Locum Consultant Surgeon - ENT

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

The Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Department are looking to for an enthusiastic, forward-thinking Consultant in Otolaryngology who has an specific interest in Otology and/or Paediatric ENT would be most helpful.

The ENT Department is based within the Head and Neck Care Group, which comprises the Departments of: ENT, Audio-Vestibular Medicine, Audiology, Maxillofacial Surgery and Ophthalmology.

Queen Alexandra Hospital is a large modern acute medical facility with a state-of-the-art ITU, large theatre complex and an on-site Radiotherapy and Oncology centre.  The ENT Department provides a full range of emergency and elective ENT services. These include Specialist Otology (including cochlear implantation, bone anchored hearing aids and middle ear prostheses), Specialist Rhinology, Paediatric ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, Facial Plastic Surgery and Skull Base Surgery. The Head and Neck Unit is housed on Ward E10.  This is a dedicated unit for all Head & Neck inpatients with an ambulatory service for emergency care. There is also a large audiology department and the department benefits from the presence of two Consultants in Audiovestibular Medicine. 

The main outpatient department is situated at the QAH site.  Peripheral outpatient clinics are undertaken across Southeast Hampshire and West Sussex sites. The post holder may be required to undertake such peripheral clinics. Theatre sessions are all undertaken at the QAH site.

You will have the opportunity to develop your interests with the support of consultant colleagues.

Flexible working so you can balance personal interests, family life and work more effectively. We believe that our ability to attract high calibre staff will be enhanced by the fact that we can offer terms and conditions of employment best suited to individual circumstances and priorities.

Encouragement and support will be given so that you can continue your professional development.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practise
• FRCS (ORL-HNS) or equivalent
• On the specialist register for otolaryngology

Clinical Experience

• Entry on the GMC specialist register via CCT (proposed date must be within 6 months), CESR or European Community Rights
• Good experience of General ENT surgery
• General ENT experience. An interest in either Otology or paediatrics would be helpful but any sub-speciality interest will be considered.

Clinical Skills

• Demonstrable skills and experience of otolaryngology
• Understanding of clinical risk management

Knowledge

• Able to demonstrate appropriate level of clinical knowledge
• Knowledge and use of evidence-based practice
• IT skills
• Effective, confident presentation ability
• Experience in and outside speciality

Other

• Ability to organise oneself and prioritise clinical need
• Ability to work in multi-professional teams
• Understanding of NHS Clinical Governance and Resource Constraints
• Strong research experience and interest
• Probity
• Evidence of participation in audit
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Effective, confident presentation ability
• Publications
• Prizes and honours
• Logical thinking, problem solving and decision making
• Evidence of managerial skills (including training and courses attended) / previous management experience / experience of running Head & Neck Services (desirable)

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most. 

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs. 

For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026

Smoke Free Policy: 

All of our hospitals operate a strict no smoking policy. Smoking cigarettes or tobacco products is not allowed on any of the grounds or in any of the buildings run by us. This applies to patients, staff, carers and visitors to Trust premises.

Our goal is to improve the health and wellbeing of everyone we care for and, by making sure that our NHS services are smoke-free, we benefit the health of people who use our services as well as the health of the people who work for us.