ENT are looking to recruit a Specialty Doctor based in the ENT department. This role is a new substantive post, designed to support the Facial Plastic Skin Cancer Service, with a view to be working in the future independently under indirect supervision from the Consultant body.Applicants must be fully registered with the General Medical Council and hold a licence to practise.
The successful candidate will join a team of 7 Consultants and 2 Specialist Trainees, 1 Specialty Doctor, 1 GP Trainee and 1 Foundation Year Doctor. The junior staff are all on rotation from Health Education England – North West.
The appointee will be responsible to the Clinical Lead for ENT and accountable to theAssociate MedicalDirector for Surgery and Cancer.
The successful candidate will be based at Leighton Hospital, Crewe in the ENT Department, Surgery and CancerDivision. Outpatient activity will also be provided at Victoria Infirmary Northwich.
The middle grade rota is shared with Royal Stoke Hospital (University Hospital of North Midlands, UHNM) both during the week and at a weekend.
The post is offered on a full time, or job share basis, the job plan being intended for a full-timeappointment with an opportunity to modify this if the post is offered on any other basis.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester (population 357K). The Trust provides high quality planned and emergency care, cardiac, critical care,child health,maternity services and intermediate care at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.The Trust provides over 500 beds and employs over 5,100 members of staff. A comprehensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools through our Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership.
We have played, and continue to play, a proactive role in the development of Integrated Care plans across Cheshire & Merseyside and our local Cheshire East and Cheshire West Place-based systems. We believe, and it is the cornerstone of our five-year Trust Strategy, there is the opportunity to progress innovative, responsive and effective care in the best setting for the patient, be it in the hospital or out in the community.
At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.
We welcome all applicants and assess all job applications based on knowledge, skills and experience needed for the post.
CLINICAL DUTIES
The post isoffered initially at 10 PAs to be worked flexibly, incorporating clinics and theatre sessions.
The post comprises 9 Direct Clinical Care including 1 PA on-call, and 1 SPA for audit, teaching and research.
The post holder willparticipate in the middle grade on-call rota (1 in 8) which provides cross cover with the University Hospital of North Midlands, covering the Royal Stoke Hospital and Stafford. The current arrangements are that at the weekend, all acute admissions are admitted to the Royal Stoke Hospital. The post holder will be expected to live within reasonable distance from the hospital to allow easy access to both on call sites.
The post holder will liaise with medical colleagues, nursing staff and other professionals.
The post holder will be expected to cover colleagues during periods of leave/sickness.
• Work flexibly to achieve high quality care.
• Ensure that optimal use is made of all resources allocated to the post.
The vacancy might be closed earlier if we receive a high number of applications.
This advert closes on Wednesday 19 Feb 2025