skills
- Communication and interpersonal skills
Good presentation skills
- Communication and interpersonal skills
Demonstrate evidence of ability to communicate and co-operate well with both patients and other health care professionals as judged by the general contest of the CV
- Education, qualifications & special training
Higher degrees
- Education, qualifications & special training
Postgraduate awards and prizes
- Education, qualifications & special training
Other medical qualifications Experience outside specialty
Job overview
- Provide comprehensive consultant-led care in rhinology, anterior skull base surgery and general ENT practice.
- Deliver secondary and tertiary rhinology services including management of inflammatory sinonasal disease, revision endoscopic sinus surgery and complex sinonasal pathology.
- Participate in the regional anterior skull base multidisciplinary service, working closely with Neurosurgery, Radiology, Pathology, Oncology and specialist nursing colleagues.
- Contribute to the assessment and surgical management of patients with sinonasal tumours and other complex rhinological conditions.
- Work collaboratively with Ophthalmology colleagues in the delivery of lacrimal services, including endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR).
- Support established multidisciplinary pathways with Neurosurgery for endoscopic anterior skull base surgery.
- Contribute to emergency ENT services through participation in a 1:8 on-call rota.
- Support teaching, training, audit, clinical governance and research activities within the department.
- Participate in service development and regional pathway delivery across Devon and Cornwall.
Main duties of the job
To provide a consultant-led ENT service with specialist expertise in advanced rhinology and anterior skull base surgery within the Peninsula's sole tertiary referral centre.
The successful candidate will become a member of the regional skull base multidisciplinary team, working closely with colleagues in Neurosurgery, Radiology, Pathology, Oncology and allied specialist services.
The role will support the continued delivery of comprehensive secondary and tertiary rhinology services across the Southwest Peninsula, including endoscopic sinus surgery, management of complex sinonasal disease and participation in established anterior skull base pathways. The post offers opportunities to contribute to service development, education, clinical governance and multidisciplinary working within a well-established consultant team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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.
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This advert is for ENT Surgeon with a Spec Interest in Rhinology and Anterior Skull Base with University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust in Plymouth, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Ear, Nose and Throat role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 10 PA. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 25 Oct 2026.
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