Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to invite applications for a substantive Consultant ENT Surgeon with a sub-specialty interest in General ENT and Sleep Surgery. This is a permanent, full-time post comprising 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week, developed in response to current service needs within our well-regarded ENT department at Homerton University Hospital.
This post offers an exciting opportunity to join a progressive, collaborative and forward-thinking ENT department within a Trust rated 'Outstanding' for care by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The post has been developed to support service expansion and to ensure continuity in the delivery of high-quality elective ENT care, with scope to develop services for adult and paediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA). There are opportunities to offer palatal surgery, barbed pharyngoplasty, TORS and to introduce OSA implants (e.g. hypoglossal nerve stimulation), supported by appropriate theatre access and team collaboration.
The ENT department provides a comprehensive secondary-care service covering adult and paediatric general ENT, head & neck, otology, rhinology, paediatric airway and sleep surgery. The appointee's caseload will primarily comprise adult and paediatric general ENT, adult sleep surgery, and elective day-case operating, supported by appropriate outpatient and MDT activity. Annual departmental activity includes approximately:
- 12,000+ new and follow-up outpatient attendances per year (face-to-face and virtual)
- 3,000+ elective and day-case ENT procedures per year
- Active sleep surgery pathway with a growing case-mix in adult OSA
- Established paediatric ENT operating within dedicated paediatric DSU sessions
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.
We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.
The provisional job plan is for 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week. This is detailed in the indicative timetable sown on the job description. The job plan will be reviewed at the annual job planning round and a formal review will be undertaken within 6 to 12 months of appointment, in line with RCS England guidance and the Trust's job planning policy. Elements of the timetable may be subject to change due to a Trust-wide reconfiguration of the theatre schedule; any such changes will be managed in accordance with service requirements and the Trust's job planning policy.
