Locum Consultant for ENT

Job overview

This is a 12 month locum post to support ENT services within WWL NHS Trust with a subspecialty interest in Benign Head and Neck tumours and diagnostic Head and Neck Cancers.

You will work within the ENT Department and be accountable to the Service Lead for ENT, and the Medical Director of the Trust.

Contracted to work clinically within ENT as a Locum Consultant for WWL NHS FT, this will include a comprehensive service for management of patients referred to the ENT service including performance of ward rounds, clinics, theatres, supervision of juniors, teaching and CPD. The service also requires participation in clinical audit, service improvement and research, as required in the service to keep up with the demands of the local health economy.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will be responsible for:

• Providing specialist advice to patients regarding their illness
• Providing clinical care to patients referred to them
• Working with colleagues to provide effective clinical leadership for all staff in the service
• Contributing to and participating in the development of services
• Undertake “consultant of the day” duties

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The appointee will be required to provide general ENT surgical elective services and emergency surgery at all sites within the Trust. You will join a team of ENT Surgeons who undertake a day a week as the Consultant ENT Surgeon of the Day. The weekends are shared 1 in 4. It requires clear vision, initiative, flexibility and the ability to lead and co-ordinate the team. As well as the elective and emergency work, the successful applicants will be expected to develop a subspecialty interest with otology being identified as complementing the sub-specialty interests of the existing consultants and meeting the needs of the local health economy. It is recognized that there is a natural overlap with other colleagues and flexibility is built in the appointment process and job planning to acknowledge this.