East Surrey Hospital, Redhill | KSS ENT Registrars

East Surrey Hospital,

Redhill

Trust: Surrey and Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

General information

The department

Information about the hospital, where it is

Meet the team

The bosses

Who you'll be working for

Rotations & Rotas

The jobs

The jobs available and indicative rotas (all subject to change)

Job essentials

The essentials

How to request leave etc

Anchor 1

East Surrey Hospital

Acute services and admissions are based at East Surrey Hospital, Redhill

From the trust's website: "More than 11,000 patients a year are treated by the team which includes five consultants and 4 specialty doctors. Emphasis is on the less invasive forms of surgery such as endoscopic sinus surgery, endoscopic pharyngeal pouch stapling and laser treatment for lesions of the tongue or larynx."

Redhill is situated between the M25 and the M23, close to Gatwick Airport. Redhill itself, is a commuter town and is undergoing a lot of regeneration and development, as is all the area around Crawley and Gatwick Airport.

Anchor 2

The East Surrey team

As of July 2021, there are 7 substantive consultants.

The hospital runs peripheral clinics at Crawley and Horsham hospitals.

Head and Neck Oncology diagnostics and surgery are undertaken at East Surrey Hospital, with the MDT held jointly with the St Luke's team at Guildford.

Allied services:

Audiology: Balance testing, tinnitus/hyperacusis therapy
Balance and tinnitus clinics planned for the future
Combined voice clinics held twice a month

Trust's ENT department homepage: https://www.surreyandsussex.nhs.uk/our-services/a-z-of-services/ears-nosethroat/

Sameer Khemani

Consultant Otologist

Departmental role:

Special Interest: Surgical management of hearing loss and discharging ears, balance, snoring and sleep apnoea, voice, sinus problems, coblation tonsillectomy

Humera Babar-Craig

Consultant Rhinologist

Departmental role:

Special Interest: Allergy, sinus disease, nasal reconstruction and complex nasal disease

Karan Kapoor

Consultant Head & Neck Surgeon

Departmental role: Trust's Lead for Head and Neck Cancer

Special Interest: Minimally invasive trans-oral laser surgery, Head and neck benign/malignant surgery, thyroid/parathyroid, voice surgery, complex paediatrics

Regular Head & Neck lists at Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford

Natasha Choudhury

Consultant ENT Surgeon

Departmental role:

Special Interest: Rhinology; thyroid/parathyroid; advanced FESS and SRP

Guna Reddy-Kolanu

Consultant ENT Surgeon

Departmental role:

Special Interest: General ENT & Otology

Sean Fang

Consultant ENT Surgeon

Departmental role:

Special Interest: thyroid/parathyroid, voice surgery

Anchor 3

The training job at East Surrey

There is one trainee registrar post at East Surrey and the timetable is flexible based on t needs of the department and the trainee.

On-call:

Weekdays:
- 8am - 5pm there is no formal on-call registrar
Weeknights: Starting from 5pm until 8am the next day, as non-resident on-call (1st on-call is an ENT or general surgical SHO)
- Covers Basingstoke, Frimley, Guildford, Ashford & St Peters' Hospitals
Weekends: 5pm Friday - 8am Monday. Non-resident on-call registrar as 2nd on-call
On-call room? If you live too far to do non-resident on-call at home, on-call room is available:
- How to access? Book in advance (if so, how?) or collect key if needed

Rota/Timetable:

BMA Contract compliance:
- Work no more than 8 days in a row - Before or after weekend, 2 days are given as "off" - these days are different dependent on rota
JCST compliance: All job timetables are JCST compliant as stand alone jobs

Sample timetables:

Anchor 4

All the essentials for Redhil

Bleeping:

To bleep: _______

Day ENT SHO is bleep _______; Night ENT SHO is blp _______; ENT Registrar bleep _______

ENT ward:

Adults admitted to _______
Paediatric admitted to: _______
Treatment room: _______
Ward round: 8 am daily starting _______

SHOs:

_______ posts (FY2s, GPST2s & core trainee grade)
ENT experience: They all have various levels of ENT experience. They all attend an emergency course, held at Brighton, on the first Thursday of the 4-month rotations.
Shift patterns:
- Day on-call: _______
- Night on-call _______

Emergency clinic called "Hot clinic/treatment room?"

Booked via: _______ and appointments registered _______
Runs daily_______ , Where? _______; Run by _______
If SHO needs advice, they will ask who?_______

Theatre:

All elective cases should have discharge letters completed at the end of the case
Elective cases:
- East Surrey Hospital
CEPOD cases in main theatre ??
- How to book
Pre-op Patients:
- Where to find patients before surgery
Sick notes:
- Any key tips on trust policy
- 'Where to find them

Clinics:

East Surrey Hospital
Crawley Hospital
Horsham Hospital
What time?

Do you need to arrive early to traige notes?
Additional clinics held at _______

Common investigations/referrals: Does the trust offer these, if so how do you arrange these for patients

Vestibular function tests: _______
BAHA assessments: _______
Sleep studies:
- Adults: _______
- Paeds: _______
Allergy skin prick tests: _______
Allergy RAST testing: _______If you request, be clear on form what allergens should be tested
Outpatient blood tests
- Adults: Weekday walk-in phlebotomy service_______
- Paeds: _______
Skull Base referrals: _______
Local Cochlear implant centre for referrals: _______
Local Paediatric Tertiary Centre for referrals:_______

Rotas & leave

Updated versions sent out regularly? If so by who?
Annual leave - request via _______
Study leave
- Request via: _______
- Also complete paper form, get it signed and submit to PGME if intend to claim reimbursement