Senior Clinical Fellow in Vascular Surgery | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 17 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £61,825 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 July 2025 |
| Location: | Preston, PR29HT |
| Company: | Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7245653/438-MS3109 |
Summary
Applications are invited for the above post to commence following pre- employment checks
LTHTR values extremely its Senior Clinical Fellows and in a first of its kind inthe UK, we have agreed and committed ourselves to provide all Senior ClinicalFellows joining the trust and those already working with us, a personal careerprogression pathway with support to become autonomous practitioners if theyaspiretodoso.
The new appointee will have duties in the hub and across the spoke sites Wigan,MorecambeBayorBlackpool.ThenetworkhasatotaloftwelveVascularConsultants, and the successful candidate will be one of a team of 9 Middle Gradesworking across the four trusts, participating in a “Vascular Surgeon of the Week” andaseparatevascularoncallandweekendrota.
The Middle Grade “VascularSurgeon of the Week” supports consultant led dailyward rounds, coordination, assessment, and management of emergency referrals.Whilstworkingas“VascularSurgeonoftheWeek”,allelectivedutiesarecancelled.
Thepostholderwill:
Specificallyadopt,inconjunctionwithcolleagues,anactiveroleinplanning,developmentanddeliveryofthevascularserviceinabusyvascularunit.
Participate in the weekly network MDT meetings with colleagues from all disciplinesinvolvedin thecareof vascularpatients.
Participateinthe outof hoursvascularon-callrota.
Provideactivitysupportinthenon-interventioncentrehospitaltrusts(Wigan,BlackpoolorMorecambe Bay).
Modern education centres are based at the Royal Preston and Chorley and SouthRibbleHospitalsitesandofferexcellentlibraryandstudyfacilities,includingPC/internet support for hospital doctors and GPs as well as other medical and dentalpractitioners.
The Trust supports the requirements for Continuing Medical Education as laid downby the Royal College of Surgeons and is committed to providing time and support fortheseactivities.
The post holder will receive the full support of the Trust and the Directorate todevelop specialist areas of interest in line with Directorate business plans and thedevelopmentof services generally withintheTrust
Therearetwonewdedicatedvascularoperatingtheatres,includingahybridoperating theatre with built-in video facilities for teaching purposes and video-linkageto the Education Centre.
The contract maybe supplemented or amended by localcollective agreementsreached with trade unions recognised by the Trust and the rules and resolutions oftheTrust Board.
Thefinaldetailwillbenegotiatedandagreedwiththesuccessfulapplicant.
The successful applicant will participate in a planned 1:9 middle grade “vascularsurgeon of the week” weekday 8am-5pm rota and a separate 1:9 on-call rota, bothbased in the Intervention Centre.The vascular surgeon of the week (VSOTW),whoseroutinedutiesarecancelledfortheweek,isresponsiblefordailywardrounds,emergencyreferralsandadmissionsandcoordinatingandundertakingemergencyinterventions.
The post-holder is likely to have day case and out-patient duties in the spoke trustsand affiliated hospitals, and he / she will be responsible for assessing in-housereferrals arising at these sites.Job plans are arranged in order that each non-arterialtrust has a consultant and/or middle grade vascular surgical presence on at leastthreedays perweek.
Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:
• What we can offer
• Job Plan/On-call Requirements
• The Team
This advert closes on Tuesday 1 Jul 2025