Job Opportunity: Consultant in Ear, Nose & Throat Surgery (Service Improvement and Transformation Lead)
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Are you ready to advance your career in ENT while leading service transformation? Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) is seeking a dedicatedConsultant in ENT Surgeryto join our dynamic team. This is a fantastic opportunity for consultants passionate about driving innovation and improving patient care in ENT services.
Role Overview
As aConsultant in ENT Surgerywith a focus onService Improvement and Transformation, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of ENT services across the Trust. You’ll work closely with our established team to deliver high-quality care to both adult and paediatric patients. This full-time post comprises10 Programmed Activities (PAs)but offers flexibility for part-time applicants.
Key Responsibilities
• Providegeneral ENT surgical services, with an opportunity to develop subspecialty interests such asRhinology,LaryngologyorPaediatric ENT Surgery.
• Opportunity for the right candidate to Lead the implementation of service improvements in line with GIRFT Further Fasterrecommendations.
• Collaborate with regional networks andWest Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT)to enhance care delivery.
• Performoutpatient clinics,operating theatre sessions,virtual RAS clinics, and shareon-call dutieson a1:6 rota.
• Engage inteaching,clinical governance, andresearch, contributing to the development of our future workforce.
Please note that we would like applicants to specify the procedure and numbers in the application to aid shortlisting.
At Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT), we are a compassionate and dynamic team of over6,500 staffdelivering exceptional healthcare across our two hospitals—Calderdale Royal HospitalandHuddersfield Royal Infirmary—as well as incommunity sites,health centres, and patients’ homes. Supported by nearly150 volunteers, we provide essential services ranging fromurgent and emergency care,surgery,maternity,critical care, andpaediatricstoend-of-life careanddiagnostic imaging.
Our community health services, includingsexual health, operate in Calderdale throughCalderdale Royaland local centres likeTodmorden Health CentreandBroad Street Plaza. This broad spectrum of services ensures we meet the diverse needs of our population, providing care where it's needed most.
At CHFT, we are proud to have recently gained national recognition for our innovative approach to tackling some of the NHS's most significant challenges. Our Trust has been highlighted forachieving value for moneyand deliveringefficient, high-quality servicesto our community, according toNHS Providers. Additionally, we’ve earned praise for taking a proactive approach to managing our waiting lists, setting a national example of how NHS trusts can successfully reduce delays and improve patient access to care .
At CHFT, you’ll join an innovative organisation with a strong track record of success, continually striving to improve, adapt, and above all put our patients first.
The successful candidate will have a job plan tailored to meet the collective needs of the individual and services provided, to include a selection or all of the following:
• ENT clinics (inc Fast track)
• General Anaesthetic theatre working
• Clinical triage, advice and guidance
• Patient administration
• SPA (1.5PA, of which 0.5PA flexible)
• Potential to lead Transformation and work to GIRFT standards
• Service development
• Audit and Research opportunities
• Monthly Clinical Governance
The Trust wishes to ensure that Consultants have time in their job plan to undertake Supporting Professional Activities which underpin and maintain high quality patient care. The Trust Board and Local Negotiating Committee have agreed that a Core allocation of 1.5 SPAs should be allocated to undertake CPD, appraisal, clinical supervision, audit and clinical governance, mandatory training and the general management of the service. Objectives should be agreed at the Job Plan review meeting with regards to this SPA.
This advert closes on Sunday 17 Nov 2024
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