Specialist Neurological Occupational TherapistBand 6

Job overview

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Clinical Fellow in Head and Neck Surgery

Band: Specialty Registrar

Hours of Work: Full time (+ non-resident on call availability allowance)

Contract: 12 month fixed term appointment

Service Centre/Directorate : Planned Care

Base: Trustwide – Epsom & St Helier Hospitals and St. George’s University Hospital, Tooting

Accountable to : Clinical Lead

Educational Supervisor: Mr Arun Takhar

Contacts:

Mr Arun Takhar

Mr Raj Lakhani

Main duties of the job

This Post

This is a newly created post and we are looking for an enthusiastic clinician with an interest in head and neck surgery to contribute to delivering the highest standards of care. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring patients referred with suspected head and neck cancer and seen and managed in a timely and appropriate fashion and will support the team in delivering the faster diagnosis standard for head and neck cancer referrals. In addition, they will receive training in the full spectrum of head and neck surgery, with additional opportunities for exposure to skin cancer surgery, and / or endocrine neck surgery, dependant upon their prior experience and training needs. There will also be significant opportunities for research and / or service improvement projects. This post would be well suited to a CCT holder looking for further training prior to commencing benign/diagnostic head and neck consultant post, or an experienced trainee ENT surgeon looking to further their head and neck skills prior to a post-CTT head and neck oncology surgery fellowship.

Working for our organisation

Introduction & Background

The Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) department at Epsom and St Helier is one of the largest ENT departments in the region serving a population in excess of 490,000. The department is part of the hub and spoke network for ENT within South West London. The aim is to provide a collaborative and integrated service for South West Thames and the surrounding counties, with links between St George’s University Hospitals NHS Trust, Epsom & St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust, and Croydon University Hospital NHS Trust.

The ENT/head and neck service at Epsom & St Helier has undergone significant expansion in recent years and diagnoses around 100 new head and neck and thyroid cancers per annum. Benign inpatient and diagnostic day case surgery takes place locally at Epsom and cancer surgery takes places at St George’s, with the clinicians providing integrated care throughout the patient’s pathway from diagnosis to treatment and aftercare surveillance.

The head and neck unit at St George’s Hospital performs the full range of complex ablative head and neck surgery, and has a large endocrine neck surgery practice with over 300 thyroid & parathyroid operations performed each year. In addition, the unit is one of few in the UK with a regular robotic head and neck surgery programme. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Duties of the Post

Duties and responsibilities will include:

Support the smooth and efficient running of the diagnostic head and neck pathway Promotion of (and participation in) teaching and supervision within the department Flexible cover for the clinical commitments of the department To be active in research and to continue to maintain and update his or her professional knowledge To fulfill all the general conditions applying to employees of at Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Full registration with the GMC At least 4 year’s experience in ENT/H & N surgery working at registrar level

Desirable criteria

Higher additional qualification Fellowship of the Royal College or affiliated body Possession of CCT or date within 3 months

Experience & ability

Essential criteria

Evidence of continuing medical education .

Desirable criteria

Other specific medical interests

Teaching

Essential criteria

Commitment to organise education and training of junior doctors, therapy staff, nurses and medical students

Desirable criteria

Qualification in teaching or completion of a ‘Teach the Trainers’ course

Management

Essential criteria

Willingness to participate in management activities Motivated to ensure achievement of defined targets

Desirable criteria

Experience of change management

Research

Essential criteria

Experience of research, particularly in collaboration with other clinicians

Desirable criteria

Willingness to continue participation in research

Our mission: ‘to put the patient first by delivering great care to every patient, every day.’

There’s never been a better time to join the Epsom and St Helier team. Our hospitals are facing a bright and busy future, and our staff have a proven track record in providing high quality, compassionate care for our patients.

Boasting incredible staff benefits and dedicated training schemes, working for us will not only take your career forward, but could help to transform the lives of our patients and visitors.

We offer all employees some fantastic staff benefits, and are the only hospitals in Surrey to offer staff the London high cost area supplement. Our hospitals also benefit from great locations, so whether you're attracted to the bright lights of the city or the countryside of Epsom Downs, both are within easy reach.

FURTHER INFORMATION

**PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POSITION MAY CLOSE EARLIER THAN THE STATED CLOSING DATE IF A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED. IF YOU WISH TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION, YOU ARE ADVISED TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE**

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For new entrants into the NHS, your pay under the Agenda for Change or Medical & Dental Pay Bands, will normally be set at the minimum of the pay band as advertised.

If you apply for this position and do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been short-listed for interview on this occasion.

ESTH values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Internal applicants from underrepresented minority groups are encouraged to seek development support such as work shadowing and interview skills coaching.

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