Job summary
- Main area
- ENT
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- 6 months (Locum - Fixed Term (Potential to increase to 12 months))
- Hours
- Full time
- Other
- Job ref
- 411-SUR-24-6801898
- Employer
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alder Hey
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant in Paediatric Otolaryngology
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
This is an NHS Locum (10 PA) post, fixed term for 6 months with the potential to increase to 12 months. The post is based at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation. The successful applicant would join a team of 7 consultant ENT surgeons at Alder Hey. The post holder will work as part of a team of clinicians providing comprehensive ENT services both locally and as part of the tertiary referral Services of the Trust.
Main duties of the job
Clinical
It is envisaged that this post will attract 10 programmed activities per week (8.5 PA direct clinical care and 1.5 PA supporting professional activities). As per Trust Policy for new consultants increases beyond 1.5 SPA, in respect of appropriate activities can be negotiated by mutual agreement following annual job planning reviews. The post holder will work as part of a team of clinicians providing comprehensive ENT services both locally and as part of the tertiary referral Services of the Trust. On-call commitment is 1:8.
Teaching & Academic role
Managerial responsibilities
CPD, Audit & Clinical Governance
Working for our organisation
As a leader in child healthcare and research, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust provides care for more than 275,000 children and young people each year, making us one of the biggest and busiest children’s hospitals in Europe. This care is delivered not only on our main site in Liverpool, but in patients’ homes and communities, and at other hospitals across the North of England.
Our state-of-the-art hospital, on our main site in Liverpool, opened in October 2015. It sets a new benchmark within the NHS and has won many prestigious industry awards. Buildings, however, are only as good as what happens inside them.
Our highly professional, skilled staff include some of the best clinicians in their field in the world. This expertise is combined with a care and compassion, evident in all of our staff, that our patients and families tell us is unique. This dedication and passion for putting our patients at the heart of everything we do has helped us to achieve a rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) of ‘Good’ overall and ‘Outstanding’ in the category of ‘Caring’. This is something that we’re proud of, but it’s something that wouldn’t have been possible without our staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Details of the duties as mentioned above and in the Job Description.
Clinical
- The post holder will work as part of a team of clinicians providing comprehensive ENT services both locally and as part of the tertiary referral Services of the Trust.
Teaching & Academic role
- Participate in the teaching and training of undergraduates and postgraduates.
- Develop research interests in their area of interest and expertise
Managerial responsibilities
- Supervise junior staff.
- Participate in departmental meetings related to strategic planning.
- Take an active role in service review and development
CPD, Audit & Clinical Governance
- Participate in CPD activity for which financial support is available
- Initiate and undertake appropriate audits as required within the department.
- Take part in the clinical governance programme.
Person specification
Education and Training
Essential criteria
- GMC registration
- Primary medical degree
- MRCPCH/MRCP or equivalent degree
Desirable criteria
- Higher Degree e.g. MSc
- DCH, DCCH, MBA or other relevant diplomas
- Teaching qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Wide experience of the specialty sufficient to enable safe independent specialist ENT expertise and practice
- Evidence of having completed a clinical fellowship in paediatric otolaryngology
- Demonstration of research experience (publications in peer reviewed journals, presentations at national and international meetings)
Skills
Essential criteria
- Teaching skills and experience
- Ability to supervise the clinical work of doctors in training and other staff
- Oral and written communication skills in English
- Ability to organise and prioritise personal workload and that of others.
- Ability to build effective relationships and work collaboratively with staff at all levels of the organisation. Ability to relate to patients and carers from a wide range of backgrounds and to empathise with their needs and concerns.
- Evidence of being a team player and effective communicator as part of a multiagency team
- Leadership: ability to develop a vision and lead the change that brings it into effect within a multi-disciplinary and multiagency context
- Effective time management, able to work under pressure
- Well-developed reflective and self-care skills and able to foster these attributes in others
- Ability to share knowledge and difficulties
Desirable criteria
- Prior evidence of involvement in undergraduate and postgraduate educational activities
- Involvement in clinical governance activities
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Self-motivated to set and achieve targets
- Flexible in regards to teamwork
- Effective member of multidisciplinary team
- Demonstrable evidence of ongoing commitment to personal and professional development
- Demonstrable evidence of ongoing commitment to the development of a high quality service
- Flexible, adaptable, thorough and resilient
- Demonstrable evidence of ongoing commitment to clinical governance
- Ability to cope with stressful situations
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Completion of FRCS (ORL-HNS)
- Understanding of NHS and Local Authority structures and systems
- Understanding of risk governance systems and reporting mechanisms
- Understanding of principles of research governance
- Ability to organise and manage waiting lists and patient priorities
Other
Essential criteria
- An exceptional practitioner who is able to demonstrate ambition for themselves, the team and the service.
- Membership of appropriate professional groups
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
- Sunil Sharma
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Jamie Aindow
Service Manager
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