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Consultant ENT surgeon with interest in Thyroid & Parathyroid
The closing date is 03 August 2025
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Consultant in Head & NeckSurgery with a specialist interest in Parathyroid Thyroid and Benign Head & Neckto join our dynamic and innovative ENT team. Our department provides acomprehensive, high-quality ENT service to a population of over 750,000 and isrecognised as a leading centre for Head & Neck Surgery.
This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a multidisciplinary team that includes specialists in Otology, Rhinology, Endocrinology, Maxillofacial Surgery, Neurology, and Radiology. You will play a key role in delivering outpatient clinics, diagnostic services, and surgical interventions, with primary focus on Parathyroid Thyroid, Benign Head & Neck patients.
We are looking for someone with substantial experience in Parathyroid Thyroid & Benign Head & Neck Surgery also with experience in paediatric ENT, as well as a strong teaching and mentoring background, with experience in supervising junior doctors and trainees
Main duties of the job
Outpatient Services - Deliver outpatient clinics at Queen's Hospital andperipheral sites, including the weekly Neck Lump Clinic.
Surgical Expertise - Perform Parathyroid and Thyroid, benign and diagnosticcancer Head & Neck procedures, and routine ENT operations. Managecomplications and provide post-operative care.
Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Involvement - Active participation in Parathyroid and Thyroid MDT meetings to ensure high-quality, collaborative patient care.
Clinical & Educational Leadership - Contribute to teaching, training, andmentoring junior doctors, as well as supporting clinical governance and servicedevelopment.
On-Call Commitment - Participate in the emergency ENT on-call rota, providing specialist input when required.
The ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team and lead service improvements is essential
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures; we've opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.Our patients are benefitting from our Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.The majority of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
Job responsibilities
Why Join Us?State-of-the-art facilities, including narrow band imaging (NBI) for early cancerdetection, CO Laser, 4K microscopes, and advanced endoscopy in theatres.
Dedicated support from Audiology, Speech & Language Therapy, and Head & Neck Cancer Nurse Specialists.
Opportunities for professional growth in a teaching hospital environment with a strong focus on research, innovation, and service development.
If you are a committed, forward-thinking surgeon with expertise in Head & Neck Surgery and a passion for teaching and service improvement, we would love to hear from you.
Apply now to join our thriving ENT department and contribute to our reputation for excellence!
Person Specification
Experience and Qualification
* GMC specialist register via relevant CCT/CESR or proposed date within next 6 months
* Participation in audit and clinical governance
* High level of clinical experience and competence in ENT
* Commitment to and experience of teaching
* Experience of audit management
* Demonstrate continued professional and personal development
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
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