Locum Consultant In ENT Surgery

Job overview

We are looking for talented, committed health care professionals to lead our ambitious new healthcare organisation. In return, the Barts Health will provide unsurpassed professional development opportunities, enabling investment in a range of new initiatives that would mean:

• doctors and nurses in training will be able to gain experience in different hospitals along the whole patient pathway.
• there would be greater opportunity for career progression – we will retain good staff who might otherwise leave to gain promotion.
• becoming world-class will enable us to recruit some of the best doctors and researchers in the world – who can share their knowledge and experience.
• success breeds success. An organisation that is recognised as a world-leader will find it easier to recruit more staff, meaning we can work to reduce the number of persistent vacancies.
• joining forces with other partners in an Academic Health Science System will mean that staff would be better able to secure funds and pool their talents to develop new technology, techniques and treatments.

Main duties of the job

• Consultants will have a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and for the proper functioning of their departments.
• Consultants will undertake administrative duties associated with the care of their patients and the running of their clinics or department. All Consultants are expected to assume responsibility both singly and corporately for the management of the Junior Medical Staff. In particular, they are expected to be responsible for approving and monitoring junior staff rotas and junior staff locum arrangements, where appropriate.
• The successful applicant will be expected to participate fully in the medical audit arrangements in the district.
• All Consultants have a responsibility to contribute to the teaching and assessment of

undergraduates and of junior doctors.

• Consultants are expected to continue with all aspects of professional development to allow successful appraisal and revalidation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

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.