Locum Consultant Rhinologist

Work with colleagues to provide a Consultant led service with the highest standard of care.

Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines.

Develop and maintain good working practices with wards, outpatients and the ED departments.

Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues, other departments and primary care.

Offer educational, clinical support and leadership and junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary.

Ensure appropriate information is made available to staff to measure clinical performance and enable meaningful benchmarks to be established and evaluated within your area of responsibility.

Ensure there is a robust process for reviewing the quality of services provided, explaining the causes of success and failure and ensure the highest standards are maintained.

Provide a role model of professional leadership, which underpins the corporate values and behaviours agreed by the organisation, ensuring these are understood and demonstrated by the medical workforce within your area and take remedial action where poor behaviour are demonstrated.

Ensure that junior doctors training conforms to College requirements.

Participate in the appraisal of medical staff within the department in line with the trust's agreed policy

The post is offered on a whole-time basis of 10 Programmed Activities (PAs), comprising Direct Clinical Care (DCC) and Supporting Professional Activities (SPA). A formal Job Plan will be agreed with the successful candidate on appointment and reviewed annually in line with the Trust's job planning and appraisal processes.

All consultants are expected to participate in annual appraisal and revalidation, comply with the Trust's policies and terms and conditions of service, and ensure that all statutory and mandatory training remains current and compliant.

Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close adverts once sufficient applications have been received. We recognise that AI tools can support application writing; however, candidates are asked to keep their use to a minimum. Responses should reflect your own experience, skills and knowledge, as over-reliance on AI-generated content may result in generic answers that do not accurately represent your abilities.

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.

Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Qualifications

Essential: - Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practice

Desirable: - On Specialist Register/Accreditation; - Eligible for entry onto the GMC Specialist Register or CCT within 6 months of interview

Knowledge

Desirable: - Special interest that complements the Department

Skills