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Job Title: Specialty Doctor

Specialty: ENT

General Information

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust is a District General Hospital providing acute services to the
population of West Essex and East Hertfordshire from a 489 bedded site in Harlow, Essex (PAH) and two
Community hospitals In-patient, St Margaret Hospital (SMH), Epping and the Herts and Essex Hospital
(HEH) in Bishops Stortford. Originally opened in 1965 the Trusts vision is to become one of the best local
hospitals in the country and this is based on the foundation of its four values, Respectful, Caring,
Responsible, and Committed.

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust is climbing the performance league tables and was
shortlisted for the first ever National Compassionate Patient Care Award and finished runner-up in the 500
entry Guardian Public Service Award for measuring excellence. In addition to this the Trust has been
nationally recognised for having one of the highest ratings from "Friends and Family" surveys. Focused on
patient experience the Trust has launched a Patient Experience Department and Patient Panel which
meets on a monthly basis, receiving presentations from clinical teams across the Trust describing the
changes that are enabling the Trust to become more focussed on the needs of patients, families and
carers.

Employing just fewer than 3,000 employees with vast amount of experience, skill and expertise, employee
performance has placed the Trust amongst the best hospitals in England and Wales. The Trust has
significantly changed the way it operates, to strengthen the role of senior doctors, nurses and other
clinicians in the running of the Trust. This is a major development as part of the Building for Excellent vision
which launched in 2012. The Clinical Led organisation structure contains five Clinical Directors directly
responsible and accountable for key decisions about patient care, operational performance and budgets.
The Trust believes in investing in employees and rewarding high standards of care and expects all
employees to uphold the Trust Values to the highest standard. Professional development is encouraged to
work towards role enhancement and the Postgraduate Medical Centre is housed in the listed 19th Century
Pardon Hall. Set within the hospital grounds, Pardon Hall contains an extensive library, lecture theatre,
study rooms and IT resource room supported by the Trust’s Librarians. Pardon Hall also hosts a range of
comprehensive postgraduate teaching programmes.

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust is conveniently located in Harlow, Essex, 25 minutes’ drive
to London Stansted Airport and 30 minutes train ride to London Liverpool Street. Harlow also has excellent
road connections across England which includes M11, M25, A10, M1 and A1 all in close proximity and PAH
site is within walking distance to the town Centre. One of the original New Towns, designed by architect Sir
Frederick Gibberd to ease overcrowding in London following World War II, Harlow is a vibrant community
with many attractions to appeal to visitors and residents alike including, Parks, Gardens, Art Galleries,
Shopping Malls, Theatres and Sports and Leisure facilities. Harlow is both one of the most modern and
oldest settlements in England. While the master plan for Harlow New Town was drawn up in 1947, Old
Harlow has been around for centuries and the first written record of Harlow was in the Domesday Book of
1086 and features interesting Architecture, History and Heritage.

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LOCATION OF DEPARTMENT AND DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

Based at The Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, St. Margaret’s Hospital, Epping, and
Herts and Essex Hospital, Bishop’s Stortford

The ENT Department is supported by an Audiology service at the three sites.

Operating sessions are carried out daily in the Alexandra Day Stay Unit at the Princess
Alexandra Hospital

SERVICE ACTIVITY

This new specialty doctor position will hold six ENT OPD clinics per week delivering 36 new
appointments and 36 follow up appointments per week. As part of the training the post holder will
also be in theatre supporting two consultant lists per week.

DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE

Job Title Name Specialist Area Joined PAH

Clinical Director Mr J Refson General Surgical

CSG Lead Miss E Kiverniti ENT

Consultant (locum) Mr B Pacculio ENT

Consultant Miss S Patiar ENT

Consultant Miss H-Y Ching ENT

Consultant (part Mrs G Rogers ENT

time)

SUPPORTING RESOURCES

There are two dedicated ENT secretaries based at PAH

JOB PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

This post is to support our ENT workload with the post holder being given the
opportunity to enhance and develop their ENT skills that fits with the needs of the
department. The post holder will be responsible to the lead consultant for the
service in which they are working at any given time. The on call commitment is
1:8, due to the integration of Essex wide ENT network service (since August 2008);

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this is a Hub and Spoke model. The postholder will be based at the Princess
Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, but will undertake outpatient sessions at St
Margaret’s Hospital in Epping and Herts & Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford. It
is likely that the venue of the outpatient clinics could change as required by the
services of the specialty and Trust.

The job plan will include 9 Programmed Activities and 1 SPA (for supporting
professional activities). This will be subject to the job planning process taking into
account the special interest of the successful candidate. A weekly programme
may look as follows.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

AM ADSU SPA ADSU OPD Clinic OPD
Clinic
PM OPD Clinic Off OPD Clinic OPD Clinic OPD
Clinic

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Attending ENT clinics.

• Care of patients pre and post op for ENT procedures

• Dealing with emergency ENT attendances

• Preparation of patients for theatre and liaising with anaesthetics.

• Assisting in theatre (to facilitate learning)

• Participation in duty rota and hand over

• The successful candidate will receive robust surgical training in theatres, similar to that
of a training registrar.

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POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

All Staff under contract with The Princess Alexandra Hospital will be expected to comply will
all local and national policies and procedures.

TRUST VALUES
The Princess Alexandra Hospital’s unique organisational identity is based on the following
values, Respectful, Caring, Responsible, and Committed. The Trust believes in investing in
all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return
we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

This job profile is not a definitive or exhaustive list of responsibilities but identifies
the key responsibilities and tasks of the post holder. The specific objectives of the
post holder will be subject to review as part of the individual performance review
process.

JOB DESCRIPTION AGREEMENT

The post is covered by the current national terms and conditions of service of
the Medical and Dental, Trust policies and procedures.

Job Holder’s Signature:

Date
Clinical Director Signature:
Date

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