Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Trust Fellow F2 ENT

The closing date is 24 September 2025

Job summary

Role:

Clinical Trust Fellow F2 ENT

Banding:

NHS Medical & Dental

Division:

Planned Care

Responsible to:

Clinical Director

Accountable to:

Medical Director

Duration:

4 month fixed term 03/12/2025 to 31/03/2026

Job Purpose:

This post is part of the Trust's aim to deliver high quality ENT care. It will involve participating in all facets of department activity, including the assessment and initial care of patients throughout the department, responsibility for patients in the Emergency Department and Emergency Treatment Room and dealing with other clinical management tasks.

Main duties of the job

This post is part of the Trust's aim to deliver high quality ENT care. It will involve participating in all facets of department activity, including the assessment and initial care of patients throughout the department, responsibility for patients in the Emergency Department and Emergency Treatment Room and dealing with other clinical management tasks.

About us

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.

The NHS are striving towards "we work flexibly" as a workforce, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and importantly for you. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.

We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under - represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.

All staff at Medway comply the Trust's and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board's policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Details

Date posted

19 September 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£52,656 to £65,048 a year per annum/pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

4 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

275-2509-CTFF2ENT-SB

Job locations

Medway Maritime Hospital

Windmill Road

Gillingham

ME7 5NY


Job description

Job responsibilities

Ensure that, based on the needs of the patients and their families, care is delivered to the highest standard, maintaining the patient's dignity at all times. Wherever possible, the aim is to promote independence and restore healthy living.

Assist in establishing and maintaining a high quality environment for patients and staff that delivers excellent care to patients and supports the achievement of all local and national access targets.

Through personal leadership and influence, contribute to maintaining the highest standards of clinical and environmental hygiene, to assure infection control standards and eliminate hospital-acquired infections.

Assist in promoting and developing the culture of a learning organisation, that is fully committed to providing excellence in both health and customer care, and to providing continuous improvement.

Participate in Continuous Professional Development, thus enabling the Trust to enhance its reputation for high quality education, learning and development, and research.

Use all resources wisely, and promote a culture of value for money and return on investment.

The department has a commitment to the quality indicators set out by the Government. The applicant will be expected to contribute to achieving that goal through development of policies and pathways and by innovation in the service provision.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Ensure that, based on the needs of the patients and their families, care is delivered to the highest standard, maintaining the patient's dignity at all times. Wherever possible, the aim is to promote independence and restore healthy living.

Assist in establishing and maintaining a high quality environment for patients and staff that delivers excellent care to patients and supports the achievement of all local and national access targets.

Through personal leadership and influence, contribute to maintaining the highest standards of clinical and environmental hygiene, to assure infection control standards and eliminate hospital-acquired infections.

Assist in promoting and developing the culture of a learning organisation, that is fully committed to providing excellence in both health and customer care, and to providing continuous improvement.

Participate in Continuous Professional Development, thus enabling the Trust to enhance its reputation for high quality education, learning and development, and research.

Use all resources wisely, and promote a culture of value for money and return on investment.

The department has a commitment to the quality indicators set out by the Government. The applicant will be expected to contribute to achieving that goal through development of policies and pathways and by innovation in the service provision.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full registration with GMC and Licence to Practise
  • MBBS or equivalent
  • Meets professional health requirements (in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice)

Experience

Essential

  • ENT Medicine experience

Skills

Essential

  • Evidence of active participation in audit

Value based question

Essential

  • Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full registration with GMC and Licence to Practise
  • MBBS or equivalent
  • Meets professional health requirements (in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice)

Experience

Essential

  • ENT Medicine experience

Skills

Essential

  • Evidence of active participation in audit

Value based question

Essential

  • Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Medway Maritime Hospital

Windmill Road

Gillingham

ME7 5NY


Employer's website

https://www.medway.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Medway Maritime Hospital

Windmill Road

Gillingham

ME7 5NY


Employer's website

https://www.medway.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant ENT Surgeon and Clinical Lead

Audrey Najuko

audrey.najuko@nhs.net

01634976105

Details

Date posted

19 September 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£52,656 to £65,048 a year per annum/pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

4 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

275-2509-CTFF2ENT-SB

Job locations

Medway Maritime Hospital

Windmill Road

Gillingham

ME7 5NY


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