Job summary

We are looking to appoint a GP with a special interest in ENT to join our team at Torbay & South Devon Hospital Trust.

We are looking for an enthusiastic colleague who is keen to expand their skills and core clinical capabilities in ENT. You would be working in a close knit and supportive department, and we would provide the successful individual with appropriate mentoring and training to enable autonomous practice.

This role will involve seeing and assessing new patients in outpatient clinics, including key practical skills such as microsuction and flexible nasendoscopy, as well as participating in education and service development.

We are looking for up to 10 PAs (4 hour sessions) which would primarily be for direct clinical care (DCC) including time for admin, but will also include an allocation for supporting professional activities (SPA) to be used to help with, for example, service improvement, education and audit. Specific PA allocation will be negotiated upon appointment.

Main duties of the job

Assessment of patients in outpatient clinics utilising practical skills, including but not limited to microsuction, flexible nasendoscopy, biopsies and potentially intratympanic steroid injections. A period of supernumerary mentoring would be provided, with ongoing support available to discuss clinical queries.

• Clinic types may include:

General ENT (including otology and rhinology patients)

Paediatric ENT

Head and Neck including urgent suspected cancer patients

• Administrative work arising from outpatient activity
• Contribution to triaging referrals from primary care
• Supervision of Resident Doctors in outpatients
• Teaching and mentoring of new resident doctors
• Participation in audit and/or service development
• Please note we use the electronic patient record system Epic for all medical records.

About us

Why Work With Us

The successful applicant will join a team of six consultants, an SAS grade, two registrars, a CT and three F2's.

Current consultants are Mr James Powles (Clinical Service Lead); Mr Philip Reece; Miss Clare Perkins; Miss Natalie Ronan; Mr Vinay Varadarajan and Mr Oliver McClaren.