Main area: Otolaryngology
Contract: 12 months (Fixed Term)
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref: 188-MA60325
Site: Southampton General Hospital
Town: Southampton
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/04/2025 23:59
Interview date: 07/05/2025
Job overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
Main duties of the job
Your primary focus will be the outpatient and surgical management of complex Otology and lateral skull base conditions. You will be a member of the ENT team and of the Skull base team (with colleagues in allied specialties of Neurosurgery, Oncology, OMF surgery, plastics etc). The post is based principally at Southampton General Hospital with some outpatient clinical activity in the Royal South Hants Hospital.
Responsibilities include the management of in-patients, outpatient clinics, attendance at Multidisciplinary Team (MDTs) meetings, administration, teaching, educational and clinical supervision, service development, participation in the ENT on-call rota, which is shared with, and covers, Winchester Hospital and Salisbury Hospital.
You will be working with internal and external clinicians to grow and develop the model of care across the region to ensure the service is responsive to the needs of the local and regional population.
Applicants should be strongly motivated to work in a teaching hospital and should be prepared to take an active part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, research and clinical management. We also offer excellent personal development and research opportunities.
Working for our organisation
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. UHS is rated ‘Good’ by the CQC and in the latest national NHS Staff Survey, we were in the top 10 acute trusts for staff engagement and for staff recommending the hospital as a place to work or receive care.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Applicants should have a CCT. The candidate should be able to demonstrate that they have received training in Otology and lateral skull base surgery such as having undertaken a period of Fellowship training.
This is a 1 year fixed term locum consultant post and the trust is strongly committed to appointing a substantive post in the future.
Applicants will be expected to demonstrate their competence to communicate in spoken and written English.
Where equivalent qualifications or experience are being offered, it is essential that candidates should provide confirmation of this from the relevant College or Faculty in the United Kingdom and attach the confirmation to your application.
Person specification
Qualifications, Training & Experience
* MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
* GMC registration with a licence to practise
* Success in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination or equivalent
* Higher Qualification in specialty i.e., FRCS
* Appropriate knowledge base, and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems
* Experience of multidisciplinary working in MDTs and surgical teams
* Entry on GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register
* Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in Otolaryngology
* Wide experience in ENT
* Post CCT Fellowship
Aptitudes and skills
* Evidence and ability to work effectively in multi-professional teams
* Undertake clinical and teaching sessions to core trainees
* Publications in peer-reviewed journals
* Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems in Otology and Lateral skull base Surgery
* Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance and Audit
* Ability to supervise postgraduate research
Trust Values
* Patients First
* Always Improving
* Working Together
Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.
Our commitment to equality
Equality remains at the centre of our policymaking, service delivery, and employment practice, giving all employees equal opportunity to develop, apply for promotions, and have working arrangements that enable them to achieve a manageable work-life balance.
UHS actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for managers and staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development, and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status and age.
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