ENT Consultant Surgeon

at  Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

An opportunity has arisen for a full time Consultant General ENT Surgeon with a sub-specialist interest in Otology to join the Somerset ENT Service with the host for this post being Somerset NHS Foundation Trust at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton. The on call commitment is a 1 in 6.5 rota covering Taunton. The post will attract 10PAs.
The post offers an exciting opportunity to join friendly, enthusiastic and forward thinking ENT professionals who are supported by high quality colleagues with a full allied spectrum of specialities. The post-holder will be encouraged to develop a special interest in conjunction with the existing Consultants.
The appointee would join the Somerset ENT team in delivering a modern, high quality ENT service which is responsive to patients, and through an integrated service at primary care level will improve health outcomes.
You must be registered with the GMC on the Specialist Register (or within 6 months of gaining entry onto), willing to participate as part of the on-call rota and be involved in Teaching and Clinical Governance provision.
If you share this vision and are able to work collaboratively, this is an ideal opportunity to be at the forefront of change.
Interviews will be held on 16th November 2022.
The job plan will include theatre sessions, outpatient clinics to include routine, urgent and 2 week wait referrals, SPA and clinical administration. The post is expected to develop during the appointment and the appointee will be actively involved in this development process. The job plan will then be reviewed annually in accordance with the Trust policy on Consultant Job Planning. As the integrated Somerset ENT service develops there may also be sessions for the successful applicant at Yeovil depending on expertise/special interests/availability.
All Consultants are allocated 1.5 SPAs of core activity and any other roles eg Audit lead, Cancer Lead, Clinical Lead, Educational Supervisor, Research Activity will be allocated as extra SPA time as appropriate.
The ENT department will operate according to a five week rolling timetable.
Weekends on call are covered on a 1 in 7 rolling rota and week days/nights are covered on a 1 in 6 rolling rota. There is a single layer of junior ENT cover (F2 or SpR) out of hours below the consultant until 9pm and then the hospital at night team reports directly to the ENT consultant on call between 9pm and 8am. The on call ENT consultant is non-resident.
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is the first NHS trust on the English mainland to provide community, mental health and acute hospital services. We work with health and social care partners in Somerset to ensure that we deliver outstanding services that meet the needs of our population.
We are working with Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (YDH) to bring our two trusts together to create a new, single organisation which will be responsible for running Yeovil Hospital and Musgrove Park Hospital, community hospitals and services, mental health services and a quarter of GP practices in Somerset. By joining together, we will be able provide better mental and physical health services for the population we serve, helping people to enjoy healthier lives with improved access to the specialist care and treatment they need, when they need it.
Location
Taunton is a beautiful area of the South West, located between areas of outstanding natural beauty. Somerset offers you the opportunity to live near some of the UKs most desirable locations; from the beautiful local beaches; to the vibrant cosmopolitan centres of Bristol, Bath and Exeter within easy reach.
Taunton provides access to the M5 motorway and a mainline intercity rail link with trains to London Paddington in less than 2 hours, and Bristol in 30 minutes.
To provide, to a high standard, the full range of specialist diagnostic, treatment and care to patients requiring ENT services, as outlined in the proposed programme
To organise, manage and be responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of patients in the Somerset ENT Service
Except in emergencies, or where otherwise agreed with your manager, to be responsible for fulfilling the duties and responsibilities and undertaking the Programmed Activities set out in the Job Plan, as reviewed from time to time
Responsibility for the associated duties set out in of the Terms and Conditions
The purpose of including agreed personal objectives in the Job Plan is to set out in clear and transparent terms what you and your clinical manager have agreed should reasonably be achieved in the year in question. These objectives are not contractually binding in themselves, but you have a duty to make all reasonable efforts to achieve them
To provide, with Consultant colleagues (as appropriate), a service in the specialty to the hospitals so designated with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness
Locums are not normally employed to cover the absence of Consultants who are away on leave. The number of Consultants who are away on leave at any one time will be agreed in line with the Trust specialty policy. During the absence of colleagues on leave, Consultants are expected to provide agreed levels of cover
Where you wish to seek agreement to have External Duties included in your Job Plan, you must notify your clinical manager in advance. Scheduling of such duties will be by agreement between you and your clinical manager
You will be required to travel between sites in order to provide some community hospital activity
Where emergency work takes place at regular and predictable times, your clinical manager will seek to schedule it as part of the Programmed Activities in your Job Plan schedule. You will also be required to participate in an on-call rota to respond to less predictable emergencies
The Trust will provide secretarial support and an adequately equipped office, including IT facilities
To provide a general ENT service, in collaboration with other multidisciplinary medical, nursing, technical staff and other staff
Teaching of Junior Staff Medical Students, AHP and other professionals
To provide supervision and training to Junior Hospital Doctors
To participate in clinical audit, evidence–based practice and Clinical Governance within the Department
To participate actively in continuing professional development (CPD)

Please refer the Job description for details