About this role
Job summary
Applications are invited for Consultant in Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery with University hospitals of Northamptonshire. Applicants should be well trained in general ENT surgery and should have developed an interest in Rhinology.
You will help to lead an excellent multi-disciplinary team in a department that has a tradition or promoting innovation and development.
Job Description/Person Specification is pending Royal college approval.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
Work with colleagues to provide a Consultant led service with the highest standard of care.
Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines.
Develop and maintain good working practices with wards, outpatients and the ED departments.
Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues, other departments and primary care.
Offer educational, clinical support and leadership and junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary.
Ensure appropriate information is made available to staff to measure clinical performance and enable meaningful benchmarks to be established and evaluated within your area of responsibility.
Ensure there is a robust process for reviewing the quality of services provided, explaining the causes of success and failure and ensure the highest standards are maintained.
Provide a role model of professional leadership, which underpins the corporate values and behaviours agreed by the organisation, ensuring these are understood and demonstrated by the medical workforce within your area and take remedial action where poor behaviour are demonstrated.
Ensure that junior doctors training conforms to College requirements.
Participate in the appraisal of medical staff within the department in line with the trust's agreed policy
About us
Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close adverts once sufficient applications have been received.
We recognise that AI tools can support application writing; however, candidates are asked to keep their use to a minimum. Responses should reflect your own experience, skills and knowledge, as over-reliance on AI-generated content may result in generic answers that do not accurately represent your abilities.
University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.
Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.
Job description Job responsibilities
Provisional assessment of Programmed Activities for a whole-time contract of 10 PA split between DCC and SPA.
The Job Plan will:
be a prospective agreement that sets out a consultants duties, responsibilities and objectives for the coming year; cover all aspects of a consultants professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities; provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external; include personal objectives with details of their link to wider service objectives, and details of the support required by the consultant to fulfil the job plan and the objective.
All consultants will undergo appraisal and revalidation, comply with the terms and conditions of the organisation and ensure their statutory and mandatory training is current and compliant.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practice
Desirable
On Specialist Register/Accreditation Eligible for entry onto the GMC Specialist Register or CCT within 6 months of interview
Knowledge Essential
Broad experience in the management of ENT elective surgery and emergency care Experience with speciality interest in Rhinology Evidence of clinical audit
Desirable
Special interest that complements the Department
Skills Essential
Good written and verbal communication skills. Evidence of the ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels. Ability to plan, implement and evaluate research. Participate in and implement audits. Be actively involved with Risk Management strategies Ability to work in a team Enquiring, critical approach to work Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address Kettering General Hospital
Rothwell Road
Kettering
NN16 8UZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.kgh.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)