ENT Consultant, Remote Opportunity

Our Consultants are responsible for providing virtual specialist care to our patients; reviewing and triaging referrals and providing advice and guidance back to GPs, arranging and following up on investigations and writing onward referrals to hospital departments where necessary.

You can work as many hours as you would like each week, with no minimum or maximum expectation, and you can decide the days and times you wish to work, whether that be evenings, weekends, or weekdays (providing patient cases are available).

This is a fully remote role, and due to the nature of the role you must have a private and secure space from which to work with reliable internet access.

Main duties of the job

• Provide virtual specialist care to patients within your specialty.
• Review and triage referrals.
• Provide advice and guidance back to GPs, request and follow up on investigations, and write onward referrals to hospital departments where necessary.
• Recommend patients for telephone clerking assessments (by registrars and advanced nurse practitioners).
• Follow up on the results of investigations with patients, GPs and hospital departments.
• Create an appropriate and comprehensive clinical management plan including prescribing.
• Document patient information and plans of care via Medefers Secure IT platform.
• Complete patient outcome data fields to enable tracking and feedback to NHS England.
• Respond to complaints and concerns/significant events as necessary.
• Engage in appraisal and revalidation processes. Medefer will provide appraisal and designated body services to those with connections to it, if required.

Contractor information

The Contractor role of Consultant is responsible for providing virtual specialist care to our patients, reviewing and triaging referrals and providing advice and guidance back to GPs, arranging and following up on investigations and writing onward referrals to hospital departments where necessary.

This role is on a Contractor arrangement either on an individual self employed basis or working via your own personal services company, enabling you to work privately to supplement your NHS income and at the same time, be part of a team working to support transformation in the NHS.

As a Consultant, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new model of digital patient care, and able to work flexibly for as many hours during any week as you may wish (providing patient cases are available).

Experience, skills and competencies

• Substantive Consultant with at least 12 months working within a substantive NHS post.
• Currently working within an NHS role.
• Must be on the Specialist Register and able to provide up to date documents in accordance with clinical compliance requirements.
• Must be actively participating in annual appraisals, quality reviews and audits.
• Interested in digital health / clinical informatics / new ways of working.
• Excellent time management, planning and prioritising skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Experience in conflict resolution, and able to collaborate with others confidently.
• Innovative and imaginative, a creative thinker, able to consider existing situations and problems to deliver innovative solutions.
• Excellent attention to detail, able to process detailed information effectively, consistently and accurately.

Qualifications

• A Consultant with at least 12 months experience working within a substantive NHS post in ENT.
• Registered with the GMC with an active licence to practice.
• On the Specialist Register and be able to provide current documents in accordance with clinical competence requirements.
• Have an interest in digital health, clinical informatics and new ways of working.
• Have exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Possess excellent time management, planning, and prioritising skills.
• Be detail oriented, able to process detailed information effectively, consistently, and accurately.

Person Specification

To apply and/or register your interest in working with us, please email a copy of your CV and interest to .

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.

Working arrangements

Part time, Flexible working, Home or remote working.

Equal Opportunities

Medefer fully complies with the Equality Act 2010. We are an equal opportunities employer, value diversity and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds.