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Job summary

Main area
ENT
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week (10 PAs)
Job ref
200-SNCT 6752590-JT
Employer
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
St George's Hospital
Town
Tooting
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
31/12/2024 23:59

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St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Consultant Paediatric ENT Surgeon

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services.

With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m.

Co-located with St George’s, University of London and with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King’s Health Partners, the trust delivers with its partners high quality research and education both of which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow.

Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff.

St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It has a helipad which opened in spring 2014 and the work of its emergency department can currently be seen on Channel 4’s ‘24 Hours in A&E’ programme. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital.

We also provide services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton. These include outpatient rapid diagnostic and treatment facilities, a minor injuries unit, limb fitting services and 70 elderly, intermediate care and rehabilitation beds.

As well as hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist, maternity and community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities. These services are provided from St John’s Therapy Centre, 11 health centres and clinics, schools, nursing homes and people’s own homes. The trust also manages the healthcare service at HMP Wandsworth.


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Job overview

We are looking for a full time Consultant Paediatric ENT surgeon to deliver activity between St George's University Hospitals and Croydon University Hospitals.Ìý

The establishment of St George’s as a major trauma centre in April 2010 has also increased the need for emergency cover for paediatric trauma in cases where airway management is required.Ìý It is therefore envisaged that this post will work closely with the Paediatric consultant team as well as colleagues within the ENT Department.

A hub and spoke network for ENT operates within South West London centred on St. George’s Hospital covering a population of 1.7million. The aim is to provide a collaborative and integrated service for South West Thames and surrounding counties. All in-patient operating has been centralised on the St. George’s Hospital site. The other linked hospital units within the group include Croydon University Hospital NHS Trust, Kingston NHS Trust, and Epsom and St Helier Hospitals NHS Trust and Queen Mary’s Hospital.Ìý Outpatient clinics and day surgery continue on these sites

Main duties of the job

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  1. Promotion of (and participation in) teaching within the department
  2. Flexible cover for the clinical commitments of the department
  3. To be active in research and to continue to maintain and update their professional knowledge
  4. To fulfil all the general conditions applying to employees of and St George’s Healthcare Trust (see below)
  5. On call duties will be 1:14 frequency

Working for our organisation

St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest healthcare units in the United Kingdom accommodating around 1170 beds and treating around 89,000 inpatient and day cases, and over 448,000 outpatients annually.Ìý The Trust employs over 6,000 staff incorporating 1,100 Medical & Dental Staff.Ìý It provides general acute services together with specialty services including neurosciences, cardiothoracic, and specialist children’s services

The Trust is on three sites, St George’s Hospital, the base for acute general medicine and surgical services, (QMR), and St John’s Therapy Centre, Battersea, where services for care of elderly patients previously at Bolingbroke Hospital are now based.Ìý The Trust serves a resident population of about 300,000 and serves two local Primary Care Trusts, Wandsworth and Merton which have a total population of approximately 600,000 between them.ÌýÌý

As well as acute hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist and community hospital based care and a full range of community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities. These services are provided from , 11 health centres and clinics, schools and nurseries, patients' homes and Wandsworth Prison.

The Trust works closely in association with the Medical School and forms a joint cancer centre with the Royal Marsden.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are looking for an enthusiastic clinician with special interest in Paediatric ENT to contribute to delivering the highest quality of patient care. The post holder will be expected to work closely with colleagues and management in developing the ability of the department to respond to operational pressures together with clinical governance and longer-term service strategies both at St George's and Croydon Hospitals.Ìý This is a full-time post consisting of 10 programmed activities including on call commitments.

Please see attached for further information

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Appropriate Registration with the GMC
  • Possession of CCT or date within 6 months of the interview date
  • Fellowship of the Royal College or affiliated body
Desirable criteria
  • Higher additional qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in Paediatrics and General ENT
  • Evidence of continuing medical education (existing consultants must demonstrate active participation in CPD)
Desirable criteria
  • Other specific medical interests

Teaching

Essential criteria
  • Commitment to organise education and training of junior doctors, therapy staff, nurses and medical students
Desirable criteria
  • Qualification in teaching or completion of a ‘Teach the Trainers’ course

Management

Essential criteria
  • Willingness to participate in management activities
  • Motivated to ensure achievement of defined targets
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of managing budgets and staff
  • Qualification in management
  • Experience of change management

Research

Essential criteria
  • Experience of research, particularly in collaboration with other clinicians
Desirable criteria
  • Willingness to continue participation in research

Other skills

Essential criteria
  • Potential to cope with stressful situations, undertake responsibility and be a team player
  • Enthusiastic and approachable
  • Excellent communication skills
Desirable criteria
  • Leadership qualities
  • Experience in developing effective and collaborative working relationships

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Eleni Ssali
Job title
General Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
020 8725 4510