A Vacancy at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust.
We have an exciting opportunity for an Enhanced Clinical Practitioner to join our friendly and professional ENT (ear, nose and throat) team within Head and Neck. The work is extremely interesting and varied, ranging from reviewing, assessing and monitoring patients in our SDEC (Same Day Emergency Care), supporting the management of inpatients on the head and neck ward and ENT patients on critical care, to providing outpatient ear treatments, and supporting other head and neck clinics.
We are seeking someone that is highly motivated, proactive and passionate about their role, delivering safe, effective and patient centred care. The applicant must have excellent communication skills and will be expected to communicate with multidisciplinary teams within the Trust, along with patients and their relatives.
The successful candidate will be provided with specialist ENT training and clinical supervision to achieve competency sign off in a number of specialist skills, for example epistaxis management, incision and drainage of quinsy, nasal fracture management and ear examination and treatment.
There will be opportunities to develop skills in specialist treatments, as well as supporting the team to further develop our successful SDEC service.
Base Location : Poole Hospital. The Head and Neck Ward and Head and Neck SDEC will be moving to the Bournemouth site in December 2025. Head and neck outpatient clinics will remain in Poole.
Interview Date: TBC
To understand the role in more detail please carefully read the job description and person specification documents attached.
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
There is a planned move for this service anticipated during December 2025, when thisrole and base of work will relocate toBournemouthsite. Upon relocation of the role/service, excess mileage allowance / reimbursement will not apply, and any travel between the postholder’s home and work base will be classified as a commute. Any other changes unrelated to this, will be handled in line with Trust/National terms and conditions.
To understand the role in more detail, please read the full job description and person specification carefully.
This advert closes on Thursday 30 Jan 2025
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