Consultant in ENT with specialist interest in Head & Neck: Sponsorship Available

Job summary

We are inviting applications for a full time Consultant in ENT with a special interest in Head & Neck Surgery at Ipswich Hospital.

The department fosters sub-specialist interest underpinned by some cross site working. The new post holder will be based at Ipswich Hospital and all elective sessions will be at Ipswich Hospital (base hospital) – a shared cross cover on call service provision is in place with Colchester Hospital (21 miles, 40 minutes apart by car) with emergency care alternating between sites on a weekly basis.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

• 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 department.
• 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.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

• Full registration with the General Medical Council with a licence to practice
• FRCS ORL-HNS or equivalent higher qualification
• Entry on Specialist Register (or entry expected within 6 months)
• Adequate specialist training in ENT surgery
• Experience of postgraduate and undergraduate teaching
• Role as a consultant and all its implied responsibility for clinical management tasks
• At least 5 years at HST level (or equivalent)
• Ability to lead and work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist service
• Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities and waiting times / lists
• Ability to supervise, appraise, coach and mentor trainee and other doctors
• Ability to organise and participate in and evidence of teaching and training undergraduate and postgraduate students
• Educational/Clinical Supervisor (the necessary training will be provided for applicants that have not undertaken these roles previously). 0.25 PA per trainee/LED, up to max of 4

Desirable

• Fellowship
• Evidence of work submitted for Peer review
• Evidence of having undertaken audit work that has brought about change
• Evidence of having undertaken original research
• Management training and experience
• Live within a 10-mile radius of the relevant hospital site or within 30 minutes’ drive

Closing Date: 2 November 2026