Ent Consultant

Stepping Hill Hospital’s Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery carries out approximately 300 elective inpatient procedures, 1200 day case procedures and approximately 18,000 outpatient attendances per year.

The Department provides a wide range of services including Otology, Rhinology, Neck Lump, Thyroid, and General ENT. The Department also has an established Facial Skin Cancer service.

This is a new post within the department and is an essential development to support the service’s progression towards the reduction and maintenance of waiting times for patients.

The post holder will be expected to have Rhinology or Benign Head and Neck experience, as well as performing General Adult and Paediatric Ear, Nose and Throat surgery. Other additional speciality interests, including Paediatric and Voice, will be considered as this may fit into the Department and will be supported as much as possible.

The out-of-hours on-call covers Stepping Hill, Wythenshawe & Macclesfield Hospitals. This is currently a 1:10 on-call, which links in with our colleagues at Wythenshawe Hospital.

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community

as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest

employers. We are an integrated provider of acute hospital

and community services for the people of Stockport, as well

serving the populations of East Cheshire and the High Peak

in North Derbyshire.

Our mission is to make a difference every day.

Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service

The appointee will be responsible for the care of patients referred by general practitioners and internal departments and will undertake clinics, ward rounds and theatre lists as appropriate. The post holder will offer management of conditions affecting both adult and paediatric patients. There is an expectation that all Consultants contribute equitably to the running of the department. Multi Disciplinary Team work is deemed a key component to providing and maintaining a high-quality service. The proposed ‘programmed activities’ are outlined below:
**Proposed Job Plan**:
**The consultant job plan will comprise of 10 PAs per week**:
8.5 Direct Clinical Care

2 Theatre

3 Clinic

1 Additional Admin

2 HOT daytime on-call session including ward rounds

0.5 Emergency attendance (planned/unpredictable)

1.5 Supporting Professional Activities

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
- If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.