Senior Clinical Fellow

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Bradford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000

Job description

Job summary

Closing date due to be 25/03/2025, Shortlisting due week commencing 31/03/2025, and Interviews due week commencing 07/04/2025.

Applications are invited for one senior Clinical Fellow post in ENT for a fixed term period of 12 months commencing in April 2025. We are looking to appoint an innovative and high performing individual to join our ENT team. We are an enthusiastic department, keen to encourage personal and professional development. There is a requirement for 2nd on-call duties within a 1:7 rota.

Main duties of the job

We can provide subspecialisation in Otology / Implant Surgery, Rhinology (including Septo-rhinoplasty) and Head and Neck Surgery (malignant and benign) dependent on the needs of the successful candidate. The timetable will be adapted appropriately.

Whilst working alongside the ENT senior team, there will also be plenty of opportunity for the successful candidate to improve both clinical and surgical skills and they will be encouraged to be involved in clinical audit, quality improvement and research work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This post will be for the duration of 12 months. The job will be similar to that of our training grade senior specialty registrars. The post will be suitable for a trainee who is accredited and wishes to further enhance their clinical skills in a specialist area of otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery (ORL-HNS).

Head & Neck, Thyroid Surgery

There is ample opportunity for the post holder to develop further skills in head and neck surgery. Bradford is an accredited cancer centre in the Yorkshire Cancer Network and serves a patient population of about 1 million for head and neck services. A neck lump clinic is established with over 1000 new referrals seen annually. In addition, the bulk of malignant and endocrine thyroid and parathyroid surgery is performed in the ORL-HNS unit at Bradford.

Rhinology, Facial Plastics

The ORL-HNS unit performs the majority of rhinoplasty surgery for Bradford. In addition, there will be opportunity for the post holder to observe facial plastic procedures subject to arrangement with consultants from the Plastic Surgery department at BTHT. There will be ample opportunity to gain experience in rhinology and there are over 200 endoscopic sinus surgery procedures performed annually including frontal sinus surgery.

Otology

The ORL-HNS unit at BTHT offers a supra-regional cochlear implant service with over 100 implants performed per year. A wide range of otological conditions are seen and over 100 mastoid procedures are performed annually.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• A minimum of 4 years ENT experience
• Applicant knowledge is up to date and is fit to practice safely
• Commitment for managing professional development
• Clinical governance / audit experience
• Experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk
• Out of hours experience relevant to job
• Experience in the specialty beyond ST3 or equivalent

Skills

Essential

• Practical skills in relation to the speciality
• Proven ability to work in different clinical settings
• Clear communication skills
• Organisation and planning
• Empathy and sensitivity

Desirable

• Interest in teaching and management
• Multilingual

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
• Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
• Understanding of what the NHS Constitution means to you, and your responsibilities to the public, patients and colleagues.
• Acute care safe - up to date ALS
• Relevant specialty clinical knowledge
• Essential specialty specific competencies for the post should be listed along with required evidence

Desirable

• Specialist Knowledge Exam
• ALS Instructors Certificate

Qualifications

Essential

• Post graduate qualification equivalent to MRCS ENT
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment
• Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies by the time of appointment in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice
• Evidence of achievement of ST1 / CT1 competencies in the specialty at time of application and likelihood of achieving ST2 / CT2 competences in specialty by the start date of the post.

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.
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UK Registration

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