Locum Consultant in Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
The closing date is 27 April 2026
We are inviting applications for a full‐time locum consultant with a special interest in either Head & Neck surgery, Rhinology, Otology or Paediatrics.
The new post holder will be based predominantly at Ipswich Hospital. A shared cross‐cover on call service provision is in place with Colchester Hospital (35 minutes apart by car) with emergency care alternating between sites on a weekly basis.
Main duties of the job
* 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 to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi‐disciplinary team.
* 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 ensuring 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 is 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.
About us
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 organisations 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 offers 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 have invested in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with a leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation has brought 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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Job responsibilities
* Provide cover as an ENT surgeon with a special interest in line with the needs of the department.
* 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.
* Teach and train staff in other medical disciplines, nursing and support staff as appropriate.
* Issue advice to GPs on suitability of patients for referral to hospital.
Person Specification
* Full registration with the General Medical Council with a licence to practice.
* FRCS ORL-HNS or equivalent higher qualification.
* Adequate specialist training in ENT surgery.
* Experience of postgraduate and undergraduate teaching.
* At least 5 years at HST level (or equivalent).
* Role as a consultant and all its implied responsibility for clinical management tasks.
* Ability to lead and work as part of a multi‐disciplinary team.
* Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist service.
* Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities and waiting times/lists.
* Ability to supervise, appraise, coach and mentor trainee and other doctors.
* Ability to teach clinical and operative skills, commitment to continuing medical education.
* Educational/Clinical Supervisor (the necessary training will be provided for applicants that have not undertaken these roles previously).
* Fellowship.
* Entry on Specialist Register (or entry expected within 6 months).
* Evidence of work submitted for peer review.
* Evidence of having undertaken audit work that has brought about change.
* Evidence of having undertaken original research.
* Management training and experience.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
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