Senior Clinical Fellow in OMFS & ENT

Job summary

The successful candidate will be part of a cohesive team involving head and neck surgeons (OMFS & ENT), orthodontists and allied health professionals. The post would offer opportunities for the fellow to further their knowledge, experience and skills in head and neck surgery.

Full Registration with the GMC with a licence to practice at time of application is essential.

This appointment is to commence August 2025 until August 2026.

Main duties of the job

The fellow is expected to work closely with resident doctors in ENT.

The fellow is also expected to provide second tier on-call cover. The role can be tailored to the training needs of the fellow including cross specialty exposure, if required.

As a Head and Neck fellow, he/she would be expected to attend Head and Neck clinics, work up patients and present at Head and Neck MDT and get involved with overall management of head and neck patients.

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes.

Key Facts about our Trust:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Date posted: 15 April 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£70,425 a year per annum. Plus enhancements for out of hours working.

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

320-MDR-7080883-DP

Job locations

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter New Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Job description

Job responsibilities

The ENT Fellow will undertake general and specialist clinics. They will have allocated theatre time with the opportunity to undertake surgery lists independently. They will also assist with consultants undertaking major head and neck surgery.

This is an appointment to cover from August 2025- August 2026. Possession of the MBBS, GDC, plus full GMC registration with Licence to Practise at the time of application is essential.

The elective work involves daily ward rounds, time-tabled sessions for day case, theatre and outpatient clinics. Whilst it is not a recognised training post, this post is well supervised and there are opportunities to learn and develop skills.

This post will participate in the ENT On-call rota.

The post will be based at the Royal Derby Hospital.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Eligibility

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent
• BDS or Equivalent
• Full MRCS

Desirable

• ATLS

Experience

Essential

• Applicants should either have a minimum of 4 years training in ENT in a Specialist/Specialty Registrar placement (NTN holder) or be post CCT or equivalent
• Previous experience in Head and Neck Oncology or Orofacial Deformity & TMJ
• At least 6 months experience in a UK Health Care setting

Eligibility & Audit

• Evidence of active participation in audit.
• Full registration with the GMC and GDC at time of application and hold a licence to practice.

Academic/Research

Essential

• Evidence of research achievements e.g. publications of relevant study or laboratory and/or clinical research material in peer review journals, presentations at regional or national level.
• Publications & Presentations
• Evidence of participation in risk management.

Desirable

• Evidence of research achievements relevant to ENT.
• Evidence of academic achievements relevant to ENT e.g. postgraduate degrees, prizes, awards, grants or distinctions.

Teaching

Essential

• Evidence of contributing to teaching and learning of others.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details

Employer name: University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Royal Derby Hospital, Uttoxeter New Road, Derby, DE22 3NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/