Locum Consultant in Otolaryngology; Ear, Nose and Throat

Job Overview

At Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, you get to be part of the team helping shape the changing structures of health and social care today.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and committed individual to join the ENT team at King’s Mill Hospital, part of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

You will be employed by the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and will be based at King’s Mill Hospital where you will be part of a team providing clinical services to the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and surrounding population of 500,000.

A Locum Consultant in Otolaryngology for Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, based at the King’s Mill Hospital is required. The post will involve Paediatric ENT. The post holder may be required to undertake sessions at Newark Hospital.

The appointee will join an existing team of consultants providing a comprehensive service to the western part of North Nottinghamshire and, in particular, the residents of Mansfield, Ashfield, and Newark Districts. This is an enthusiastic department with all Consultants providing general ENT services with specialist interests. The post holder will demonstrate a wide range of skills and will be asked to work flexibly within the department.

Candidates for the post must be registered with the GMC at the time of appointment and have Success in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination (FRCS ORL-HNS) or equivalent.

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer to the job description attached.

• Success in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination (FRCS ORL-HNS) or equivalent

• Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC), or be eligible for specialist registration within six months of interview

• Experience requisite to meeting all aspects of the job plan
• Experience of working within the NHS at senior level
• Broader experience of managing General ENT patients at senior level

• Experience of clinical leadership at senior level

• Experience of teaching, training and supervising junior doctors, medical students and allied healthcare professionals

• Demonstrable ability as a teacher with evidence of training and/or qualification in medical education

• Publications in peer-reviewed journals