Job Description

The Department of ENT Surgery is primarily based at Castle Hill Hospital and currently comprises seven substantive consultants, three locum consultants and five specialist registrars and a Head & Neck Fellow.
At Castle Hill Hospital, the department provides a dedicated outpatient service, has a joint inpatient ward with Breast & Plastic Surgery, and day surgery in the recently built Day Surgery Centre. In addition, the service provides paediatric and day surgery sessions at the Hull Royal Infirmary as well as managing emergencies on the acute site.
The Consultants support the team in the delivery of the routine ENT surgery workload and share duties with the current team of consultants for the provision of ENT surgical services for the local population. The department offers a full Head and Neck and Thyroid cancer service, delivered by two specialist Head and Neck surgeons and a two specialist Thyroid surgeon within the Trust, offering both Transoral Robotic and Transoral Endoscopic surgery. The service is supported by the full range of allied surgical specialties including Reconstructive Plastic surgeons, Maxillofacial surgeons, and Neurosurgical and Cardiothoracic surgeons. In addition, the multi-disciplinary team is supported by colleagues from North Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
There is an ongoing Head and Neck and Thyroid research programme overseen by Professor John Greenman in the Daisy Building and Hull University.
Main duties of the job
To collaborate and work to maintain ENT services in line with strategic requirements.
To provide, with the other members of the ENT Consultant body, routine and emergency ENT services to the Trust, operating a system of mutual out-of-hours cover, and cover for annual, study and professional leave.
To provide elective delivery within the general pool of ENT work and also appropriate sub-speciality surgical ENT care in accordance with the priorities of the Trust.
To participate, where appropriate, in the education and training of junior doctors, medical students, nurses, paramedics and general practitioners and other appropriate NHS colleagues.
Please see attached job description for a provisional job plan.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over 1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Details
Date posted
04 September 2025
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Consultant
Salary
109,725 to 145,478 a year PA PR
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
356-25-7353363
Job locations
Castle Hill Hospital
Cottingham
HU16 5JQ
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information on this post, please see the attached and Personal Specification Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information on this post, please see the attached and Personal Specification
Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential

• Full registration with the GMC

Qualifications & Training
Essential

• FRCS (ORL-HNS)
• Completion of higher training (CCT or within 6 months of obtaining)

Desirable

• Postgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD
• Postgraduate qualification in Education
• Post CCT Fellowship

Clinical Experience
Essential

• Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical conditions
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients

Management and Administration Experience
Essential

• Ability to manage and lead medical/surgical teams
• Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
• Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload

Desirable

• Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
• Evidence of participation in quality improvement project

Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff
• Commiment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
• Evidence of participation in audit
• Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients

Desirable

• Evidence of having conducted a practicechanging audit
• Experience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
• Original peer-reviewed research publications

Personal Attributes
Essential

• Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service
• Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels

Desirable

• Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines

Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential

• Full registration with the GMC

Qualifications & Training
Essential

• FRCS (ORL-HNS)
• Completion of higher training (CCT or within 6 months of obtaining)

Desirable

• Postgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD
• Postgraduate qualification in Education
• Post CCT Fellowship

Clinical Experience
Essential

• Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical conditions
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients

Management and Administration Experience
Essential

• Ability to manage and lead medical/surgical teams
• Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
• Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload

Desirable

• Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
• Evidence of participation in quality improvement project

Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff
• Commiment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
• Evidence of participation in audit
• Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients

Desirable

• Evidence of having conducted a practicechanging audit
• Experience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
• Original peer-reviewed research publications

Personal Attributes
Essential

• Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service
• Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels

Desirable

• Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines

Skills Required