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Ear Nose and Throat
Grade
Specialty Doctor
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week (40 hours)
Job ref
391-RFL-6353254
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Barnet Hospital
Town
Barnet
Salary
£52,530 - £82,400 per annum plus London weighting
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Specialty Doctor in ENT

Specialty Doctor

Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.  This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job overview

The Royal Free London ENT department is undergoing some exciting changes with a bright future ahead. There has been a £4.6 million investment into this department which is quickly expanding to occupy the majority of North Central London. The department is being modernised with diversification of its workforce and skill mix to meet the needs of the population in a 21st century world.  

The post holder (s) will be responsible solely for out-patient care of patients at all 4 sites. These include the newly acquired North Middlesex University Hospital as well as  Barnet General,  Chase Farm and the Royal Free Hospitals.

 

Main duties of the job

 SPECIALTY DOCTOR IN ENT 

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint an additional  3 ENT Specialty Doctors (10 PA) to join its current team at RFL. This is part of its exciting new development and expansion. 

The appointee will join the Trust's successful Ear, Nose and Throat - Head & Neck directorate which currently comprises of a team of eight Consultant Surgeons (with a view to appoint an extra 2) , 1 Associate specialist, 1 Specialist Registrar,12 Specialty doctors, 6 junior clinical fellows and 2 GPVTS trainees. There are also 3 ENT CNS, 1 Macmillan Head and Neck Cancer Nurse, 1 Rhinology and ENT Clinical Psychologist and a burgeoning Audiology department.  Services are delivered across all Royal Free London sites including  Barnet, Chase Farm and the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead as well as the  North Middlesex.

The Trust continues to go through some exciting changes with having opened a purpose built, digitally advanced elective treatment centre at Chase Farm Hospital, new audiology facilities at the Royal Free Hospital and the reconfiguration of services to deliver excellent specialist care as well as excellent local services for our large patient population.

It is expected that the appointee  will contribute to the development and delivery of inpatient and outpatient services.  The ENT department hosts University College London Medical School students who also attend clinics.  

 

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

General Responsibilities

The post holder will support the expanding outpatient clinical activity across these sites.  There will also be some expectation to provide urgent care review on the ward and in clinic but outside of the main on call rota. 

The successful applicant will be expected to work with existing staff to meet current NHS targets for patient waiting times and other performance targets in line with national guidelines and frameworks. 

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person specification

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
  • MRCS(ENT)
  • Full registration with the GMC at time of appointment.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Four years full-time postgraduate training (or it’s equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a speciality training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term speciality trainee in a relevant speciality or shall have equivalent experience and competencies

Skills and aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Foundation competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards
  • ST1/CT1 competencies in a relevant speciality at time of application and likelihood of achieving ST2/CT2 competencies in a relevant speciality by the start date of the post.

Personal Qualities & attributes

Essential criteria
  • Team working

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Cheka Spencer
Job title
Consultant ENT surgeon, Clinical Service Lead
Email address
[email protected]

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