Locum Otologist

Job overview

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to invite applications for a Consultant ENT Surgeon with a subspecialty interest in Paediatric ENT and/or Paediatric Otology. This is a fixed-term post until July 2026, developed in response to current service needs within our well-regarded ENT department. While initially offered on a fixed-term basis, there is funding in place and a possibility that the post may progress to a substantive position, subject to future Trust approval.

Main duties of the job

The provisional job plan is equivalent to 10 programmed activities (PAs) and is detailed in the schedule enclosed in the job description. This will be subject to review as part of the annual job planning process, to be undertaken within 12 months of appointment.

Please note that elements of the timetable may be subject to change due to a Trust-wide reconfiguration of the theatre schedule, following the opening of the new Elective Surgical Centre. These changes be managed in accordance with service requirements and the Trust’s job planning policy.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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. Consultants are also expected to concern themselves with the professional development of their trainees and allied health professional colleagues.

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.

Please view job description for full details of the role.