Visiting Consultant

• Care of patient’s pre and post op for ENT procedures on the hospital wards.
• Dealing with emergency ENT admissions.
• Preparation of patients for theatre and Liaising with anesthetics.
• Assisting in theatre (minimal exposure, to facilitate learning)
• Participation in duty rota and hand over including:

• A face-to-face handover of care must take place at every change of shifts, with communication of details about all problem patients.
• The trainee must carry out a daily ward round of all ENT patients on the ward in time to allow discharge prescriptions to be obtained; and write in the notes daily.
• Discharge and clinic summaries are to be dictated on ENT patients.

Results relating to their firm must be seen and signed daily