Locum Consultant in Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery

Job overview

We are inviting applications for a full time locum consultant with a special interest in either Head & Neck surgery / Rhinology/ Otology/ Paediatrics.

The new post holder will be based predominantly at Ipswich Hospital - a shared cross cover on call service provision is in place with Colchester Hospital (35 minutes apart by car) with emergency care alternating between sites on a weekly basis.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

• Work with colleagues to provide a Consultant led service with the highest standard of care.
• Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines.
• Develop and maintain good working practices with wards, outpatients and the ED department.
• Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues, other departments and primary care.
• Offer educational, clinical support and leadership and junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary.
• Ensure appropriate information is made available to staff to measure clinical performance and enable meaningful benchmarks to be established and evaluated within your area of responsibility.
• Ensure there is a robust process for reviewing the quality of services provided, explaining the causes of success and failure and ensure the highest standards are maintained.
• Provide a role model of professional leadership, which underpins the corporate values and behaviours agreed by the organisation, ensuring these are understood and demonstrated by the medical workforce within your area and take remedial action where poor behaviour are demonstrated.
• Ensure that junior doctors training conforms to College requirements.
• Participate in the appraisal of medical staff within the department in line with the trust’s agreed policy.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The key duties and responsibilities of the post will be:

• Provide cover as an ENT surgeon with a special interest in line with the needs of the department.
• To play an active part in education programmes for junior medical staff, including formal teaching sessions and clinical audits relevant to the needs of the unit.
• To teach and train staff in other medical disciplines, nursing and support staff as appropriate.
• Issuing of advice to GPs on suitability of patients for referral to hospital