Locum Consultant in ENT with special interest in Otology
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Applications are invited for one post of substantive Consultant in Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery with East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust. This is a replacement post. Applicants should be well trained in general ENT surgery and should have a developed interest in Otology.
You will help to lead an excellent multi-disciplinary team in a department that has a tradition of promoting innovation and development.
Applications will be considered from those unable, for personal reasons, to work full time. The appointee will be expected to hold FRCS ORL-HNS or equivalent. Full registration with GMC is essential.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
* Work with colleagues to provide a Consultant led service with the highest standard of care.
* Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines.
* Develop and maintain good working practices with wards, outpatients and the ED department.
* Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues, other departments and primary care.
* Offer educational, clinical support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
* Ensure appropriate information is made available to staff to measure clinical performance and enable meaningful benchmarks to be established and evaluated within your area of responsibility.
* Ensure there is a robust process for reviewing the quality of services provided, explaining the causes of success and failure and ensure the highest standards are maintained.
* Provide a role model of professional leadership, which underpins the corporate values and behaviours agreed by the organisation, ensuring these are understood and demonstrated by the medical workforce within your area and take remedial action where poor behaviour is demonstrated.
* Ensure that junior doctors' training conforms to College requirements.
* Participate in the appraisal of medical staff within the department in line with the trust's agreed policy.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals, we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
Job responsibilities
The key duties and responsibilities of the post will be:
* Provide cover as an ENT surgeon but will have a special interest in Otology.
* To play an active part in education programmes for junior medical staff, including formal teaching sessions and clinical audits relevant to the needs of the unit.
* To teach and train staff in other medical disciplines, nursing and support staff as appropriate.
* Issuing of advice to GPs on suitability of patients for referral to hospital.
Person Specification
* Full registration with the General Medical Council with a licence to practice.
* At least 5 years at HST level (or equivalent).
* Experience of postgraduate and undergraduate teaching.
* Role as a consultant and all its implied responsibility for clinical management tasks.
* Ability to lead and work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
* Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities and waiting times/lists.
* Ability to supervise, appraise, coach and mentor trainee and other doctors.
* Evidence of work submitted for peer review.
* Evidence of having undertaken audit work that has brought about change.
* Evidence of having undertaken original research.
* Management training and experience.
* Live within a 10-mile radius of the relevant hospital site or within 30 minutes' drive.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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