Job summary
Employer heading
Consultant ENT Surgeon Specialising in Otology
Consultant
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity to join our ENT team. We are looking to recruit a Consultant ENT Surgeon specialising in Otology.
The ENT department is an active and busy sub-regional ENT Centre providing ENT services for Peterborough, Huntingdon, wider Cambridgeshire, South Lincolnshire, East Leicestershire and parts of Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire.
During 2023/24 a total of 20,534 outpatient attendances were recorded, 2,045 elective operations performed, and the department dealt with over 898 emergency episodes.
All ENT inpatient care is provided from Peterborough City Hospital with a dedicated specialist nursing team.
All consultation rooms are fully equipped with state-of-the-art facilities. Each room has its own microscope, Storz Telepack 2 system, flexible laryngoscopes, rigid endoscopes, suction, digital recording, and air purifying facilities.
The audiology department has three audiology walk-in booths including a very large modern Paediatric booth, as well as caloric testing equipment.
On the adult ENT ward there is a fully equipped treatment room with operating microscope and flexible laryngoscope, where all emergency patients are initially treated.
Main duties of the job
To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team and, in addition, any patients of Consultant colleagues when you are covering for annual leave.
To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.
To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional, and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trust’s patients, and to contribute to future thinking about the Trust’s strategic direction.
To participate fully and share leadership of the Clinical Governance of the specialty covering its Trust-wide activities. To attend Clinical Governance half-days as detailed in the Trust’s Guide to Job Planning unless on agreed leave or while attending emergencies.
To actively participate in departmental audits, sharing co-ordination of audit activities within the department and implementation of change.
To participate actively in research projects both within and outside of the trust (commercial and non-commercial) and to encourage research projects amongst other members of the department.
To take an active responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training, and supervision.
Working for our organisation
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust provides acute care to our local communities via two District General Hospitals in Peterborough and Huntingdon, and a community hospital in Stamford.
We are promoting flexible working and a health work/home life balance. Agile working options are automatically considered for all roles within the Trust.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates from our local communities.
Your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay and here are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:
Relocation allowance in line with the Trust policy
Career development and training opportunities
Free staff car parking on all our hospital sites during this financial year
Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays
In-house Physiotherapy Services
Emotional Wellbeing Service covering a range of online support, access to mobile apps and 24/7 counselling services
Subsidised meals at our hospital restaurants
Access to exclusive discounts, cashback and vouchers via NHS Discounts and Blue Light Card
If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to Team North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
If you require more information, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents.
If you require further information please contact Mr Asad Qayyum, Consultant ENT Surgeon- [email protected]
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- • Entry on GMC Specialist Register or, be within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or, provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register
- • Higher surgical training in ENT within a recognised programme.
- • Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
- • Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
Desirable criteria
- • Postgraduate degree (or equivalent)
- Fellowship in Otology
- • Demonstrable experience and participation in research
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mr Asad Qayyum
- Job title
- Consultant ENT Surgeon
- Email address
- [email protected]
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