Consultant in Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Huddersfield & Halifax, HD3 3EAView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£113,565 to £150,569
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
31 October 2026
11 days leftJob description
An opportunity has arisen to join the ENT team . Applications are invited for an Ear, Nose and Throat Consultant to join Calderdale and Huddersfield N...
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has comprehensive facilities for the diagnosis, care and treatment of ENT disease. The successful candidate will be expected to provide ENT services in conjunction with colleagues and will contribute to the development of ENT services.
The trust is committed to changes in theatre timetabling to encourage more efficient use of resources, and is actively looking to pursue the provision of evening and weekend sessions as part of routine working.
The post requires a flexible attitude to working practices, managing patients in partnership with other consultant colleagues and professional staff, and making the best possible use of resources put at the disposal of the department. This may require negotiated changes of duties and time-tabled sessions from time to time. All Consultants have a responsibility to liaise with their colleagues in order to co-ordinate their individual activities to ensure the clinical service operates effectively and effectively.
The post holder will have 1.5 SPAs allocated in the first instance; of this 1.5 SPA, 0.5 SPA will be flexible in the job plan.
Post-holders who wish to undertake and develop an ENT research portfolio will negotiate reasonable SPA time to enable research development.
Please note that we would like applicants to specify the procedure and numbers in the application to aid shortlisting.
The successful candidate will have a job plan tailored to meet the collective needs of the individual and services provided, to include a selection or all of the following:
- General ENT clinics
- Head and Neck clinics (inc Fast track)
- General Anaesthetic theatre working
- Clinical triage, advice and guidance
- Patient administration
- SPA (1.5PA, of which 0.5PA flexible)
- MDT presentation
- Service development
- Audit and Research opportunities
- Monthly Clinical Governance
The Trust wishes to ensure that Consultants have time in their job plan to undertake Supporting Professional Activities which underpin and maintain high quality patient care. The Trust Board and Local Negotiating Committee have agreed that a Core allocation of 1.5 SPAs should be allocated to undertake CPD, appraisal, clinical supervision, audit and clinical governance, mandatory training and the general management of the service. Objectives should be agreed at the Job Plan review meeting with regards to this SPA.
The post-holder will share emergency duties with consultant colleagues. This currently equates to a 1 in 6 on call rota. This is a prospective on call rota.
Please note that we would like applicants to specify the procedure and numbers in the application to aid shortlisting.
ENT is part of the Head and Neck Directorate of the Division of Surgery and Anaesthetics. Each Division has a Divisional Director who is supported by a Director of Operations, along with finance, personnel and information technology support. Within the Division there are 5 Directorates.
The Divisional Director is Mr William Ainslie, Consultant General Surgeon and the Director of Operations is Mr Tom Strickland.
Each Directorate has a Clinical Director who is supported by an operational team with finance, personnel and Informatics support.
The Head and Neck Directorate includes; Ophthalmology, Orthoptics, Optometry, Ear Nose and Throat, Head and Neck Cancer, Oral Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery and Audiology.
CHFT is a digital trust and therefore the successful post-holder will need to be comfortable in navigating a computer. This is an essential requirement.
Qualifications
Essential
- Applicants must be Registered with the General Medical Council and hold a Licence to Practise
- FRCS or equivalent qualification
- Specialist registration for ENT (or within 6 months of being admitted to the register for trainees, if currently in a training programme in the UK)
Desirable: - Relevant Higher Degree
Experience and Achievements
Essential: - Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of the ENT specialty
Desirable
- Understanding current issues within ENT and the future direction of the specialty
- Understanding current issues within the wider NHS
- Attendance at a recognised management course
- Shows ability to work with and lead others across professions
Teaching and Training
Essential: - Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff.
Desirable: - Training in clinical and educational supervision; - Attendance at a teaching course; - Formal qualification in teaching/education
Audit and Research
Essential
- Academic achievements/evidence of familiarity with research methods which have resulted in publications Critical Appraisal Skills
- Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects
Disposition-Adjustment/Attitude/Commitment
Essential
- Good communication and empathy skills with patients
- Evidence of willingness to participate in a multi-disciplinary team environment to provide an integrated service
- Ability to work as a member of a team, both through communication and sharing workload
- Ability to manage high pressure situations e.g. clinical crisis
- Ability to prioritise and organise workload and co-ordinate staff
- Ability to integrate the care of a patient by many and various other clinical staff
- Willingness to work flexibly to deliver clinically effective and cost effective healthcare
Practical/Intellectual Skills/Personal Qualities
Desirable
- Evidence of continual learning and development
- Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others
- Evidence of innovation
- Ability to use a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software, email and internet browser
General
Essential
- Eligibility to work in the UK
- Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
- For areas requiring EPP Clearance (Exposure Prone Procedures), this will also be a requirement of the health screening
- An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required with the Disclosure and Barring Service
How to apply
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First seen
14 October 2026
Last checked
16 October 2026
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