Consultant ENT Surgeon

Job summary

Applications are invited for the post of Consultant Otorhinolaryngologist based at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport. The post will have responsibility in providing support and treatments for the Rhinology service and Emergency and inpatient work in Grange University Hospital. The successful candidate will join the remaining Consultants in the provision of the routine ENT surgery services within the department.

The ENT Directorate has dedicated outpatient facilities in the Royal Gwent, Nevill Hall and Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr Hospitals. The existing department in the Royal Gwent Hospital has been open for 22 years, with six consultation and two treatment rooms.

A full range ENT is carried out in the department, with a complement of 14 inpatient beds in Grange University Hospital and a dedicated day case theatres in the Royal Gwent Hospital.Close relationships are maintained with Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Restorative Dentistry, Radiotherapy, Pathology and Dermatological Departments. There is an active Postgraduate Centre.

Main duties of the job

This post is non-resident and based at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport with duties as required in Grange University Hospital Llanfrechfa and Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny. It provides sessions for elective theatre work, day case and outpatients and participation in the general on-call rota.

You must hold full registration and a licence to practice with the GMC.

Applicants should either be on the Specialist Register or be a Specialist Registrar within six months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT / CESR(CP) at the time of interview.

You will be able to take advantage of the excellent Consultant contract for Wales. The basic salary range for this post is £82,356 per annum to £106,920 per annum plus a further £26,672 per annum available in Commitment Awards. Consultants in Wales paid on one of the first three points of the substantive Consultant pay scale also receive a Wales recruitment incentive payment.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.