Job summary
- Main area
- Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery
- Grade
- Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 432-MC2404
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester Hospital
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £93,666 - £126,281 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant in ENT with an interest in Head and Neck Surgery
Locum Consultant
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
Applications are invited for one post of Locum Consultant in Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery with East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust. Applicants should be well trained in general ENT surgery and should have developed an interest in Head & Neck surgery.
We equally encourage applicants that may have planned a post certification fellowship to hone their sub-specialist interest in Head & Neck surgery.
You will help to lead an excellent multi-disciplinary team in a department that has a tradition or promoting innovation and development.
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.
Working for our organisation
One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.
To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The key duties and responsibilities of the post will be:
- Provide cover as an ENT surgeon but will have a special interest
- 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
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Full registration with the General Medical Council with a licence to practice
- FRCS ORL-HNS or equivalent
- At least 5 years at HST level (or equivalent)
- Experience of postgraduate and undergraduate teaching
- Ability to lead and work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to supervise, appraise, coach and mentor trainee and other doctors
Desirable criteria
- Fellowship
- Evidence of work submitted for Peer review
- Evidence of having undertaken audit work that has brought about change
- Evidence of having undertaken original research
- Management training and experience
- Live within a 10-mile radius of the relevant hospital site or within 30 minutes’ drive.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mr Arcot Maheshwar
- Job title
- Clinical Lead – Colchester
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01206 747474
- Additional information
Mr Scott Stavri
General Manager
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