Consultant Otolaryngologist with interest Rhinology & Facial plastics

Full time 10 PA's per week. Permanent post. The post holder will join a team of ENT surgeons who provide a range of subspecialty services including otology, rhinology, benign head & neck and laryngology. The post holder will primarily perform general ENT work with advanced patient care specialising in Rhinology and Facial plastics.

Main duties of the job:

• Actively participate in the planning, development and delivery of the ENT service for the department.
• Function as a member of the ENT team and contribute to multi-disciplinary team work.
• Participate in the consultant on-call rota with additional cover during colleagues' absence.
• Assume a continuous commitment for the care of patients and ensure adequate arrangements are made for leave and off-duty periods.
• Promote high professional standards of clinical care for patients through direct patient care, systematic audit and by the maintenance of continuing professional development.
• Take an active role in the teaching, training and assessment of junior staff including Specialist Registrars, Core Trainees, Foundation Programme Trainees and GP Trainees in ENT.
• Develop close links with local General Practitioners.
• Develop specialist elements of the service in order to meet priorities within available resources.
• Undertake administrative duties involved with the care of their patients.

Job responsibilities:

• On-call commitments would be shared equally between all 5 consultants. Each consultant has a fixed on-call day during the week.
• Bolton NHS Foundation (BFT) operates a joint weekend on-call rota (Friday to Monday AM) with Preston Hospital and this currently enables a 1:9 (this frequency can change in future).
• Junior doctor cover on call is provided by F1 doctor and the F2 / CT trainee on call. The Specialty doctors/registrar also participate in shared weekend on call cover along with cover during the weekdays.
• This means the consultant on-call has middle grade assistance for both weekdays and over the weekend.

Person Specification:

• Qualifications:
• Essential: Full GMC registration with licence to practice, FRCS (ORL-NHS), Inclusion on the specialist register/admission or within 6 months.
• Desirable: Post CCT fellowship in Rhinology, Evidence of continuing personal development, Evidence of commitment to audit, Understanding principles of research and has an interest to participate in research.
• Experience:
• Essential: Wide experience in ENT Surgery, Experience of working in a Multi-Disciplinary Team, Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty, Computer skills.
• Desirable: Understanding of the management responsibilities of NHS Consultants, Involvement in service development.
• Skills:
• Essential: Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality, Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to ENT department.
• Desirable: Commitment to teaching undergraduates, postgraduates, nursing and allied health professionals.
• Knowledge:
• Essential: Up to date surgical techniques in ENT care.
• Desirable: Aware of future developments within surgical speciality.
• Other:
• Essential: Team working, Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with colleagues and patients, Experience in supervising medical staff, Ability to organise and manage busy clinical practice.
• Desirable: Management Training, Publications in recognised journals.

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.

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.