Main area ENT Grade YC72 Contract Permanent: WITH ONCALL Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (ONCALL) Job ref 287-ASUR-181-24-A
Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Aintree University Hospital Town Liverpool Salary £105,504 - £139,882 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 02/02/2025 23:59
YC72
Job overview
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust wishes to appoint a Consultant ENT/Head and Neck Surgeon (full time) to support the head and neck/thyroid services of the department. The Trust hosts the centralised and regional head and neck surgical oncology service for Cheshire and Merseyside.
The appointee is expected to support the present head and neck team, and to contribute to the running of services within the ENT Department. Applicants are required to hold the fellowship of a Royal College of Surgeons (UK) or recognised national equivalent qualifications, to be fully registered with the General Medical Council and be listed on the Specialist Register for Otolaryngology or due to be registered within three months of the date of appointment. It will be expected that the incumbent contributes to the department’s active teaching and training programme, at both post-graduate specialist-registrar level and nurse specialist level.
Main duties of the job
This is a substantive appointment of a Consultant ENT Surgeon (Full time). The appointee is expected to complement the skill mix of the existing head and neck team.
The appointee will participate in the on-call rota for daytime emergencies and for out-of-hours cover (including weekends and bank holidays). The daytime on-call rota is currently (subject to change) 1:16 consultant-of-the-week (COTW), based at Aintree University Hospital. Elective work for the individual consultant during the COTW is suspended.
Out-of-hours on-call has 0.5 DCC PAs and a 3% on call supplement.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Post-Holder will have continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his or her charge for the proper function of the service and will undertake administrative duties associated with the care of the patient and the running of the Clinical Department.
Person specification
Qualifications
* MBBS (or equivalent)
* Full registration with the GMC and licence to practise (or eligible for)
* PhD, MD
Clinical Experience
* CCT in ORL-HNS (or equivalent training) or within 6 months of attaining one at time of interview
* Broad experience in ORL-HNS
* Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on all ORL-HNS problems
* Evidence of continuing medical education.
* Experience in benign and malignant head and neck surgery
* Experience in transoral laser and robotics surgery
* Relevant clinical fellowship
Teaching & training Experience
* Experience of teaching to medical and nursing staff and other disciplines
* Running and managing courses/ conferences
Clinical Governance experience
* Understanding of NHS management structures and the principles of Clinical Governance
* Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
Management Experience
* Willingness to participate in management activities
* Understanding of financial arrangements in the NHS
* Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures
* Experience working in a busy tertiary centre and within multi-disciplinary teams (e.g, Thyroid, Head and Neck)
* Attendance of leadership, management, advanced communication courses
Research Experience
* Understanding principles of research.
* Proven track record in research.
* Publication of research.
* Evidence of awarded higher degree e.g., PhD
Audit Experience
* Thorough understanding of the principles of clinical audit.
* Publication of audit results.
* Evidence of audit submitted for publication/ peer review.
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.
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