The fellowship offers exposure to medical and surgical management of malignant and benign thyroid and parathyroid disease. Outpatient commitments would include specialist thyroid clinics and teaching in ultrasound techniques. There are also opportunities for exposure to transoral thyroid surgery, laryngology, salivary gland disease, diagnostic head and neck cancer work and facial plastic surgery. We encourage fellows to visit neighbouring and allied units to observe alternative practice. The fellow will also be responsible to teach junior doctors and nurses during ward rounds, outpatient clinics, emergency situations and operating sessions. It is expected that fellows will join the on-call rota and will also undertake general Head and Neck ENT outpatient clinics, including a One-stop neck lump clinic. From an academic perspective, the department is currently involved in 2 national clinical trials and the opportunity to undertake research will be encouraged. We are also conducting a feasibility study into the use of Radio-frequency ablation for the treatment of thyroid nodules, one of only a handful of trusts to offer the service within the UK.