Speciality Doctor in ENT | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking to appoint an innovative and high performing individual to join our ENT team.

We have one position across ESNEFT, primarily based at the Colchester and peripheral hospitals, Clacton and Harwich. However the post holder will from time to time be required to work in other parts of the Trust.

The post-holder will be responsible mainly for running outpatient clinics at Clacton and Harwich hospitals, but also at Colchester. However the post holder maybe expected to join other Specialist Grade ENT doctors and SpRs for the day to day running of the otolaryngology beds and will provide guidance to the junior doctors in their duties as and when necessary.

The ENT department in Colchester currently have 10 operating sessions per week inthe Elmstead Unit at Colchester General Hospital. There are approximately 1500 admissions per year.

Out-patient Clinics are held regularly at Primary Care Centre, where we have 6 dedicated ENT clinic rooms, a minor operating room and 2 further treatment rooms. The department is based alongside the Colchester Audiology Department and in close proximity to the Oral Surgery Department. As well as clinics in the Primary Care Centre we also offer outreach clinics in Clacton and Harwich hospitals, where the post holder will be primarily running the clinics.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provides hospital and community health care . We serve a wide geographical area with a population approaching 800,000 residents. We deliver care services from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals, high street clinics and in patients' own homes. We have nearly 10,000 staff, with an annual budget of over £650 million. We are the largest NHS organisation in the East Anglia.

We are building for better care with an exciting capital development programme across our sites - totalling £100million over the next five years.

We are building a new elective orthopaedic centre for ESNEFT at Colchester Hospital. It will be one of the biggest centres in the country and will ensure we can retain complex and low volume cases locally for the people we serve.

We are also now building a £7million specialist interventional radiology and cardiac angiography unit at Colchester.

At Ipswich we are investing £35million in a new Emergency Department and co-located Urgent Treatment Centre, with additional diagnostic imaging kit (MRI and CT). There's a £5.3million molecular diagnostic laboratory soon to open at Ipswich, and works begins soon for a new Breast Care Centre and a Children's Unit.

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• The post holder may have to provide 2ndon-call cover as an ENT Speciality Doctor


• To assist the junior doctors in completing electronic discharge summaries and electronic tertiary referrals.


• To be available to offer specialist ENT advice to other medical and surgical teams within the hospital and, occasionally, at one of the other hospitals within the Trust.


• When on duty, to offer specialist general ENT advice to other firms and hospitals as required


• An active part in educational programmes for junior medical staff, including formal teaching sessions and clinical audits relevant to the needs of the Unit


• To teach and train staff in other medical disciplines, nursing and support staff as appropriate


• Issuing of advice to GPs on suitability of patients for admission to hospital


• To undertake outpatient clinics on behalf of the consultants, reviewing routine, urgent and cancer patients


• To support the ENT department in their activities


• Take part in the regular ENT team out of hours (on-call) duties including the Colchester site


• Demonstrate flexibility in working patterns to help the department provide a smooth running service


• Support the consultant in theatre and outpatient, and at times run theatre as first operator when necessary.