Consultant in Vascular Surgery (Diabetic Limb Salvage)
| Posting date: | 23 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | £105,504.00 to £139,882.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £105504.00 - £139882.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 June 2025 |
| Location: | Leeds, LS1 3EX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9298-CON-905 |
Summary
In relation to this post, the Leeds Vascular Institute (LVI) was formed in 2005 with the merger of previously independent units at Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) and St Jamess University Hospital (SJUH). In 2014, the Leeds Vascular Institute formed a partnership with the Department of Vascular Surgery from Mid-Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust (MYHT) comprising Pinderfields, Pontefract and Dewsbury hospitals, forming at that time one of the largest vascular units in the country. It provides a full range of vascular services including a tertiary referral centre for thoracic aortic pathology and a supra-regional paediatric vascular surgery service. In addition, from April 2013 the LVI has also provided emergency resuscitative surgery cover for the Leeds Major Trauma Centre at LGI. Our mission statement is to provide the best evidence-based patient-centred care for people with vascular disease and deliver excellent training in a supportive working environment. We hold an annual strategy day and are committed to continuously improving the care we can deliver for the people of East of West Yorkshire with vascular disease. We are supported by a team of 4 Vascular Nurse Specialists including a dedicated CLTI VNS and also an embedded vascular surgery Proactive Care of the Older Surgical Patient (POPS) team led by Dr Rebecca Anthony, Care of the Elderly consultant and an Advanced Nurse Practitioner. There is a 1 in 9 resident middle grade rota including research fellows, NTN posts and core surgical trainees (daytime only). There are 9 vascular FY1s, 5 of which are shared posts with other specialities (ICU and ED) and one physicians associate. We have close working relationships with the vascular radiology team (8 consultant vascular radiologists) with 24/7 access to vascular radiology and a vascular hybrid theatre suite. We hold weekly aortic, chronic limb-threatening ischaemia, diabetes limb salvage and vascular access MDTs as well as a general vascular MDT. Patients are cared for on a dedicated 27 bedded vascular ward. We deliver speciality aortic, vascular access and chronic limb threatening ischaemia clinics as well as one stop varicose vein clinics, general vascular clinics and an MDT diabetic limb salvage clinic. The majority of one stop varicose vein clinics and interventions for varicose veins are provided at Wharfedale General Hospital in Otley (10miles north west of Leeds). There is a dedicated vascular theatre as well as access to acute theatres 24/7. The unit performs on average 60-80 aortic procedures, 30-40 carotid endarterectomies and 60-100 lower limb bypasses per year. We form a partnership with Mid-Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust as outlined above and outpatient clinics and daycase procedures (currently endovenous and peripheral endovascular procedures) are provided in Pinderfields, Dewsbury and Pontefract Hospitals. This is led by Leanne Atkin, Nurse Consultant and Clinical Lead for Vascular Surgery at MYHT and an additional two consultants contribute to this service. Consultants based at LTHT also provide outpatient services at Pinderfields Hospital. Inpatient vascular treatment for patients from MYHT is provided at the LGI with repatriation to MYHT under the care of medical teams once their vascular surgery is complete.