Specialty Doctor in ENT | East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

The ENT Department formspart ofthe Head & Neck Department (along with Ophthalmology and Maxillo Facial Services) within EastKentHospitals.TheHeadandNeckdepartmentispartofthe Critical Care, Anaesthetics, & Specialist Surgery Care Group. The Associate Medical Director for the Care Group Mr Nic Goodger, Consultant. For ENT, the Deputy General Manager, Miss Katie Harrison and the ENT Clinical Lead Mr Chris Theokli

ThisserviceiscentralisedalongsideOphthalmologyinpatient, Maxillofacial Surgery and emergency services at The William HarveyHospital.All3DepartmentsshareasubspecialistHead and Neck Ward at William Harvey Hospital.

TheENTteamiscomprisedof13Consultantsworkingalongside6Specialty Doctors, 5 Specialist Registrar’s, 6 teaching grades, 3 Trust Doctors and 4 Nurse Practitioners across the sites. We offer 27 days’ annual leave and active support for study, quality improvement and patient safety work as part of our ‘We care’ improvement journey, and medical education and research.

· Provide support to GPST2, F1, F2, CT1, CT2 in maintaining A&E Gold Standards and breach rules.

· Provideclinical/observational/prescribingsupporttoNPs (nurse practioners) working in adjacent clinics.

· Elective work – day to day cover of all patients admitted under supervising Consultant.

· Provide clinical support/review of any patient requiring ENT input as an Inpatient on either of the 2 acute sites

· Contribute to the overall service delivery and performance of the ENT Department

· Provide support and training to junior staff, but have the ability to work and manage patients independently

· Confidently consult, diagnose and work up a treatment plan for cancer, adult & paediatric general ENT patients

· Co-ordinate, communicate and work as a team with other available Grades within the department.

· Ensurethatrecordsofpatientsinyourcareareaccurate,uptodate,legibleandsigned.

· Prompt response to administrative requests and reviews

· Endeavourtoensurethatnomorethantwomembersinanyonegrade are absent at any one time.Approval of leave is at the discretion of the department and is dependent upon the continuity of patient care.

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with three acute hospitals and community sites servingalocalpopulationofaround 700,000.We also provide specialist services for Kent and Medway.

We’re on an exciting journey of transformation.WithanewMedical School at the centre of our community, a focus on research, clinical leadership and making our trust a rewarding and friendly place towork,there’sneverbeenabetter time to join us.

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’. If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

This advert closes on Thursday 8 Oct 2026