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Consultant in ENT with a Special Interest in Otology
The closing date is 19 May 2026
Join Lancashire Teaching Hospitals as a Consultant in ENT (Specialist Interest in Otology) and be part of a forward-thinking, ambitious team delivering outstanding care across our busy and evolving service. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future within a Trust that is investing heavily in its people, infrastructure, and innovation.
This fantastic opportunity has arisen to join a highly regarded ENT service at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, a specialist tertiary centre for a range of conditions including Head & Neck Cancer, Neurosurgery, Oncology, Vascular and Plastics, as well as being a Major Trauma Centre.
Services are provided across Royal Preston and Chorley District & General Hospital which is home to one of the first GIRFT accredited Elective Surgical Hubs in the country.
These are challenging, yet exciting, times for our hospitals as we move forward into the new collaborative NHS world in which our roles and relationships will take greater prominence. What won’t change, however, is our vision to always provide excellent care with compassion to our communities. Our ambition, success, identity and values remain so important in recruiting and retaining the best staff as well as developing and delivering excellent services.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will support the provision and development of a high-quality ENT service at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. They will provide a comprehensive Otology service for adults and children, including the assessment, treatment and ongoing management of patients requiring implantable hearing devices (excluding cochlear implants).
The appointee will work closely with the wider ENT multidisciplinary team and take an active role in the development and management of audiovestibular services, including balance and tinnitus pathways. They will contribute to safe, effective and patient-centred care across outpatient, elective and inpatient settings.
The postholder will promote high professional standards of clinical care, maintain accurate clinical records and correspondence, and undertake the administrative duties associated with patient management. They will develop effective working relationships with General Practitioners and other stakeholders to support integrated pathways and continuity of care.
The successful candidate will play an active role in the teaching, training and supervision of junior staff and will contribute to audit, clinical governance, quality improvement and service development activity within the department.
The postholder will maintain a continuing commitment to patient care, including where employed less than full time, and will ensure appropriate arrangements are in place for cover during periods of leave or absence.
About us
We have 9000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area and give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire and Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients and staff, ensuring we keep thriving and delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You will have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet great people and do things you would never have done.
You will make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold and help innovate to keep improving our services. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:
What we can offer
Job Plan/On-call Requirements
The Team
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Full GMC Registration
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via . CCT or CESR (CP) -proposed CCT/CESR (CP) date must be within 6 months of interview . CESR or . European Community Rights
- An appropriate higher ENT surgical qualification
- Higher Medical Degree (MD or MSc)
- Publications
- Teaching Experience
Experience and Skills
- Higher surgical training in ENT within a recognised programme
- Wide experience of general ENT and Otology
- Experience of working within an ENT department and NHS systems and practices and up to date with current practices
- Fellowship training in otology and implant otology
Personal
- Evidence of effective communication skills
- Good examples of organisation skills
- Works well within a multidisciplinary environment
- Positive and enthusiastic approach to the care of patients and team working
- Car owner / Driver
Management
- Evidence of Clinical Leadership
- Evidence of commitment to audit and improving clinical practice / service development
- Management course / certification
Research and Development
- Evidence of interest in personal development e.g. through research and/or publications
- Understanding of research methodology and ethics
- and/or publications. Understanding of research methodology and ethics. Evidence of peer reviewed publications
Health
- Meets professional health requirements in line with GMC Standards / Good Medical Practice
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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