This ENT Laryngology & Airway fellow post is to work within the field of Laryngology and Airway surgery based at the Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust (LUHFT) which is the major teaching hospital in the Merseyside & Cheshire region.
The successful candidate is expected to undertake the duties of a Specialty Trainee in ENT. Service commitments include out-patient clinics, theatre sessions, daytime on-call duties as well as participating in the on-call rota. At LUHFT we offer tertiary services for laryngology and airway surgery.
The post is aimed at candidates approaching the end of their higher surgical training, ideally with the FRCS (ORL-HNS) or equivalent, or post CCT.
The year will be characterised by a progressive balance of mentorship and autonomy, aiming to extend the candidate's surgical and clinical management competency to that of a safe independent practitioner working within a head & neck multi-disciplinary team.
On call commitments are a 1:9 prospective night cover & a daytime 'hot-reg' cover on a1:9 rolling week rota.Applicants are required to be fully registered with the General Medical Council.
For informal discussions regarding the posts please contact Mr Andrew Kinshuck , Fellowship Director, on 0151 529 5285. Applicants should submit online through NHS jobs.
**Please note this vacancy will close once sufficient applications have been received**
All operating is undertaken in Aintree University Hospital where the head & neck ward and inpatients are based. Complex airway and laryngology operations are performed as expected of a tertiary centre. The department was an early adopter of lasers in head and neck surgery and this is favoured for use in laryngeal and airway pathology. Open laryngotracheal reconstruction is also performed in the department.
There is a procedural local anaesthetic clinic alternate weeks in Aintree University Hospital offering the following services:
-Botox injection to vocal cords
-Vocal cord medialization
- Pharyngo-laryngeal biopsies
-Transnasal oesophagoscopy and dilatation
There are close links with respiratory and cardiothoracics in LUHFT and Liverpool heart and chest hospital. The speech and language therapists in the trust offer specialist services in managing patients with: head and neck cancer, dysphagia, professional voice, performance singing voice, inducible laryngeal obstruction and exercise induced laryngeal obstruction.
There is a joint ENT vasculitis clinic where patients are assessed by ENT and nephrology. There is an Upper Airway Clinic where patients are seen by ENT, respiratory, SLT and physio. In this twice monthly MDT clinic patients are seen and assessed for conditions such as inducible laryngeal obstruction.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
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