Main area ENT Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week (on call rota)
Job ref: 265-6580559-B
Site: Northampton General Hospital
Town: Northampton
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 19/01/2025 23:59
Job overview
The advertised post is a substantive full-time (10PA) position which will join a well-established consultant team across the Northampton and Kettering combined Ears Nose and Throat (ENT) service. The Head Neck appointee will be predominantly based at NGH. The post holder can have cross-site sessions, if required, to meet service demands. The KGH and NGH combined offer comprehensive ENT care to around 800,000 people across the district with a wider catchment for more specialized services.
The Kettering Hospital Trust became a foundation trust in 2008. KGH provides services at the Kettering Hospital at Kettering, supported by services at the Corby Clinic and other outreach clinics. Our catchment population is 400,000 which are expected to steadily increase above the national rate.
Northampton General Hospital (NGH) is a busy hospital. We serve over 400,000 people across Northampton and surrounding areas for specialist services.
Paediatric in-patient care is based on Skylark ward at KGH and Disney Ward at NGH. There are also dedicated Paediatric assessment units attached to the Paediatric wards at both sites. Adult ENT in-patients are based in a 14 bedded Head and Neck Ward at NGH which is shared with Maxillo-Facial Surgery. This includes 4 High Care Bay and 2 individual rooms.
Main duties of the job
HEAD NECK CANCER ROBOTIC/THYROID POST – The post holder will be based at NGH and will have the opportunity to manage Head Neck cancer patients through the regional Head Neck Cancer MDT. The regional Head and Neck Cancer and Thyroid Cancer service is centralized at the Northampton General Hospitals NHS Trust (NGH) and includes Kettering General Hospital (KGH) and Milton Keynes University Hospital which covers Buckinghamshire. The combined cancer service covers a population of just fewer than 1 million. There is a weekly Head and Neck MDT and a Thyroid MDT, allowing all hospitals to be involved through a well-established video-link. Diagnostic work is carried out at KGH and MKUH while all major surgery and Chemo/Radiation therapy is offered at NGH.
Recently, the regional Head and Neck MDT have developed closer working relationships with the Head and Neck MDT at Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI). This has further enhanced the opportunity to participate in academic studies and trials. This has also provided flexibility to map service requirements to available capacity between NGH and LRI. Both MDTs have shared M&M, Clinical Governance and Academic meetings and are in the process of developing a joint super-specialized head neck service e.g. Robotic Head Neck service. Working together, Northamptonshire and Leicestershire head neck cancer MDT cover just over 2.5 million population extending from south Midland to Buckinghamshire.
Working for our organisation
Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernize, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values
* Compassion
* Accountability
* Respect
* Integrity
* Courage
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.
We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.
The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.
We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and their Clinical Director, on behalf of the Medical Director, as soon as possible after the commencement date of the appointee. This will be signed by the Chief Executive and will be effective from the commencement date of the appointment.
The Trust has discretion to offer additional programmed activities in appropriate cases.
The Job Plan will then be reviewed annually, following the Appraisal Meeting. The Job Plan will be a prospective agreement that sets out a consultant’s duties, responsibilities and objectives for the coming year. It should cover all aspects of a consultant’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It should provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external. In addition, it should include personal objectives, including details of their link to wider service objectives and details of the support required by the consultant to fulfil the job plan and the objectives.
The JD attached provides an outline of the expected clinical activity and clinically related activity components of the job plan which occur at regular times in the week. Agreement should be reached between the appointee and their Clinical Director with regard to the scheduling of all other activities, including the Supporting Professional Activities. Upon appointment, the consultant will be given a specific “work programme” detailing the initial allocation of direct clinical care activities and supporting activities.
The successful candidate will be offered 10 PA’s for consideration in the first instance, and the possibility of an additional clinic/theatre as an additional DCC PA if agreeable. Direct Clinical Care 8.0 PAs on average per week (clinical activity, clinically related activity, predictable and unpredictable emergency work) Supporting Professional Activities 2.0 PAs on average per week (includes CPD, audit, teaching [postgraduate and undergraduate research).
Person specification
Qualifications
* Completion of Specialty Training (CST or equivalent) or within 6 months of achieving it in relevant specialty
* Full registration with General Medical Council
* MD, PhD or other higher degree
* Education / Medical Education Qualification (preferably at Masters level)
* Surgeon with experience in the da Vinci system
* Training on the use of the da Vinci system
Skills
* Robotic surgery for precise operations such as Head and Neck cancer
* Thyroid and Parathyroid surgery
* Transoral robotic surgery (TORS)
Education/Audit
* Experience of Audit and Quality Improvement
* Experience of Teaching Junior Staff
* Experience of Undergraduate Teaching
* Publications in recognised Medicine / Medical Education Journals or Presentations at National Level
* Research experience relating to quality improvement
Research and Academic Achievements
* Research experience relating to quality improvement
* Ability to work with a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive care for patients
Interpersonal Skills
* High level Organisational Skills
* Communication Skills
* Ability to work with a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive care for patients
At Northampton General Hospital we provide general acute services and hyper-acute stroke, vascular and renal services to people living in Northamptonshire. As well as this we are an accredited cancer centre and provide cancer services to a wider population of Northamptonshire and parts of Buckinghamshire.
We are proud to be the first hospital in the UK to have obtained Pathway to Excellence designated accreditation from the American Nurses Credentialing Centre (ANCC).
We celebrate staff achievements and value the importance of working as one big team. That’s why we talk about Team NGH. It’s all about working together to provide the best possible care for our patients and supporting each other to grow and develop our skills. We are driven to helping you to be the best you can be.
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities. The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
Apply today and join the largest family in Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values:
* Compassion
* Respect
* Integrity
* Courageous
* Accountable
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