Job summary
- Main area
- Ear, Nose and Throat
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (10 PA Job plan)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (1:6 on call)
- Job ref
- 372-SURG-MD186
- Employer
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Huddersfield & Halifax
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant in Head and Neck Surgery
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.
We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.
We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.
We received our Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome application to work for us. Find out more - Why Choose CHFT?
Our Future Plans
The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visit https://future.cht.nhs.uk/
Job overview
Locum Consultant in Consultant in Ear, Nose & Throat with specialist interest in Head and Neck Surgery.
An opportunity has arisen for a locum consultant ENT surgeon within the Head and Neck cancer team. Applications are invited for an Ear, Nose and Throat Consultant to join Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation NHS Trust alongside five other consultants and numerous Specialty Doctors, Registrars, Nurse Practitioners and Audiologists.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be expected to be independent in general ENT surgery with a focus on head and neck and management including benign disease and two week wait fast track referrals. There is an opportunity to tailor your practice to include other disciplines of ENT surgery.
The Head and Neck Cancer and Thyroid service works as part of the tertiary group with Bradford and Leeds Teaching Hospitals. Weekly MDTs take place where complex activity is referred to our tertiary partners. The post holder will need to be able to work with such teams at a high level to ensure patient care and transition is smooth.
Working for our organisation
At Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT), we are a compassionate and dynamic team of over 6,500 staff delivering exceptional healthcare across our two hospitals—Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary—as well as in community sites, health centres, and patients’ homes. Supported by nearly 150 volunteers, we provide essential services ranging from urgent and emergency care, surgery, maternity, critical care, and paediatrics to end-of-life care and diagnostic imaging.
Our community health services, including sexual health, operate in Calderdale through Calderdale Royal and local centres like Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza. This broad spectrum of services ensures we meet the diverse needs of our population, providing care where it's needed most.
At CHFT, we are proud to have recently gained national recognition for our innovative approach to tackling some of the NHS's most significant challenges.
At CHFT, you’ll join an innovative organisation with a strong track record of success, continually striving to improve, adapt, and above all put our patients first.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidate will have a job plan tailored to meet the collective needs of the individual and services provided, to include a selection or all of the following:
· Head and Neck clinics (including Fast Track)
· General Anaesthetic theatre working
· Clinical triage, advice and guidance
· Patient administration
· SPA (1.5PA, of which 0.5PA flexible)
· MDT presentation
· Service development
· Audit and Research opportunities
· Monthly Clinical Governance.
The Trust wishes to ensure that Consultants have time in their job plan to undertake Supporting Professional Activities which underpin and maintain high quality patient care. The Trust Board and Local Negotiating Committee have agreed that a Core allocation of 1.5 SPAs should be allocated to undertake CPD, appraisal, clinical supervision, audit and clinical governance, mandatory training and the general management of the service. Objectives should be agreed at the Job Plan review meeting with regards to this SPA.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Applicants must be Registered with the General Medical Council and hold a Licence to Practise
- FRCS or equivalent qualification
Desirable criteria
- Relevant Higher Degree
- Specialist registration for ENT (or within 6 months of being admitted to the register for trainees, if currently in a training programme in the UK)
Experience and Achievements
Essential criteria
- Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of the ENT specialty
Desirable criteria
- Understanding current issues within ENT and the future direction of the specialty
- Understanding current issues within the wider NHS
- Attendance at a recognised management course
- Shows ability to work with and lead others across professions
Teaching and Training
Essential criteria
- Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff.
Desirable criteria
- Training in clinical and educational supervision
- Attendance at a teaching course
- Formal qualification in teaching/education
Audit and Research
Essential criteria
- Academic achievements/evidence of familiarity with research methods which have resulted in publications Critical Appraisal Skills
- Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects
Disposition-Adjustment/Attitude/Commitment
Essential criteria
- Good communication and empathy skills with patients
- Evidence of willingness to participate in a multi-disciplinary team environment to provide an integrated service
- Ability to work as a member of a team, both through communication and sharing workload
- Ability to manage high pressure situations e.g. clinical crisis
- Ability to prioritise and organise workload and co-ordinate staff
- Ability to integrate the care of a patient by many and various other clinical staff
- Willingness to work flexibly to deliver clinically effective and cost effective healthcare
Practical/Intellectual Skills/Personal Qualities
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of continual learning and development
- Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others
- Evidence of innovation
- Ability to use a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software, email and internet browser
General
Essential criteria
- Eligibility to work in the UK
- Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
- For areas requiring EPP Clearance (Exposure Prone Procedures), this will also be a requirement of the health screening
- An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required with the Disclosure and Barring Service
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Ms Aletta Carbone
- Job title
- Clinical Director H&N Directorate
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07766 905572
- Additional information
Mr Dipan Mistry – Service Lead for ENT
01484 355977
Mrs Natalka Batler – Head and Neck
07717800247
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