Trust Registrar (ST3+) in Ear, Nose and
Throat
WeCare about our ambition for excellence
Our WeCare values shape everything that we do, every single day. They are visible in every
interaction we have with each other, our patients, their families and our partners.
WeCare about everything from the appointment letters our patients receive, to the state of
our facilities when they walk through the door, to the care and compassion they receive
when they are discharged. WeCare that the people who join our trust will hold the same
values as we do, so our values are embedded within our recruitment and selection
processes. WeCare that you feel valued working here, so our values also guide our training
and development and performance and talent management. WeCare about working with
suppliers that live and breathe our values too.
We have come a long way on our journey to delivering safe and compassionate care. By
embracing these values as the way we behave around here, we will achieve our ambition for
excellence.
Barts Health NHS Trust
Surgery, Peri-Operative and Critical Care Division
Trust Registrar (ST3+) in Ear, Nose and Throat
Job description
Context
Barts Health NHS Trust is one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers and the largest trust
in the NHS. It was created on 1 April 2012 by bringing together three trusts: Barts and The
London NHS Trust, Newham University Hospital NHS Trust and Whipps Cross University
Hospital NHS Trust. The new trust has a turnover of approximately £1.1 billion and
approximately 15,000 employees.
Together our hospitals - Newham University Hospital in Plaistow, St Bartholomew’s (Barts)
in the City, The Royal London in Whitechapel, The London Chest in Bethnal Green and
Whipps Cross University Hospital in Leytonstone - deliver high quality clinical care to the
people of east London and further afield.
The hospitals offer a full portfolio of services that serve the needs of the local community,
and are home to some of Britain’s leading specialist centres including cancer, cardiac,
trauma and emergency care. Barts Health also has one of the UK’s busiest children’s
hospitals and internationally renowned surgical facilities.
Our vision is to create a world-class health organisation that builds on strong relations with
our partners and the communities we serve – one dedicated to ending the historic health
inequalities in east London. We will build an international reputation for excellence in
patient care, research and education. And as members of UCLPartners, the largest academic
health sciences system in the world, we will ensure that our patients are some of the first in
the country to benefit from the latest drugs and treatments.
We are looking for the best talent to lead our ambitious new healthcare organisation. In
return, the Barts Health will provide unsurpassed professional development opportunities,
enabling investment in a range of new initiatives that would mean:
• doctors and nurses in training will be able to gain experience in different hospitals along
the whole patient pathway;
• there would be greater opportunity for career progression – we could retain good staff
who might otherwise leave to gain promotion;
• becoming world-class will enable us to recruit some of the best doctors and researchers
in the world – who can share their knowledge and experience;
• success breeds success. An organisation that is recognised as a world-leader will find it
easier to recruit more staff, meaning we can work to reduce the number of persistent
vacancies;
• joining forces with other partners in an Academic Health Science System will mean that
staff would be better able to secure funds and pool their talents to develop new
technology, techniques and treatments.
Job description
Job title: Trust SPR ENT
Clinical academic group: Surgery
Salary band: Equivalent to Registrar
Responsible to: General Manager
Accountable to: ENT Clinical Director
Sessions 10 PA
On call 1:8
Location: Based at Royal London Hospital
DUTIES OF THE POST
The post holder, together with the other members of the middle grade team, will be responsible for
providing Registrar level support to the Ear, Nose and Throat and Head and Neck Service based at the
Royal London Hospital. The on call rota is 1:8 shared with other registrars.
ENT DEPARTMENT
The department at the Royal London consists of:
14 Consultants
2 Associate Specialists
2 Research Fellows
5 Specialist Registrars
8 SHOs
TIMETABLE
The timetable will consist of a weekly hot week oncall, Monday to Friday, one week in four.
The duties of hot week are to lead a daily ward round at 0800, and to manage emergency
cases, including taking emergency patients to theatre, liaising with the appropriate clinical
team, and assisting in ED and emergency clinic. On the remaining 3 weeks out of 4, the
candidate will step into the role of the specialist registrar when they are doing their hot week
duty. This will be an excellent opportunity to attend theatre and clinic and gain a wide range
of experience in head and neck, otology and lateral skullbase, rhinology, anterior skullbase
and paediatric airway. There will also be scheduled time for SPD and zero days. The out of
hours oncall, covering weekdays 5pm to 8am, and weekends and bank holidays, is shared
equally on a 1:8 rota.
AUDIT
The Department holds regular once a month all day audit and clinical governance meetings.
GENERAL DUTIES OF STAFF
• The doctor will have a continuing responsibility for the care of patients and provide intermediate
support between the SHOs and the Consultants.
• All Registrars are expected to assume responsibility both singly and corporately for the
management of the SHOs. In particular, this post holder is expected to be responsible for
approving and monitoring staff rotas leave and junior staff locum arrangements, where
appropriate.
• The successful applicant will be expected to participate fully in the medical audit arrangements
in the District.
• All Doctors have a responsibility to contribute to the teaching in the department and of junior
doctors.
MANAGEMENT
The department is committed to the continued improvement of the service and the new post holder
will be expected to take an active role in the management of the rota and leave ably assisted by the
HR co-ordinators.
SUPPORT TO JUNIOR DOCTORS
The post holder would also be responsible to ensure that junior staff receives appropriate induction
to the department and its work on taking up post.
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
The appointee will be expected to develop and maintain a programme of personal continuing
education in accordance with the recommendations of the surgical Royal Colleges. Study leave will
be made available for this purpose in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of Service.
RESEARCH
The appointee will be expected to continue with research interests developed previously. Research is
also encouraged in the department and is expected as part of our departments education programme.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The post is covered by the National Terms and Conditions of services (England and Wales) and Trust
policies and procedures. Annual Leave entitlement is 6 weeks and 3 days. The appointment is
pensionable unless you choose to opt out of the National Health Service Pension Scheme.
Basic salary on commencement will be set at a threshold to reflect any whole years of equivalent
registrar -level experience gained before his or her appointment as a NHS Registrar or equivalent.
The successful candidate will also receive a London Weighting Allowance (London Zone). Part time
staff will receive a pro-rata allowance.
The successful candidate will be required to live no more than 10 miles by road or 30 minutes’ drive
from the main unit, unless the Trust determines that residence at a greater distance is acceptable.
Annual Leave and Study Leave should be booked via the Clinical Lead, whilst also ensuring other
affected parties are advised. A minimum of six weeks’ notice must be provided, to allow alternative
arrangements or the cancellation of clinics. Annual leave should be requested via the Clinical Lead
and Medical Staffing Coordinator.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS/INFORMATION
Because of the nature of the work of this post it is exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, 1974 (Exemption Order, 1975). Applicants are, therefore, not entitled
to withhold information about convictions including those which for other purposes are “spent” under
the provision of the Act. In the event of employment, any failure to disclose such convictions could
result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Trust.
The post holder must always carry out his/her duties with due regard to the Trust’s Equal
Opportunities Policies.
The Trust operates a No Smoking Policy.
HEALTH AND SAFETY PROCEDURES
The Trust takes health and safety most seriously. The appointee will be expected to attend a Health
and Safety awareness session. In addition it remains the responsibility of all staff to be conversant
with up to date Health and Safety procedures and policies and work to ensure that these are adhered
to at all times.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
All applicants to any post within the Trust are required to declare any involvement directly with any
firm, company or organisation that has a contract with the Trust. Failure to declare such an
involvement may result in an application being rejected or if discovered after appointment that such
information has been withheld then this may lead to dismissal.
DATA PROTECTION
In accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998), the Trust is authorised if required to do so, to obtain, process
and or use information held on a computer in a fair and lawful way. The Trust is authorised to hold data only
for the specific registered purpose and not to use or disclose it in any way incompatible with such purpose. They
are further authorised to disclose data to authorised organisations as instructed.
RADIATION/IONIZING PROTECTION
Under the Ionizing Radiation Regulation Act, (1988) the Trust is required to maintain a register of all persons in
its employment who, as part of their clinical duties, are required to clinically or physically direct a medical
examination or procedure involving the use of Ionizing radiation. Such persons must demonstrate to the Trust
that they have received “Core of Knowledge” training in the safe use of ionising radiation, before their name can
be entered on the register. Because the Trust has an obligation to ensure compliance with these training
requirements, any person who fails to register with the Trust having received proper notification to do so, and
who subsequently clinically or physically performs an examination or procedure using Ionizing radiation, can be
prosecuted under these regulations. It will be an essential requirement for the successful candidate to be in
possession of an IRMER (Ionising Radiations Medical Exposures Regulations) 2000 Certificate.
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information or to arrange a visit to the Department please contact the following
at the Royal London Hospital :
Jay Ahmed, Clinical Lead and Consultant ENT Surgeon - [email protected]
Clauida Nogueira, Consultant ENT Surgeon –
[email protected]Helen Leandersson, Service Manager ENT –
[email protected]PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential Desirable
Qualifications DOHNS/MRCS Part 1 FRCS/MRCS
Registration On GMC registered Medical
Practitioner
Knowledge and Expertise I.T. skills and computer NHS experience in last 3 years
literacy
Specialty/Sub-Specialty Broad based training in ENT
and its subspecialties
Broad based general
professional training in
general medicine
Experience of teaching and Evidence of ongoing interest
Training and Teaching training junior medical staff and achievement in research
Management and Audit Ability to work as an Evidence of service audit,
effective member of a design or change management
multidisciplinary team
Understanding the principles
of clinical governance and its
implications
Supporting the Management
and HR coordinators in rota
/leave and day to day
running of dept.
Knowledge of research
methodology Publications in peer review
Research/publications journals
.
Are able to speak and write
English to the appropriate
Language standard necessary to fulfil
the
job requirements
Communication;
Ability to communicate with
Personal skills clarity and intelligently in
written and spoken English;
Accountability;
Ability to take responsibility,
lead, make decisions
appropriate to a middle
grade level
Interpersonal Skills;
Empathy, understanding,
listening skills, patience and
ability to work co-
operatively with others.
Able to change and adapt,
respond to changing
circumstances and to cope
with setbacks or pressure
Finance;
Knowledge of finance and
budgets
Patient Care:
Commitment to deliver a
high quality service with
patient welfare at forefront
of practice
