Job summary
- Main area
- Ear, nose and throat
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 411-SUR-25-7348056
- Employer
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/08/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 22/10/2025
Employer heading

Consultant in Paediatric ENT surgery
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
Applications are invited for this full-time Consultant in Paediatric ENT surgery with special interest in Head and Neck and Thyroid Surgery.
Main duties of the job
Please see the attached job description for further details.
Working for our organisation
As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.
Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.
We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for further details.
Person specification
Education and training
Essential criteria
- - Full GMC registration, licence to practice and specialist registration in ENT (or eligible for or within 6 months of eligibility for)
- - Primary medical degree
- - MRCPCH/MRCP or equivalent degree
- - CCT or within 6 months of CCT (or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- - Higher Degree e.g. MSc
- - DCH, DCCH, MBA or other relevant diplomas
- - Teaching qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- - Wide experience of the specialty sufficient to enable safe independent specialist ENT expertise and practice
- - Evidence of having completed a clinical fellowship in paediatric otolaryngology
- - Evidence of subspecialist interest in paediatric head and neck and thyroid surgery
- - Demonstration of research experience (publications in peer reviewed journals, presentations at national and international meetings)
Desirable criteria
- - Evidence of ability to work with surgical MDT colleagues, in particular Adult Thyroid Surgeons
Skills
Essential criteria
- - Teaching skills and experience
- - Ability to supervise the clinical work of doctors in training and other staff
- - Oral and written communication skills in English
- - Ability to organise and prioritise personal workload and that of others.
- - Ability to build effective relationships and work collaboratively with staff at all levels of the organisation. Ability to relate to patients and carers from a wide range of backgrounds and to empathise with their needs and concerns.
- - Evidence of being a team player and effective communicator as part of a multiagency team
- - Leadership: ability to develop a vision and lead the change that brings it into effect within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency context
- - Effective time management, able to work under pressure
- - Well-developed reflective and self-care skills and able to foster these attributes in others
- - Ability to share knowledge and difficulties with colleagues
Desirable criteria
- - Prior evidence of involvement in undergraduate and postgraduate educational activities
- - Involvement in clinical governance activities
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- - Self-motivated to set and achieve targets
- - Flexible in regards to teamwork
- - Effective member of multidisciplinary team
- - Demonstrable evidence of ongoing commitment to personal and professional development
- - Demonstrable evidence of ongoing commitment to the development of a high quality service
- - Flexible, adaptable, thorough and resilient
- - Demonstrable evidence of ongoing commitment to clinical governance
- - Ability to cope with stressful situations
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- - Entry on the specialist register
- - Understanding of NHS and Local Authority structures and systems
- - Understanding of risk governance systems and reporting mechanisms
- - Understanding of principles of research governance
- - Ability to organise and manage waiting lists and patient priorities
Desirable criteria
- - Evidence of career interest in paediatric head and neck and thyroid surgery
Other
Essential criteria
- - An exceptional practitioner who is able to demonstrate ambition for themselves, the team and the service.
- - Membership of appropriate professional groups
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
- Sunil Sharma
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Jamie Aindow, Service Manager
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