Locum Consultant Paediatric Ear, Nose & Throat Surgeon

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the ENT team at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, by expanding the service with a 12 month fixed term contract Locum Consultant Paediatric Ear Nose & Throat Surgeon. This is a full time post, attracting 10 programmed activities (PAs). The post is based at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. There is a possibility of extension of the employment period, as there may be a change within the service that would offer a substantive position.

Applications are invited from accredited specialists in Paediatric Otolaryngology who are on the Specialist Register at interview stage. Completing a sub-specialty paediatric otolaryngology fellowship would be essential.

The service provides secondary and tertiary level paediatric services for 0-16 year olds, from Birmingham and extending tertiary referrals from around the West Midlands and beyond.

The postholder must be able to manage a comprehensive range of paediatric emergencies including trauma and airway emergencies, as well as an elective programme. The postholder will participate in the on-call commitments on a 1 in 8 frequency.

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Professional Responsibilities

1. Support the trust’s key performance indicators such as 18 weeks referral to treatment.
2. Engage fully in all aspects of the trust’s clinical governance processes and specialty meetings.
3. Participation in the Major Incident Procedure.
4. Responsibility for maintaining awareness of professional guidelines such as GMC ‘Duties of a Doctor’ and acting in accordance with them.

Clinical Responsibilities

1. Provide services for children and young people in Birmingham and the surrounding areas, with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness and injury.
2. It is expected that the post holder will participate in all Departmental activities including on call, daily ward rounds, emergency theatre list rota, audit and teaching.
3. There is an expectation to participate in research, presentation and publication.