Consultant ENT Surgeon with special interest in Laryngology

We are looking for a Consultant ENT Surgeon with special interest in Laryngology and Neurolaryngology.

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. 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. Outpatient clinics and day surgery continue on these sites, 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

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. The Trust employs over 6,000 staff incorporating 1,100 Medical & Dental Staff. 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, Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton (QMR), and St John's Therapy Centre, Battersea, where services for care of elderly patients previously at Bolingbroke Hospital are now based. 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.

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 Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton, 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.