Senior Clinical Fellow in ENT Head & Neck

Main area: Head and Neck Fellow

Grade: Senior Clinical Fellow

Contract: 1 year (Fixed Term)

Hours: 40 hours per week (Full Time on a rota which includes weekends and overnights)

Salary: £55,355 - £67,325 per annum

Closing: 29/09/2026 23:59

St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services. With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m.

Job overview: We are looking for an enthusiastic clinician with a special interest in head and neck oncology to contribute to delivering the highest quality of patient care. The head and neck unit at St George’s Hospital performs the full range of complex ablative head and neck surgery, and has a large endocrine neck surgery practice with over 300 thyroid & parathyroid operations performed each year. In addition, the unit is one of few in the UK with a regular robotic head and neck surgery programme.

Main duties of the job:

• The post holder will be expected to work closely with colleagues and management in developing the ability of the department to respond to operational pressures together with clinical governance and longer-term service strategies.
• The post holder will be expected to carry out audit and activities associated with Clinical Governance as required by the Trusts and/or by the Royal College.

Working for our organisation: The ENT Department of St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust consists of 19 consultant ENT Surgeons. All inpatient work is carried out at St George's Hospital where there is an expanding head and neck unit. Outpatient services and day-case facilities are provided at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

• Promotion of (and participation in) teaching within the department
• Flexible cover for the clinical commitments of the department
• To be active in research and to continue to maintain and update his or her professional knowledge

The post is covered by terms and conditions of Service for Hospital Medical and Dental Staff and General Whitely Council conditions. The post holder will be expected to carry out audit and activities associated with clinical governance as required by the Trusts and/or by The Royal College.

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

Person specification:

• Qualifications & Training: Full registration with the GMC, Fellowship of the Royal College or affiliated body, Higher additional qualification, Possession of CCT
• Experience & ability: Evidence of continuing medical education, Teaching, Commitment to organise education and training of junior doctors, therapy staff, nurses and medical students, Qualification in teaching or completion of a ‘Teach the Trainers’ course
• Management: Willingness to participate in management activities, Motivated to ensure achievement of defined targets, Experience of change management
• Research: Experience of research, particularly in collaboration with other clinicians, Willingness to continue participation in research
• Disposition: Potential to cope with stressful situations, undertake responsibility and be a team player, Enthusiastic and approachable
• Other: Ability to travel between Trust sites, Committed to personal and professional development, Experience in developing effective and collaborative working relationships

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these.

Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email or via NHS Jobs.

If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features.

As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.

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.

For further information, please contact Mr. Enyi Ofo, Consultant ENT-Head & Neck Surgeon at St Georges Hospital site on 020 8 725 2052 or email enyi.ofo@nhs.net.