General Practitioner with Extended Role (GPwER) in ENT

Job overview

The post-holder will work as a General Practitioner with Extended Role (GPwER) in Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT), playing a pivotal role in the delivery of high-quality outpatient ENT services within a community or integrated care setting. The role supports improved access to specialist ENT care, enhances primary care capability, and contributes to the development of integrated care pathways.

The GPwER in ENT will:

• Deliver specialist ENT outpatient clinics.
• Triage referrals and provide Advice & Guidance to primary care collegues.
• Offer educational support and training for general practitioners and wider healthcare teams.

Actively contribute to service development and innovation.

This post is 6 sessions per week.

Main duties of the job

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Clinical Duties:

• Provide assessment, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients referred with ENT-related conditions.
• Undertake triage of referrals from primary and secondary care, and offer timely Advice & Guidance to primary care clinicians.
• Perform clinical interventions such as micro-suction and flexible nasal endoscopy as appropriate.
• Request and action, where indicated further investigations including imaging, blood tests and microbiology samples
• Collaborate with specialist services to ensure holistic care and onward referral of patients requiring hospital care
• Duties reasonably expected of a GP working within primary care.

Education, Training and Liaison:

• Provide clinical support and education to GPs and other primary care professionals in the management of ENT conditions.
• Maintain effective communication with secondary care consultants to ensure continuity and shared care arrangements.
• Assisting with teaching and training of junior staff and medical students.

Participate in and support quality review activities including MDT meetings, audit, case reviews and quality investigations when required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.

An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: cwp.recruitment@nhs.net or by calling 01244 393100.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!

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.