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Main area
ENT
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 5 (MT0-5)
Contract
12 months (Fixed term of 12 month)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
190-STH-25-253
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£73,992 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
25/11/2025 23:59

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Post CCT Clinical Fellow in Head & Neck Surgery

NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 5 (MT0-5)

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

Applications are invited for a Post CCT Fellow within the Head & Neck Oncology Service based within the ENT Directorate at Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield. This H&N service forms part of the South Yorkshire, Bassetlaw & North Derbyshire Cancer Alliance.

The fellowship is for a fixed term of 12 months. This appointment will provide sub-specialist training in Head and Neck Surgery to a suitable candidate who has completed higher surgical training in ENT and who is also committed to a career in head and neck surgery.

Applicants should be Post CCT or within 6 months of completion of Training (ST7 or equivalent) at the time of interview.

The post does not award a National Training Number.  This post is not recognised as a ‘training post’. Full registration with the GMC with a licence to practise is required. If the appointee does not hold right of residence in the UK sponsorship will be required.

Main duties of the job

Please refer to the supporting job description and person specification which will outline the duties of the role including an indicative job plan.

Successful candidate will have the opportunity to be exposed to tertiary level Head and Neck Surgery. This post will allow the successful candidate to further their knowledge and experience in Head and Neck Oncological surgery including major complex cancer resection and reconstruction, Transoral Laser Microsurgery and Transoral Robotic Surgery, open and endoscopic airway techniques. The candidate will have the opportunity to develop skills in diagnosis and treatment of UADT cancer and benign pathology, including transoral laser phonosurgery.

The Sheffield ENT Directorate has particular expertise in the management of head and neck malignancy and in advanced techniques of reconstruction and rehabilitation following surgery.  This service attracts many tertiary referrals from the served catchment area.  The work is carried out in close liaison with Neurosurgery, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Oncologists. Sheffield is the main centre for Head & Neck Cancer, with a single MDT serving the North Trent area.

General on-call responsibilities covering adults and children are included.

Working for our organisation

PROUD VALUES

These are the values that all staff at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are expected to demonstrate in all that they do.

Patients First – Ensure that the people we serve are at the heart of what we do

Respectful – Be kind, respectful, fair and value diversity

Ownership – Celebrate our successes, learn continuously and ensure we improve

Unity – Work in partnership with others

Deliver – Be efficient, effective and accountable for our actions

For further details of our services and organisational structure, including our Board of Directors, and our future plans please visit www.sth.nhs.uk/about-us

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The duties of this post are equivalent to a Specialty Trainee ST7+ and full details are listed in the Job Description document.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered (or eligible to be registered) with the GMC with a licence to practise
  • Medical Degree or diploma from a recognised UK or overseas university or institution
  • MRCS (or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
  • Distinctions, awards, prizes, scholarships or other degrees

Clinical experience

Essential criteria
  • Clinical ENT experience in a secondary care setting
  • General professional training in ENT
  • ST7 or equivalent
  • Post CCT or within 6 months of CCT (or equivalent) at interview
Desirable criteria
  • Interest in Head & Neck oncology
  • FRCS (or equivalent)
  • ALS

Research

Essential criteria
  • Ability to critically assess published research and incorporate it into clinical practice where appropriate
  • Willingness to contribute to research activities
  • Integrates appropriate research findings into clinical practice
Desirable criteria
  • Publications in Peer reviewed journals.

Teaching and training

Essential criteria
  • Experience of teaching medical students and junior doctors
  • Willingness to contribute to teaching activities.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in provision of clinical teaching or training

Continuous Professional Development

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of participation in CME/CPD in the last 12 months
Desirable criteria
  • Maintenance of a CPD diary or portfolio

Management and Administration

Essential criteria
  • Good personal organisational ability
  • Willing to contribute to service improvement & development.
  • Potential to cope with stressful situations and to take responsibility.

Clinical governance and audit

Essential criteria
  • Audits outcome of own clinical work
  • Meets professional health requirements (in line with GMC standards /Good Medical Practice)
Desirable criteria
  • Published audit results

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrates behaviour consistent with PROUD values (see appendix)
  • Good oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team

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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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ms Sara Sionis
Job title
Consultant
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0114 226 1189
Additional information

Mr Iain Varley
Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon
Clinical Director for ENT and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
[email protected] 
0114 2717847

If you have problems applying, contact

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Northern General Hospital
Sheffield
S5 7AU
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