Job Description

Applications are invited for one post of substantive Consultant in Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery with East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust. This is a replacement post. Applicants should be well trained in general ENT surgery and should have a developed interest in Otology.



You will help to lead an excellent multi-disciplinary team in a department that has a tradition of promoting innovation and development.



Applications will be considered from those unable, for personal reasons, to work full time. The appointee will be expected to hold FRCS ORL-HNS or equivalent. Full registration with GMC is essential. Applicants must be on the GMC specialist register, or within six months of obtaining CCT by the interview date. Applicants via the CESR route must be on the specialist register at the time of application.

The post holder will:

Work with colleagues to provide a Consultant led service with the highest standard of care.

Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines.

Develop and maintain good working practices with wards, outpatients and the ED department.

Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues, other departments and primary care.

Offer educational, clinical support and leadership and junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary.

Ensure appropriate information is made available to staff to measure clinical performance and enable meaningful benchmarks to be established and evaluated within your area of responsibility.

Ensure there is a robust process for reviewing the quality of services provided, explaining the causes of success and failure and ensure the highest standards are maintained.

Provide a role model of professional leadership, which underpins the corporate values and behaviours agreed by the organisation, ensuring these are understood and demonstrated by the medical workforce within your area and take remedial action where poor behaviour are demonstrated.

Ensure that junior doctors training conforms to College requirements.

Participate in the appraisal of medical staff within the department in line with the trust's agreed policy.



We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.



We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.



We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.



Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.



Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.



We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.



If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.



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The key duties and responsibilities of the post will be:

Provide cover as an ENT surgeon but will have a special interest in Otology

To play an active part in education programmes for junior medical staff, including formal teaching sessions and clinical audits relevant to the needs of the unit.

To teach and train staff in other medical disciplines, nursing and support staff as appropriate.

Issuing of advice to GPs on suitability of patients for referral to hospital