Locum Consultant in Head and Neck Surgery

Job overview

Locum Consultant in Consultant in Ear, Nose & Throat with specialist interest in Head and Neck Surgery.

An opportunity has arisen for a locum consultant ENT surgeon within the Head and Neck cancer team. Applications are invited for an Ear, Nose and Throat Consultant to join Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation NHS Trust alongside five other consultants and numerous Specialty Doctors, Registrars, Nurse Practitioners and Audiologists.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be expected to be independent in general ENT surgery with a focus on head and neck and management including benign disease and two week wait fast track referrals. There is an opportunity to tailor your practice to include other disciplines of ENT surgery.

The Head and Neck Cancer and Thyroid service works as part of the tertiary group with Bradford and Leeds Teaching Hospitals. Weekly MDTs take place where complex activity is referred to our tertiary partners. The post holder will need to be able to work with such teams at a high level to ensure patient care and transition is smooth.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will have a job plan tailored to meet the collective needs of the individual and services provided, to include a selection or all of the following:

• Head and Neck clinics (including Fast Track)
• General Anaesthetic theatre working
• Clinical triage, advice and guidance
• Patient administration
• SPA (1.5PA, of which 0.5PA flexible)
• MDT presentation
• Service development
• Audit and Research opportunities
• Monthly Clinical Governance.

The Trust wishes to ensure that Consultants have time in their job plan to undertake Supporting Professional Activities which underpin and maintain high quality patient care. The Trust Board and Local Negotiating Committee have agreed that a Core allocation of 1.5 SPAs should be allocated to undertake CPD, appraisal, clinical supervision, audit and clinical governance, mandatory training and the general management of the service. Objectives should be agreed at the Job Plan review meeting with regards to this SPA.