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ENT
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee (ST6-8)
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (August 2026 Rotation)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week (On-call 1:7)
Job ref
411-SUR-25-7171207
Employer
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£70,425 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/05/2025 23:59

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Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Otolaryngology

NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee (ST6-8)

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

  • Great flexible working opportunities
  • Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
  • Generous annual leave and pension scheme
  • Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job overview

The post is an appointment for a 12-month appointment commencing in August 2026, for a Senior Paediatric ENT Clinical Fellow at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. This post is recognised and accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the post holder will receive a certificate recognising this on successful completion of the post.

Main duties of the job

The Fellow will be expected to lead the junior team overseeing clinical management of inpatients. These include not only the Emergency and elective patients but also a weekly Tracheostomy patient round throughout the hospital.

The post-holder will need to arrange the weekly teaching sessions within the department.

There are timetabled weekly activities including outpatients (3 sessions) and theatres (5 sessions). There are specialist clinics including craniofacial clinic, allergy clinic, Breathlessness and complex airway clinic. The ENT fellow post is EWTD complaint and a Band 2B supplement. The on call is 1 in 7 covering Alder Hey and The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen NHS Trust (Adult hospital) as a second on call.

The hospital is striving to become paperless. Computing skill fluency is essential.

The postholder would be expected to be compliant with work-based assessments. At the end of the placement, the Royal college of surgeons of England would be notified of the successful completion of the fellowship for award of the certificate. A summary of the candidate’s experience will be placed on the digital platform of the college.

Working for our organisation

As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Candidates should have the FRCS (ORL-HNS) or equivalent and preferably be within one year of obtaining their CCT. Overseas candidates may apply but will:

  1. need to be registered with the General Medical Council of UK. Local sponsorship for the period of placement can be arranged through the Royal College of Surgeons by Alder Hey Hospital for the successful candidate.
  2. to be supported by their local teaching institutions
  3. subject to HR clearance of the hospital

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC registration
  • FRCS (ORL-HNS) or equivalent
  • Paediatric Immediate Life Support (PILS) or equivalent

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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
Mr Ravi Sharma
Job title
RCS Senior Clinical Fellowship Co-supervisor
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Miss S De

RCS  Clinical Fellowship Co-supervisor

Consultant Paediatric ENT Surgeon

[email protected]

 

Mrs Jamie Aindow

Service Manager, Surgical Division

[email protected]

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