Senior Locally Employed Doctor in ENT, Greater Manchester

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description&Person Specification attachments under the'Supporting Documents'heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the'Candidate Essentials Guide'that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how'we care for you as you care for others'. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

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Person specification

Essential criteria

Essential criteria

• Full registration with licence to practise in the UK
• Attainment of full MRCS, full MRCS (ENT) or acceptable equivalent qualification
• Minimum four years'postgraduate experience in ENT
• Minimum six months'postgraduate experience in ENT
• Good teamwork and leadership skills
• Proficiency in written and spoken English

Desirable criteria

• Experience of quality improvement and/or clinical audit projects
• Experience of research and critical evaluation skills
• Experience of tonsillectomy, grommet insertion, septoplasty, rigid upper endoscopy, removal of airway foreign body, arrest of epistaxis, management of acute airway obstruction, management of altered airways, and management of two-week wait patients
• Experience in management of critically unwell patients, including those with cervical sepsis, airway obstruction and major head and neck trauma
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of working in specialties allied to ENT such as maxillofacial surgery, plastic surgery, audiovestibular medicine or critical care medicine
• Experience of middle grade on-call or supervising less experienced doctors in ENT
• Postgraduate academic qualification (eg standalone MPhil, MSc or PhD separate from qualifying MB BS or MD degrees)
• Teaching undergraduates and postgraduates including design and delivery of a skills course with feedback, attendance at formal teaching courses, or a formal qualification in medical education (eg PGCertMedEd)
• Postgraduate academic qualification (eg standalone MPhil, MSc or PhD separate from qualifying MB BS or MD degrees)
• Publications in PubMed-indexed, peer-reviewed ENT academic journals or textbooks

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