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Main area
ENT
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (ft)
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
275-2506-SDENT-SB
Employer
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Medway Maritime Hospital
Town
Gillingham, Kent
Salary
£59,175 - £95,400 Per Annum/Pro Rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/06/2025 23:59

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Specialty Doctor in ENT

NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor

 

 

Job overview

Specialty Doctor in ENT

Division: Surgery and Anaesthetics

Care Group: Theatres and Anaesthesia. 

Salary:  £59,175 - £95,400 per annum / pro rata

We are recruiting for a Specialty Doctor in ENT who share our ambition and vision to deliver the  Best of Care by the Best People  and have the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

To provide a service for ENT to the hospital and community designated with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness.

The post holder will provide an ENT service to Medway NHS Foundation Trust and Darent Valley Hospital, along with the ENT Emergency Service across West Kent. Candidates must hold full registration with the General Medical Council.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved.  Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment. Our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

All staff at Medway comply the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible to and work under the supervision of ENT Consultants. The post holder will be expected to participate in the day to day activities of the department in co-operation with the ENT team.

The post holder will provide ward rounds, administrative and audit duties.

The successful candidate is advised to participate in research projects and to attend various departmental teaching seminars and regional/ national postgraduate meetings.

The post holder duties will ensure that he/she continues to gain appropriate clinical ENT experience.

The post holder is expected to start the day promptly to receive any hand-over patients admitted the night before, continuity of care for in-patients and participate in Consultant ward rounds.

The successful candidate is expected to be flexible in the exact hours worked each day. It is also expected that the Specialty Doctor will ensure that the Electronic Discharge Notifications are completed and accurate.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC Registration with licence to practise
  • FRCS, MRCS or equivalent qualification
  • MBBS (or equivalent)
  • Shall have completed at least four years’ full-time postgraduate training, at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty, or have equivalent experience.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Appropriate level of clinical knowledge
  • Knowledge and use of evidence based practice

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement to problems
  • Demonstrates appropriate technical and clinical competence and evidence of the development of diagnostic skills and clinical judgement
  • Evidence of an interest and commitment to teaching

Value Based Question

Essential criteria
  • Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a ‘can do’ attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - SilverDisability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgeStep into health

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Audrey Najuko
Job title
ENT Departmental Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
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