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General Practitioner with Special Interest in ENT (Specialty Doctor)
| Posting date: | 03 February 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £59,175 - £95,400 per annum pro rata (dependent on experience) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 09 March 2025 |
| Location: | Lindley, Huddersfield, HD3 3EA |
| Company: | Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6981677/372-SURG-MD168 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) is recruiting up to four General Practitioners with a Special Interest in Ear, Nose, and Throat (GPwSI) to join our growing ENT medical team.
The Role:
As a GPwSI in ENT, you will play a vital role in delivering outpatient clinics, providing specialist advice, and working closely with ENT consultants and primary care colleagues to improve pathways and patient outcomes. Responsibilities include:
- Conducting outpatient ENT clinics(averaging two per week);
- Triaging referralsand offeringAdvice & Guidanceto primary care;
- Providing education & trainingto GPs and healthcare professionals;
- Developing care pathwaysto integrate ENT services within primary care and the community;
- Contributing to service improvementand multidisciplinary collaboration.
Why Join Us?
• Be part of an innovative and nationally recognised NHS Foundation Trust– CHFT is at the forefront of delivering elective recovery since the pandemic and has receivednational recognitionfor its achievements:
• Value for Money Excellence– Recognised by NHS Providers for delivering high-quality patient care while ensuringoutstanding value for money(https://nhsproviders.org/providers-deliver-achieving-value-for-money/calderdale-and-huddersfield-nhs-foundation-trust)
• Tackling NHS Waiting Lists– CHFT featured onSky Newsfor its success in significantly reducing waiting lists, setting a benchmark for other NHS trusts (https://news.sky.com/story/this-nhs-trust-got-a-grip-of-its-waiting-list-can-others-around-the-country-do-the-same-13176645)
· In January 2025 theSecretary of State for Healthshareda short video about CHFT’s progress on elective recovery, describing us as “the best of the NHS” (https://x.com/wesstreeting/status/1876228022434742383)
• Work within asupportive and experienced ENT teamin a well-established NHS Trust.
• Opportunity toenhance your clinical skillsin ENT with consultant support and supervision.
No on-call or emergency dutiesrequired.
• Flexible working withina structured 2.5 PA job plan, including0.5 SPA timefor professional development.
Who We're Looking For:
-GMC Registered General Practitionerwith aLicense to Practise.
-Strongclinical, communication, and teamworkskills.
-Enthusiasm forteaching, training, and service development.
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has comprehensive facilities for the diagnosis, care and treatment of ENT disease. The successful candidate will be expected to provide ENT services in conjunction with colleagues and will contribute to the development of ENT services as follows:
Clinical
• Assessment, investigation and treatment of patients referred to the service;
• Triaging of referrals received by CHFT as well as providing Advice & Guidance
• Provision of a range of clinical interventions as appropriate to the commissioned service (e.g. micro-suction, flexible nasal endoscopy, audiology, etc.);
• Links with other services to ensure that the full holistic needs of the patient are met (e.g. audiologist & hearing aid services, vestibular physiotherapy, speech and language services etc.);
• The knowledge to signpost patients to other support services, including local and national patient support groups.
Education and liaison
• Provision of advice and support to local practitioners through non-face-to-face contact (e.g. telephone, internet) in the management of those ENT conditions within the expertise of the GPwSIs.
• Provision of support and training to GPs and members of the primary healthcare team in the management of common ENT conditions to enable other clinicians to develop, maintain and improve their level of clinical competence in the management of ENT conditions. The process of education should be supported through commissioning pathways.
• Liaise with and provide support for other ENT GPwSIs in the area and via Community ENT Group nationally.
• As part of a well-integrated service, GPwSIs should have good access to and support from secondary care specialist services.
Service development/leadership
• Work with local secondary care specialists and other groups managing ENT conditions (e.g. audiologist & hearing aid services, vestibular physiotherapy, speech and language services etc.) to develop an integrated ENT service model that facilitates streamlined care pathways linked to the healthcare needs of the local community.
• In collaboration with other members of the local health community (e.g. GPs, practice nurses, extended primary care team (paramedics, community pharmacists, physician’s associates for example), pharmacists, health visitors, school nurses), develop and implement management guidance in the care of common ENT conditions.
• Become involved in integrated training programmes across primary and secondary care for medical, nursing staff and extended primary care team members.
• Work with patients, the public and service providers to support an integrated, patient centred approach to commissioning services
This advert closes on Friday 28 Feb 2025
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) is recruiting up to four General Practitioners with a Special Interest in Ear, Nose, and Throat (GPwSI) to join our growing ENT medical team.
The Role:
As a GPwSI in ENT, you will play a vital role in delivering outpatient clinics, providing specialist advice, and working closely with ENT consultants and primary care colleagues to improve pathways and patient outcomes. Responsibilities include:
- Conducting outpatient ENT clinics(averaging two per week);
- Triaging referralsand offeringAdvice & Guidanceto primary care;
- Providing education & trainingto GPs and healthcare professionals;
- Developing care pathwaysto integrate ENT services within primary care and the community;
- Contributing to service improvementand multidisciplinary collaboration.
Why Join Us?
• Be part of an innovative and nationally recognised NHS Foundation Trust– CHFT is at the forefront of delivering elective recovery since the pandemic and has receivednational recognitionfor its achievements:
• Value for Money Excellence– Recognised by NHS Providers for delivering high-quality patient care while ensuringoutstanding value for money(https://nhsproviders.org/providers-deliver-achieving-value-for-money/calderdale-and-huddersfield-nhs-foundation-trust)
• Tackling NHS Waiting Lists– CHFT featured onSky Newsfor its success in significantly reducing waiting lists, setting a benchmark for other NHS trusts (https://news.sky.com/story/this-nhs-trust-got-a-grip-of-its-waiting-list-can-others-around-the-country-do-the-same-13176645)
· In January 2025 theSecretary of State for Healthshareda short video about CHFT’s progress on elective recovery, describing us as “the best of the NHS” (https://x.com/wesstreeting/status/1876228022434742383)
• Work within asupportive and experienced ENT teamin a well-established NHS Trust.
• Opportunity toenhance your clinical skillsin ENT with consultant support and supervision.
No on-call or emergency dutiesrequired.
• Flexible working withina structured 2.5 PA job plan, including0.5 SPA timefor professional development.
Who We're Looking For:
-GMC Registered General Practitionerwith aLicense to Practise.
-Strongclinical, communication, and teamworkskills.
-Enthusiasm forteaching, training, and service development.
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has comprehensive facilities for the diagnosis, care and treatment of ENT disease. The successful candidate will be expected to provide ENT services in conjunction with colleagues and will contribute to the development of ENT services as follows:
Clinical
• Assessment, investigation and treatment of patients referred to the service;
• Triaging of referrals received by CHFT as well as providing Advice & Guidance
• Provision of a range of clinical interventions as appropriate to the commissioned service (e.g. micro-suction, flexible nasal endoscopy, audiology, etc.);
• Links with other services to ensure that the full holistic needs of the patient are met (e.g. audiologist & hearing aid services, vestibular physiotherapy, speech and language services etc.);
• The knowledge to signpost patients to other support services, including local and national patient support groups.
Education and liaison
• Provision of advice and support to local practitioners through non-face-to-face contact (e.g. telephone, internet) in the management of those ENT conditions within the expertise of the GPwSIs.
• Provision of support and training to GPs and members of the primary healthcare team in the management of common ENT conditions to enable other clinicians to develop, maintain and improve their level of clinical competence in the management of ENT conditions. The process of education should be supported through commissioning pathways.
• Liaise with and provide support for other ENT GPwSIs in the area and via Community ENT Group nationally.
• As part of a well-integrated service, GPwSIs should have good access to and support from secondary care specialist services.
Service development/leadership
• Work with local secondary care specialists and other groups managing ENT conditions (e.g. audiologist & hearing aid services, vestibular physiotherapy, speech and language services etc.) to develop an integrated ENT service model that facilitates streamlined care pathways linked to the healthcare needs of the local community.
• In collaboration with other members of the local health community (e.g. GPs, practice nurses, extended primary care team (paramedics, community pharmacists, physician’s associates for example), pharmacists, health visitors, school nurses), develop and implement management guidance in the care of common ENT conditions.
• Become involved in integrated training programmes across primary and secondary care for medical, nursing staff and extended primary care team members.
• Work with patients, the public and service providers to support an integrated, patient centred approach to commissioning services
This advert closes on Friday 28 Feb 2025
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