Job overview

The Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery provides a comprehensive service to a population of approximately 350,000. The specialty is part of the Surgery, GI and Critical Care Business Group. The team provides elective surgery for GP referrals subject to agreed Commissioner protocols.

Stepping Hill Hospital’s Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery carries out approximately 300 elective inpatient procedures, 1200 day case procedures and approximately 18,000 outpatient attendances per year.

The Department provides a wide range of services including Otology, Rhinology, Neck Lump, Thyroid, and General ENT. The Department also has an established Facial Skin Cancer service.

The appointee will be responsible for the care of patients referred by general practitioners and internal departments and will undertake clinics, ward rounds and theatre lists as appropriate. The post holder will offer management of conditions affecting both adult and paediatric patients. There is an expectation that all Consultants contribute equitably to the running of the department. Multi Disciplinary Team work is deemed a key component to providing and maintaining a high-quality service. The proposed ‘programmed activities’ are outlined below:

Main duties of the job

The successful candidates will be a full time Consultant appointment in Ear Nose and Throat surgery. They will form part of a team of six full-time ENT Consultants at Stepping Hill Hospital.

This posts is an essential development to support the service’s progression towards the reduction and maintenance of waiting times for patients.

The post holders will be expected to have Benign Head and Neck experience, as well as performing General Adult and Paediatric Ear, Nose and Throat surgery.

The candidates will be expected to integrate with the existing team of Consultants in order to provide a complete Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery service.

The out-of-hours on-call covers Stepping Hill, Wythenshawe & Macclesfield Hospitals. This is currently a 1:10 on-call, which links in with our colleagues at Wythenshawe Hospital.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Consultants have been allocated weekday HOT day-time on-call sessions to enable ward rounds and facilitate early senior review of non-elective attendances and admissions. The format has been successful but may be subject to change.

Working for our organisation

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice