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Locum ENT Consultant
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Locum: 12 months
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
388-6074382-M&D
Employer
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Torbay Hospital
Town
Torquay
Salary
£93,666 - £126,281 Pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/05/2024 23:59

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Locum ENT Consultant

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Job overview

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust has a cohesive and supportive ENT Department that manages the full range of ENT conditions in one of the most beautiful parts of the country.

The department currently comprises five substantive consultants based at Torbay, as well as an additional consultant who has been recently jointly appointed with Exeter and who is due to start later this year but will be based and cover on call at Torbay.

This is for 10PAs, but there is the potential for less than full time working to be accommodated.  We are hoping to appoint enthusiastic colleagues who would complement our current collegiate atmosphere and ideally bring the following expertise to the department:

Main duties of the job

  • To provide high quality consultant delivered care for General ENT across elective and emergency patients. The ability to deliver & further develop a subspecialist practice.
  • The job would be 10PA (with the potential for LTFT), divided as follows:

2.5 PA SPA (the Trust supports justified 2.5 SPA throughout your career)

7.5 PA DCC

-3.75 PA Clinic

-2 PA Theatre

-0.75 PA On Call

-1 PA DCC Admin

  • To deliver clinical leadership and supervision of junior medical staff, ensuring the highest standards of clinical care are provided to all patients attending the hospital.
  • To provide teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate level and supervise and train the juniors and specialty doctors.
  • To be proactive the in the department’s clinical governance agenda and take on leadership roles to support continuous learning and improvement, thereby abiding by the clinical and corporate governance policies of the Trust.
  • To liaise with clinicians and managers within and outside the department to address any issues arising that may affect the services.

Working for our organisation

Why Work With Us

As a national leader in day surgery, with a well established, internationally recognised, purpose built Day Surgery Unit, it is fitting that the Trust is currently in the process of building the two new theatres. With most of the elective operating in ENT at Torbay being daycase this will significantly expand our capacity.

The success of the Trust, the collegiate and supportive working environment and our location (with unparalleled access to some of the finest beaches and Dartmoor on the doorstep whilst retaining robust, fast major road and train access) has ensured colleagues across the specialties are of the highest quality with many national leaders and innovators.

The Trust has led nationally in the concept of taking an integrated approach to delivering healthcare and was supported to become the country’s first Integrated Care Organisation, successfully bringing together acute and community health alongside social care.

To see a video we have made about life as an ENT surgeon in Devon please click on the link below:

We are the NHS in Devon: medical recruitment ENT - James (vimeo.com)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 Communication and working relationships

    • Patients/Relatives/Carers
    • Nursing staff
    • Management
    • Consultant colleagues in ENT
    • Junior Medical staff
    • Audiology department
    • Other Medical and service departments within the Trust
    • Liaison with other Trusts where necessary

           

  • Planning and organisation
    • To prioritise workload efficiently and safely on a daily basis
    • To be able to plan treatment care effectively

 

  • Analytical and judgement
    • To be able to analyse results or data where necessary and make safe clinical judgements

 

  • Responsibility and accountability
    • To provide high quality consultant delivered care to patients including clinical leadership and supervision of junior medical staff, ensuring the highest standards of clinical care are provided to all patients attending the hospital
    • To provide teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate level and supervise and train the juniors and specialty doctors. To be proactive in the department’s clinical governance agenda and take on leadership roles to support continuous learning and improvement, thereby abiding by the clinical and corporate governance policies of the Trust

 

  • Responsibility for patients and client care
    • To be pro-active in ensuring all patients receive rapid assessment treatment and clinical decision making, whilst ensuring our standard to deliver safe quality and performance are delivered and sustained

 

  • Policy and service responsibility
    • To adhere to policies and guidelines of the Trust
    • To participate in relevant audit and quality assurance processes
    • To participate in clinical governance and M&M

 

  • Responsibility for finance, equipment and other resources
    • Work constructively with the Associate Medical Director, associate Director of Operations and Operational Manager on budgetary issues

 

  • Responsibility for supervision, leadership and management
    • Engage in the process of supervision and educational management of the junior medical staff

 

  • Information technology and administrative duties
    • To complete relevant medical records both paper and electronic as per policies and procedures
    • Use IT systems i.e. PCIS, Galaxy, PAS, vitalpac etc

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC Registration (with licence to practice).
  • CCT Specialist Registration or will obtain within 6 months of interview date.
  • Attainment of the Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Exam in ENT: FRCS-ORL(HNS) by interview
  • Minimum of English Level 2 (GCSE grade C or equivalent), IELTS or graduate of a UK Medical School.
Desirable criteria
  • Other degrees, e.g. BSc, MSc, MD.

Clinical experience

Essential criteria
  • Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion on general and, if appropriate, subspecialist interest ENT problems.
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for urgent clinical care of all patients in General ENT/Head and Neck
  • Ability to prioritise clinical need.

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
James Powles
Job title
ENT Consultant and Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01803 654078
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