Job overview
Are you a GP with some ENT experience and a desire to take your skills further in a flexible, multi-disciplinary team? We’re looking for motivated GPs to join our ENT colleagues at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) as General Practitioners with an Extended Role (GPwER) in ENT.
This opportunity allows you to continue working in primary care whilst helping shape a more integrated approach to ENT care across our region.
Main duties of the job
About the role
- Up to 2.5 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week (1 PA = 4 hours)
- This can be increased per candidate's flexibility e.g. 5PAs
- Outpatient clinics (typically two per week)
- Referral triage and Advice & Guidance
- Primary care education, clinical supervision and liaison with LMCs
- Participation in ENT clinical governance and up to 0.5 SPA for development
Whether you're looking to broaden your clinical experience, develop a special interest alongside your GP work, or play a role in improving how ENT care is delivered for your patients — we’d love to hear from you. CHFT is nationally recognised for innovation in elective care delivery and offers a supportive, digitally advanced environment to grow your career.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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 as follows:
Clinical
- Assessment and treat patients referred with ENT conditions
- Triaging of referrals received by CHFT as well as providing Advice & Guidance
- Provision of a range of clinical interventions (e.g. micro-suction, flexible nasal endoscopy, audiology, etc.)
- The knowledge to signpost patients to other support services, including local and national patient support groups
Education and Collaborative Responsibilities
- Support and train primary care colleagues in ENT management
- Provide remote support (e.g. telephone/email advice)
- Collaborate with other GPwERs and local ENT teams
Service development
- Help shape integrated ENT pathways across primary and secondary care
- Develop management guidance for common ENT conditions
- Contribute to joint training sessions for GPs, nurses and wider MDT
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 Practice
- MRCGP or equivalent
Desirable
- MRCS ENT or equivalent
- Other higher degree (PhD, Masters)
Audit and Research
Essential
- Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects
Teaching and Training
Desirable
- Training in clinical and educational supervision
- Attendance at a teaching course
- Formal qualification in teaching/education
- Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff.
Experience and Achievements
Essential
- Demonstrate clinical experience and competence in ENT specialty - minimum 6 months ENT experience in a rotational post or equivalent (although please note CHFT offers the opportunity to train successful candidates)
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
Essential
- Evidence of continual learning and development
- Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others
- Digital Competence
Desirable
- Evidence of innovation
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This advert is for General Practitioner with an Extended Role in ENT with Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust in Lindley, Huddersfield, England. It is listed as a Senior Medical doctor Ear, Nose and Throat role. The contract type is Permanent: Part Time - Allocated 8PAs. The application deadline is 07 Aug 2026.
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