Senior Clinical Fellow in Head and Neck Surgery (ENT/Thyroid)

Job overview

This post was created in 2024 and has proved itself as a successful training and development opportunity for the successful candidate. We are looking for an enthusiastic clinician with an interest in head and neck surgery to contribute to delivering the highest standards of care. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring patients referred with suspected head and neck cancer and seen and managed in a timely and appropriate fashion and will support the team in delivering the faster diagnosis standard for head and neck cancer referrals.

In addition, they will receive a broad-based training in the full spectrum of benign and oncological head and neck surgery, with additional opportunities for exposure to sinonasal, skin cancer, and / or endocrine neck surgery, dependent upon their prior experience, training needs, and subspecialty interests

Please note that this role is a 12 months FTC with a proposed start date of 05/08/2026

Main duties of the job

Duties and responsibilities will include:

• 1.                   Support the smooth and efficient running of the diagnostic head and neck pathway 2.                   Promotion of (and participation in) teaching and supervision within the department 3.                   Flexible cover for the clinical commitments of the department 4.                   To be active in research and to continue to maintain and update his or her professional knowledge 5.                   To fulfil all the general conditions applying to employees of at Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• 1.                  Job Plan

A proposed core timetable is given below with additional theatre / training opportunities to be finalised in consultation with the postholder. This is dependent upon the specialist interest and training needs of the successful applicant. On call is for non-resident cover of inpatients on the Epsom site only and not an emergency on call rota.

WEEK A

WEEK B

It should be noted that this job description is a reflection of current service needs and may be reviewed and amended in consultation with the postholder in the light of future changes or developments.

NOTES:

• Endocrine MDT and Clinical PTL meetings are virtual/remote
• Head and Neck Clinic SGH is supernumerary/training clinic