Job Description

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.
This is a fixed term locum post, to commence on 29 September 2025 until 14 November 2025. The post will be based at the Great North Children's Hospital.
In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.
Please read attached and Person Specification.
Main duties of the job
Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on, or eligible to join, the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Mr Steven Powell, Clinical Director via email at steven.powell2@nhs.net.
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of 1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Details
Date posted
01 August 2025
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Consultant
Salary
109,725 to 145,478 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
6 weeks
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
317-LCON-25-186
Job locations
ENT Specialty - FH
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE7 7DN
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical:

• To provide specialist expertise in paediatric otorhinolaryngology by providing paediatric ENT clinics, paediatric ENT operating and daytime on-call responsibilities at the Great North Childrens Hospital
• Specialist skills in managing paediatric airway patients, paediatric voice and laryngeal clinic are essential

Administrative:

• To ensure communication with other healthcare professionals occurs in an effective and timely manner.
• To develop an appropriate managerial role to assist with the running of the department

Teaching:

• To contribute to the undergraduate and postgraduate otorhinolaryngology teaching programmes.

Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical:

• To provide specialist expertise in paediatric otorhinolaryngology by providing paediatric ENT clinics, paediatric ENT operating and daytime on-call responsibilities at the Great North Childrens Hospital
• Specialist skills in managing paediatric airway patients, paediatric voice and laryngeal clinic are essential

Administrative:

• To ensure communication with other healthcare professionals occurs in an effective and timely manner.
• To develop an appropriate managerial role to assist with the running of the department

Teaching:

• To contribute to the undergraduate and postgraduate otorhinolaryngology teaching programmes.

Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential

• Primary Medical Qualification
• Full GMC Registration & License to practice in UK
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC)
• FRCS ORL HNS or equivalent
• Experience in a tertiary paediatric ENT service

Desirable

• Higher Degree

Clinical Experience
Essential

• Clinical experience and expertise in the generality of adult and paediatric ENT, both elective and emergency
• Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty
• Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality
• Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre
• Evidence of continuing personal and professional development
• Knowledge & appreciation of the core legal, ethical and political issues which govern medical practice

Desirable

• Ability to introduce innovative service developments for the benefit of patients

Management and Administration Experience
Essential

• Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty
• An understanding of Clinical Governance

Desirable

• Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals
• Evidence of leadership / project management
• Evidence of having implemented change
• Experience in developing and implementing new technologies

Teaching
Essential

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff
• Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
• Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills

Desirable

• Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills
• Postgraduate qualification in medical education

Research
Essential

• Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings
• Research/critical review of literature
• Publications in the last five years

Desirable

• Higher degree

Audit
Essential

• Evidence of participation in audit

Desirable

• Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit
• Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement

Personal Attributes
Essential

• Alignment with the Trust's values
• Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
• Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce
• A commitment to personal / unit CPD
• Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota
• Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work

Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential

• Primary Medical Qualification
• Full GMC Registration & License to practice in UK
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC)
• FRCS ORL HNS or equivalent
• Experience in a tertiary paediatric ENT service

Desirable

• Higher Degree

Clinical Experience
Essential

• Clinical experience and expertise in the generality of adult and paediatric ENT, both elective and emergency
• Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty
• Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality
• Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre
• Evidence of continuing personal and professional development
• Knowledge & appreciation of the core legal, ethical and political issues which govern medical practice

Desirable

• Ability to introduce innovative service developments for the benefit of patients

Management and Administration Experience
Essential

• Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty
• An understanding of Clinical Governance

Desirable

• Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals
• Evidence of leadership / project management
• Evidence of having implemented change
• Experience in developing and implementing new technologies

Teaching
Essential

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff
• Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
• Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills

Desirable

• Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills
• Postgraduate qualification in medical education

Research
Essential

• Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings
• Research/critical review of literature
• Publications in the last five years

Desirable

• Higher degree

Audit
Essential

• Evidence of participation in audit

Desirable

• Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit
• Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement

Personal Attributes
Essential

• Alignment with the Trust's values
• Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
• Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce
• A commitment to personal / unit CPD
• Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota
• Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work