Job summary
Employer heading
Specialty Doctor in ENT
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Job overview
Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust are looking to recruit a Specialty Doctor within the Ear, Nose and Throat Department.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to become part of a friendly, dynamic team, which consists of 9 Consultant Surgeons, 4 Specialty Doctors, 4 Specialist Registrars, 9 Junior Doctors & 5 Nurse Practitioners in ENT.
The appointee would be expected to provide middle grade expertise to both Paediatric and Adult cases within the E.N.T. Department to the people of Mid and West Kent together with areas of East and West Sussex.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the department, be involved with inpatient and outpatient care, join in the non-resident on call rota, as well as contribute to the teaching and supervision of junior trainees.
Duties would also include clinical sessions at both Tunbridge wells Hospital - Pembury & Maidstone Hospital and possibly outreach sites if required.
Working for our organisation
In this year's NHS staff survey, our employees voted to recommend us as an employer, positioning us as the second most recommended NHS Trust in the South East.
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.
The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.
The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients – the first of its kind in the country.
We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team and, in addition, any patients of Specialty Doctor colleagues when you are covering for annual leave.
To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered with GMC, MRCS or equivalent
- 4 years experience at SHO/ST level or equivalent 2 years experience in ENT SHO/ST or middle grade level
Desirable criteria
- FRCS or equivalent
Audit
Essential criteria
- Understand the principles of audit
- Evidence of participation and completion of audit projects.
Research
Essential criteria
- An understanding of general principles, scientific method and interpretation of literature
Desirable criteria
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
Personal skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of good communication skills
- Organisational ability
- Able to take responsibility and cope with stressful situations
Desirable criteria
- Critical and enquiring approach to knowledge acquisition
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
- Deidre Hart
- Job title
- General Manager Head & Neck
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 077562953075
- Additional information
Mr Julian Hamann, ENT Consultant & Clinical Lead, via Secretary Lorraine Carpenter 01892 635400
Mr Scott Maskell, ENT Consultant, via secretary Diana Dear on 01892 635553
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