Specialty Doctor in ENT

Job summary
The ENT Department forms part of the Head & Neck Department (along with Ophthalmology and Maxillo Facial Services) within East Kent Hospitals. The Head and Neck department is part of the Critical Care, Anaesthetics, & Specialist Surgery Care Group. The Associate Medical Director for the Care Group Mr Nic Goodger, Consultant. For ENT, the Deputy General Manager, Miss Katie Harrison and the ENT Clinical Lead Mr Chris Theokli.

Main duties of the job

• Comply with GMC guidance, all clinical risk management processes and national and local infection control policies and procedures
• Audit your clinical outcomes, report clinical incidents and alert the trust to risk
• Participate in annual appraisal and work to foster good team relationships
• Communicate effectively with all other medical and service departments within the hospital, and with GPs and other hospitals, to ensure continuous care for each patient
• Undertake non-emergency work during premium time as required
• Respond to patient complaints in line with our complaints policy
• Help us keep services running smoothly by giving eight weeks' notice of annual and study leave.

About us
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with three acute hospitals and community sites serving a local population of around 700,000. We also provide specialist services for Kent and Medway.

We're on an exciting journey of transformation. With a new Medical School at the centre of our community, a focus on research, clinical leadership and making our trust a rewarding and friendly place to work, there's never been a better time to join us.

Job responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download. If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Qualifications

• GMC Registered

Skills and experience

• 12 months ENT experience at 12 months ENT experience 'at middle grade level' (including 6 months in the NHS).

Clinical governance

• Respect people and their dignity
• Consistently safe
• Vigilant about safety
• Takes responsibility
• Speak up on behalf of those who can't

Personal/professional attributes

• Effective listener
• Good Communication
• Good standard of Written and spoken English
• Effective Decision Maker
• Delivers the best outcomes
• Works well as part of a team

Other Requirements

• Most roles require an on-call commitment and travel across sites. Candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to travel effectively between sites
• Upholds and models the Trust values

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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