Substantive ENT Head and Neck Consultant inLeicester inLeicester PUBLISHED 27 SEP 2024

Band Consultant: £105,504 to £139,882 a year Dependant on experience  PERMANENT 
High quality specialist care particularly in cancer, renal and cardiac services has gained us a national and international reputation.


Ears Nose and Throat Consultant with specialist interest in Head and Neck

Applications are invited for the above post to join our ENT team. This is aNew post. The appointeewill join the existing 14 consultants. An on call commitment will be required.

We're one of the largest and busiest teaching Trusts in England. Our three hospitals - the Glenfield, General and the Royal Infirmary - were joined together in 2000. We employ over 10,000 staff to treat a diverse population of nearly one million people across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, as well as a further two to three million people from neighbouring counties. We are fully committed to Continuing Medical Education for consultants.

High quality specialist care particularly in cancer, renal and cardiac services has gained us a national and international reputation. We are at the forefront of many research programmes and new surgical procedures, such as keyhole heart valve surgery and our research into diabetes, genetics and cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. We also play a vital role in teaching the next generation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, by working closely with local universities.

Principal Elements of the post will be:-

To Supervise and train junior medical staff

Have shared responsibility for beds on Medical Day Case Unit at LGH and on wards 9, Day ward, the Kinmonth Unit and paediatric wards at LRI.

Clinical sessions as laid out in the job plan

Teaching, research and administration.

Develop the service along with the other ENT Consultants at UHL.

To take part in the adult & paediatric on call rota, 1:8 frequency.

Other Duties:-

The successful candidate will be required to undertake managerial duties associated with the care of their patients and the running of their Clinical Department.

About us

The Department of ENT is an extremely busy one, providing a combination of 33 inpatient and day case operating lists with dedicated paediatric theatres at the LRI as well as dedicated 9 operating lists at EMPCC, LGH.

At the EMPCC, LGH we have dedicated ENT outpatient consultation rooms and at the LRI our outpatient department is a dedicated ENT department, both supported by audiology. The outpatients department provides accommodation for the medical staff in fully equipped individual consulting rooms.

At the EMPCC, LGH the adult patients are managed on the Medical Day Case Ward and the LRI adult ENT patients are managed on Ward 9 which is a 18 bedded mixed adult ward shared with plastic surgery and maxillofacial surgery. The Kinmonth Unit provides high dependency care for patients undergoing head and neck surgery.

The team support ENT community clinics, which are currently run in Loughborough, Melton Mowbray, Oakham, Market Harborough, Hinckley and Coalville.

ENT support a busy Childrens and Adults Emergency department.

As this post is regulated by the Protection of Children Act 1999, The Criminal Justice Courts Act 2000 and the Care Standards Act 2000 an enhanced police criminal records disclosure will be requested by the Trust in the event of a successful application.

Applicants must already be on the GMC specialist register or within 6 months at the time of interview be eligible for a certificate of completion of specialist training.

For further information and for an informal discussion interested applicants are encouraged to contact Mr T Valsamakis, Consultant ENT Surgeon/ Head of Service on or .

Information packs and application forms are available via the web site www.jobsincare.com/job/jOCoMPvL


Ears Nose and Throat Consultant with specialist interest in Head and Neck

Applications are invited for the above post to join our ENT team. This is aNew post. The appointeewill join the existing 14 consultants. An on call commitment will be required.

We're one of the largest and busiest teaching Trusts in England. Our three hospitals - the Glenfield, General and the Royal Infirmary - were joined together in 2000. We employ over 10,000 staff to treat a diverse population of nearly one million people across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, as well as a further two to three million people from neighbouring counties. We are fully committed to Continuing Medical Education for consultants.

High quality specialist care particularly in cancer, renal and cardiac services has gained us a national and international reputation. We are at the forefront of many research programmes and new surgical procedures, such as keyhole heart valve surgery and our research into diabetes, genetics and cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. We also play a vital role in teaching the next generation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, by working closely with local universities.

Principal Elements of the post will be:-

To Supervise and train junior medical staff

Have shared responsibility for beds on Medical Day Case Unit at LGH and on wards 9, Day ward, the Kinmonth Unit and paediatric wards at LRI.

Clinical sessions as laid out in the job plan

Teaching, research and administration.

Develop the service along with the other ENT Consultants at UHL.

To take part in the adult & paediatric on call rota, 1:8 frequency.

Other Duties:-

The successful candidate will be required to undertake managerial duties associated with the care of their patients and the running of their Clinical Department.

About us

The Department of ENT is an extremely busy one, providing a combination of 33 inpatient and day case operating lists with dedicated paediatric theatres at the LRI as well as dedicated 9 operating lists at EMPCC, LGH.

At the EMPCC, LGH we have dedicated ENT outpatient consultation rooms and at the LRI our outpatient department is a dedicated ENT department, both supported by audiology. The outpatients department provides accommodation for the medical staff in fully equipped individual consulting rooms.

At the EMPCC, LGH the adult patients are managed on the Medical Day Case Ward and the LRI adult ENT patients are managed on Ward 9 which is a 18 bedded mixed adult ward shared with plastic surgery and maxillofacial surgery. The Kinmonth Unit provides high dependency care for patients undergoing head and neck surgery.

The team support ENT community clinics, which are currently run in Loughborough, Melton Mowbray, Oakham, Market Harborough, Hinckley and Coalville.

ENT support a busy Childrens and Adults Emergency department.

As this post is regulated by the Protection of Children Act 1999, The Criminal Justice Courts Act 2000 and the Care Standards Act 2000 an enhanced police criminal records disclosure will be requested by the Trust in the event of a successful application.

Applicants must already be on the GMC specialist register or within 6 months at the time of interview be eligible for a certificate of completion of specialist training.

For further information and for an informal discussion interested applicants are encouraged to contact Mr T Valsamakis, Consultant ENT Surgeon/ Head of Service on or .

Information packs and application forms are available via the web site www.jobsincare.com/job/jOCoMPvL



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