Job overview

We are looking for an ENT Surgeon who is able to provide a comprehensive general ENT service in a busy acute trust on the outskirts of London.

The successful candidate should ideally have adequate experience in general ENT and offer clinical skills/interests that will complement the needs of the department. They should be competent in all types of routine ENT surgery, including Otology, Rhinology, Paediatric ENT and Head and Neck cancer surgery. Skills in Rhinology and Paediatrics would be preferred. 

The successful candidate should be able to work well together with the relevant ENT teams at Mid and South Essex Trust (Broomfield, Southend and Basildon), adapt clinical skills and exchange ideas and activities in order to promote patient safety and research. He or she should be able to provide cover throughout the wider geographic Essex area at times. 

The on-call commitment is 1:12, due to the integration of Essex wide ENT Network Service (since August 2008); this is a Hub and Spoke model. Broomfield Hospital is the hub (Mid and South Essex Hospital NHS Trust) and 4 Spoke Hospitals (Harlow, Basildon & Thurrock, Southend and Colchester). Princess Alexandra Hospital is part of the network for elective inpatient cases and out of hours emergencies only and Colchester is part of the Network for cancer services only.

They may also participate in the Elective Surgical Hub currently starting at St. Albans for elective ENT operating.

Main duties of the job

Successful candidates must be able to make independent decisions regarding patient treatment plans and be able to carry out independent theatre sessions on a broad range of ENT conditions. They must also be able to deal with difficult patients in an acute setting and manage patient’s expectations according to their treatment plan.

Ours is a fast-developing department consisting of young, enthusiastic, highly motivated Consultants and brilliant hard-working Specialist Doctors. We have grown our services and will continue doing so in order to respond to the needs of the population and the current financial climate.

We have set up training programs for the juniors in the ENT and A+ E departments. We are looking for a very keen individual, with innovative ideas, willingness to work hard and participate in the creation of a dynamic department.

The ENT on-call provides integral support to the local community as well as dealing with all aspects of ENT trauma. The majority of the service and treatment is provided in the A and E setting to ambulatory patients.

The successful applicant will be part of the 1:12 on call rota which is based at Broomfield Hospital.

There will be opportunities to work at our new HWE surgical  centre in spring 2025 onwards, this unit will focus mainly on providing high volume low complexity surgery, as previously recommended by the Royal College of Surgeons of England, with particular emphasis on Trauma and Orthopaedics and Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery.

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.