Job Description

There is an opportunity for a motivated individual to join the ENT department at University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital.

The ENT Department works across two sites:

Kettering general Hospital and Northampton General Hospital.



This Fellowship provides an excellent opportunity to work within a high-volume regional university teaching hospital with a multidisciplinary focus. Our aim is to provide comprehensive training in the surgical management of a wide range of Head & Neck and laryngology conditions. The fellowship offers exposure to the medical and surgical management of malignant and benign Head and cases which includes Robotic surgery. The other aspect of the fellowship includes exposure to a large volume Voice, Airway and Swallow pathologies. Outpatient commitments include specialist Head and Neck, laryngology and thyroid clinics. The candidate will undertake voice clinics with a speech and language therapist to support. KGH offers office procedures LA where the candidate will be trained to perform laryngeal injections, balloon dilation and ablation surgery with Blue laser. We specialise in state-of-the-art VOIS Thyroplasty and are setup to begin Laryngeal reinnervation surgeries in Sept 2025. Robotic surgeries are performed at NGH on a fortnightly basis and the candidate will also get an opportunity to gain experience in it.



Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.



Our Excellence Values



Compassion



Accountability



Respect



Integrity



Courage



We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential.



The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.



We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Silver Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme.



We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.



You will be provided with secretarial support and computing facilities to be able to access all the

information technology required for your role. We have online dictation, prescribing, discharge

summaries, clinic letters, investigation requests and results and radiology.



See job specification and also speak to senior team at UHN regarding the role