Consultant ENT Surgeon

+ Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of Otolaryngology patients and the ENT services.
+ To share with colleague's responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Otolaryngology and ENT Service.
+ Teaching and training of junior staff and medical students.
+ To actively participate in both Departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and Audit.
+ Respons
+ ibility for ensuring active participation in Continuing Medical Education (CME)., The West Suffolk Hospital currently has 5 ENT consultants. The interest between the 5 consultants covers all aspects of ENT specialty including rhinology, otology, paediatrics and head and neck surgery. Head and neck cancer patients, excluding thyroids, are treated and operated on at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. We undertake all the otology workload apart from auditory implant and skull base, which also takes place at Addenbrooke's Hospital. We undertake all the rhinology and facial plastics procedures at WSH. Over the last 12 months we set up a transnasal oesophagoscopy service and we are starting the bidding process for a CT navigation in order to carry out major extended sinus surgeries at West Suffolk Hospital.
ENT emergencies are admitted between Monday 0800 & Friday 1700 hrs. There is resident SHO cover for this period. At weekends ENT emergencies are diverted to Addenbrooke's. As there is no cover for inpatients over a weekend, appropriate cases are selected for Surgery.
The ENT operating theatre has the latest operating microscope and equipment for otology, endoscopic sinus surgery and endolaryngeal microsurgery. The Department has a KTP/YAG laser and access to a Harmonic Scalpel. Both endoscopes and the microscope are linked to the latest digital video facilities. The Day Surgery Unit is similarly equipped.
Outpatient facilities comprise a suite of four consulting rooms with two treatment/microscope rooms connected to video monitor screen. A range of video-linked flexible and rigid endoscopes and stroboscopy is available.
General clinics are held on the West Suffolk site and at peripheral facilities in Thetford, Sudbury and Newmarket. There is secretarial support for each consultant team and an office for them to use. There is commitment from the Trust to the successful candidate that they will have equitable working conditions to their colleagues. An appraiser will be allocated to the successful candidate for revalidation and, as well as departmental support, the trust offers a mentoring system for new consultants.

Are you interested? Do you have outstanding Core ENT skills? Do you have additional skills (or the desire to develop them) which could benefit a specific cohort of patients or a specific aspect of our organisation? Do you have a special interest you'd like to be supported to develop?
We are looking for one outstanding clinician. If you are interested - so are we!
Applications are invited from motivated Consultants in Otolaryngology to join our team.

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