• Job Description

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  Job summary

  We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.

  This is a fixed term locum post, to commence on 29 September 2025 until 14 November 2025. The post will be based at the Great North Children's Hospital.

  In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.

  Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

  Main duties of the job

  Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on, or eligible to join, the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee.

  As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

  For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Mr Steven Powell, Clinical Director via email at steven.powell2@nhs.net.

  About us

  Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

  We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

  Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

  We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

  Details

  Date posted

  01 August 2025

  Pay scheme

  Hospital medical and dental staff

  Grade

  Consultant

  Salary

  £109,725 to £145,478 a year per annum pro rata

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  6 weeks

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  317-LCON-25-186

  Job locations

  ENT Specialty - FH

  Newcastle upon Tyne

  NE7 7DN

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Clinical:

  • To provide specialist expertise in paediatric otorhinolaryngology by providing paediatric ENT clinics, paediatric ENT operating and daytime on-call responsibilities at the Great North Childrens Hospital
  • Specialist skills in managing paediatric airway patients, paediatric voice and laryngeal clinic are essential

  Administrative:

  • To ensure communication with other healthcare professionals occurs in an effective and timely manner.
  • To develop an appropriate managerial role to assist with the running of the department

  Teaching:

  • To contribute to the undergraduate and postgraduate otorhinolaryngology teaching programmes.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Clinical:

  • To provide specialist expertise in paediatric otorhinolaryngology by providing paediatric ENT clinics, paediatric ENT operating and daytime on-call responsibilities at the Great North Childrens Hospital
  • Specialist skills in managing paediatric airway patients, paediatric voice and laryngeal clinic are essential

  Administrative:

  • To ensure communication with other healthcare professionals occurs in an effective and timely manner.
  • To develop an appropriate managerial role to assist with the running of the department

  Teaching:

  • To contribute to the undergraduate and postgraduate otorhinolaryngology teaching programmes.

  Person Specification

  Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills

  Essential

  • Primary Medical Qualification
  • Full GMC Registration & License to practice in UK
  • Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC)
  • FRCS ORL HNS or equivalent
  • Experience in a tertiary paediatric ENT service

  Desirable

  • Higher Degree

  Clinical Experience

  Essential

  • Clinical experience and expertise in the generality of adult and paediatric ENT, both elective and emergency
  • Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty
  • Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality
  • Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre
  • Evidence of continuing personal and professional development
  • Knowledge & appreciation of the core legal, ethical and political issues which govern medical practice

  Desirable

  • Ability to introduce innovative service developments for the benefit of patients

  Management and Administration Experience

  Essential

  • Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty
  • An understanding of Clinical Governance

  Desirable

  • Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals
  • Evidence of leadership / project management
  • Evidence of having implemented change
  • Experience in developing and implementing new technologies

  Teaching

  Essential

  • Experience of supervising junior medical staff
  • Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
  • Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills

  Desirable

  • Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills
  • Postgraduate qualification in medical education

  Research

  Essential

  • Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings
  • Research/critical review of literature
  • Publications in the last five years

  Desirable

  • Higher degree

  Audit

  Essential

  • Evidence of participation in audit

  Desirable

  • Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit
  • Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement

  Personal Attributes

  Essential

  • Alignment with the Trust's values
  • Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
  • Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce
  • A commitment to personal / unit CPD
  • Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota
  • Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work

  Person Specification

  Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills

  Essential

  • Primary Medical Qualification
  • Full GMC Registration & License to practice in UK
  • Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC)
  • FRCS ORL HNS or equivalent
  • Experience in a tertiary paediatric ENT service

  Desirable

  • Higher Degree

  Clinical Experience

  Essential

  • Clinical experience and expertise in the generality of adult and paediatric ENT, both elective and emergency
  • Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty
  • Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality
  • Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre
  • Evidence of continuing personal and professional development
  • Knowledge & appreciation of the core legal, ethical and political issues which govern medical practice

  Desirable

  • Ability to introduce innovative service developments for the benefit of patients

  Management and Administration Experience

  Essential

  • Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty
  • An understanding of Clinical Governance

  Desirable

  • Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals
  • Evidence of leadership / project management
  • Evidence of having implemented change
  • Experience in developing and implementing new technologies

  Teaching

  Essential

  • Experience of supervising junior medical staff
  • Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
  • Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills

  Desirable

  • Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills
  • Postgraduate qualification in medical education

  Research

  Essential

  • Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings
  • Research/critical review of literature
  • Publications in the last five years

  Desirable

  • Higher degree

  Audit

  Essential

  • Evidence of participation in audit

  Desirable

  • Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit
  • Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement

  Personal Attributes

  Essential

  • Alignment with the Trust's values
  • Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
  • Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce
  • A commitment to personal / unit CPD
  • Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota
  • Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work

  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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  ENT Specialty - FH

  Newcastle upon Tyne

  NE7 7DN

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://careers.nuth.nhs.uk/why-us (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  ENT Specialty - FH

  Newcastle upon Tyne

  NE7 7DN

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://careers.nuth.nhs.uk/why-us (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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