Job overview

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a full-time consultant to join the ENT/Head & Neck Department, based at St George’s Hospital (SGH) with regular activity at Kingston Hospital(KH). This newly created role is designed to support service expansion and build upon recent innovations in the diagnostic cancer pathway, with a strong focus on collaboration across a network of clinical colleagues.

As a core member of the St George’s & Royal Marsden Combined Head, Neck & Thyroid Oncology MDT, the appointee will oversee the diagnostic pathway for patients referred to SGH and ensure the ongoing delivery of the 28-day faster diagnosis standard. This will include outpatient clinics at both SGH and KH, inpatient complex oncological surgery at SGH, and contributing to the development of the inpatient head and neck surgery service at Kingston  Hospital.

This role offers a unique opportunity to influence the growth and innovation of head, neck, and thyroid services within a collaborative, integrated care environment. The post-holder will be responsible for managing the full spectrum of benign and malignant head and neck conditions, including providing clinical leadership and mentorship to junior medical staff.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of this role include leading the delivery of Head & Neck and Thyroid services across SGH and KH, managing diagnostic pathways to ensure timely delivery of the 28-day faster diagnosis standard, performing complex oncological surgery at SGH, contributing to the development of the head and neck surgery service at Kingston Hospital , actively participating in the St George’s & Royal Marsden Combined Head, Neck & Thyroid Oncology MDT, sharing responsibility for the recruitment, supervision, and teaching of junior medical staff, engaging in clinical governance and service improvement initiatives, and maintaining continuous professional development (CPD), along with participation in a 1:14 on-call rota to support emergency care and out-of-hours services.

Working for our organisation

St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest healthcare units in the United Kingdom accommodating around 1170 beds and treating around 89,000 inpatient and day cases, and over 448,000 outpatients annually.  The Trust employs over 6,000 staff incorporating 1,100 Medical & Dental Staff.  It provides general acute services together with specialty services including neurosciences, cardiothoracic, and specialist children’s services

The Trust is on three sites, St George’s Hospital, the base for acute general medicine and surgical services, Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton (QMR), and St John’s Therapy Centre, Battersea, where services for care of elderly patients previously at Bolingbroke Hospital are now based.  The Trust serves a resident population of about 300,000 and serves two local Primary Care Trusts, Wandsworth and Merton which have a total population of approximately 600,000 between them.  

As well as acute hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist and community hospital based care and a full range of community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities. These services are provided from Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton, 11 health centres and clinics, schools and nurseries, patients' homes and Wandsworth Prison.

The Trust works closely in association with the Medical School and forms a joint cancer centre with the Royal Marsden.