The main duties of this role include leading the delivery of Head & Neck and Thyroid services across SGH and ESTH, managing diagnostic pathways to ensure timely delivery of the 28-day faster diagnosis standard, performing complex oncological surgery at SGH, contributing to the development of the inpatient head and neck surgery service at Epsom (from 2024), actively participating in the St George’s & Royal Marsden Combined Head, Neck & Thyroid Oncology MDT, sharing responsibility for the recruitment, supervision, and teaching of junior medical staff, engaging in clinical governance and service improvement initiatives, and maintaining continuous professional development (CPD), along with participation in a 1:14 on-call rota to support emergency care and out-of-hours services.
Job summary
- Main area
- ENT
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- 1 year (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (10 PAs)
- Job ref
- 200-SNCT-712855-7831546-JT
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St George's Hospital
- Town
- Tooting
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/04/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 09/04/2026
Employer heading
Locum Consultant ENT / Head & Neck Surgeon
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services.
With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m.
Co-located with St George’s, University of London and with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King’s Health Partners, the trust delivers with its partners high quality research and education both of which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow.
Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff.
St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It has a helipad which opened in spring 2014 and the work of its emergency department can currently be seen on Channel 4’s ‘24 Hours in A&E’ programme. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital.
We also provide services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton. These include outpatient rapid diagnostic and treatment facilities, a minor injuries unit, limb fitting services and 70 elderly, intermediate care and rehabilitation beds.
As well as hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist, maternity and community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities. These services are provided from St John’s Therapy Centre, 11 health centres and clinics, schools, nursing homes and people’s own homes. The trust also manages the healthcare service at HMP Wandsworth.
Job overview
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a full-time consultant to join the ENT/Head & Neck Department, based at St George’s Hospital (SGH) with regular activity at Epsom & St Helier Hospitals (ESTH). This newly created role is designed to support service expansion and build upon recent innovations in the diagnostic cancer pathway, with a strong focus on collaboration across a network of clinical colleagues.
As a core member of the St George’s & Royal Marsden Combined Head, Neck & Thyroid Oncology MDT, the appointee will oversee the diagnostic pathway for patients referred to SGH and ensure the ongoing delivery of the 28-day faster diagnosis standard. This will include outpatient clinics at both SGH and ESTH, inpatient complex oncological surgery at SGH, and contributing to the development of the inpatient head and neck surgery service at Epsom (est. 2024).
This role offers a unique opportunity to influence the growth and innovation of head, neck, and thyroid services within a collaborative, integrated care environment. The post-holder will be responsible for managing the full spectrum of benign and malignant head and neck conditions, including providing clinical leadership and mentorship to junior medical staff.
Fixed Term : 1year
Main duties of the job
Working for our organisation
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the largest healthcare units in the United Kingdom accommodating around 1000 beds and treating around 80,000 inpatient and day cases, and over 300,000 outpatients annually. The Trust employs over 6500 staff incorporating 675 Medical & Dental Staff. It provides general acute services together with specialty services including neurosciences, cardiothoracic, and specialist childrens services. A merger with Community Services Wandsworth took place in October 2010 providing integrated services in many areas. St George’s Hospital is the main teaching hospital in the western sector of the South Thames, and as such has developed links with most district general hospitals throughout South Thames West, and supports a significant training programme for junior doctors who rotate through the Trust.
The Trust is on 3 main sites: St George’s Hospital, the base for acute general medicine and surgical services, the St Johns Therapy Centre in Battersea and recently at Queen Mary Roehampton.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are looking for an enthusiastic clinician with special interest in Head and Neck to contribute to delivering the highest quality of patient care. The post holder will be expected to work closely with colleagues and management in developing the ability of the department to respond to operational pressures together with clinical governance and longer-term service strategies. This is a full-time post consisting of 10 programmed activities including on call commitments.
Please see attached for further information
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Appropriate Registration with the GMC
- Possession of CCT or date within 6 months of the interview date
- Fellowship of the Royal College or affiliated body
Desirable criteria
- Higher additional qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- High standard of clinical skill and expertise in the specialty
- Evidence of continuing medical education (existing consultants must demonstrate active participation in CPD)
Desirable criteria
- Other specific medical interests
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Commitment to organise education and training of junior doctors, therapy staff, nurses and medical students
Desirable criteria
- Qualification in teaching or completion of a ‘Teach the Trainers’ course
Management
Essential criteria
- Willingness to participate in management activities
- Motivated to ensure achievement of defined targets
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing budgets and staff
- Qualification in management
- Experience of change management
Research
Essential criteria
- Experience of research, particularly in collaboration with other clinicians
Desirable criteria
- Willingness to continue participation in research
Other skills
Essential criteria
- Potential to cope with stressful situations, undertake responsibility and be a team player
- Enthusiastic and approachable
- Excellent communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Leadership qualities
- Experience in developing effective and collaborative working relationships
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mr Robert Harris
- Job title
- ENT Consultant and Care Group Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8725 2493
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