Senior Fellow in Vascular and Resuscitative Surgery
| Posting date: | 09 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £73,992.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £73992.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 September 2025 |
| Location: | Leeds, LS13EX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9298-MED-824 |
Summary
DUTIES OF THE POST The Senior Fellow in Vascular & Resuscitative Surgery post is a 6 month to 1 year post with a view to further extension by mutual agreement. The main focus will be within the diabetic limb salvage and chronic limb threatening ischaemia services. The fellow will also join the resuscitative and vascular surgery middle grade on call rota (1:9) and broadly train in elective and urgent vascular surgery. The fellowship will be focused mainly on open vascular surgery and that will also carry a resuscitative surgery element. The successful candidate will therefore be expected to understand advanced trauma life support and damage control surgery principles. The fellow will also have exposure to complex and revision vascular surgery. While the main focus of the fellowship will be on open surgery, there will also be opportunities to participate in endovascular procedures both in the interventional radiology suite as well as in our state of the art hybrid theatre. The successful candidate will be supervised by Mr James Forsyth. There will be regular supervisor meetings to identify learning needs and review progress. Clinical duties are inclusive but not exhaustive of the following: Ward management Outpatient clinics (mainly DLS and CLTI) Operating theatre (acute, elective and day-case) Emergency assessment and management of vascular and resuscitative major trauma patients Post-operative intensive care reviews Discharge letters Discussions with patients relatives MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THIS FELLOWSHIP Develop advanced, evidence-based and multi-disciplinary management strategies for patients with diabetic foot disease Develop advanced, evidence-based and multi-disciplinary management strategies for patients with chronic limb threatening ischaemia Be able to perform high quality lower limb bypass surgery (including exposure to ultra-distal bypass surgery) Be able to perform a trauma laparotomy (+/- adjunctive measures such as packing, splenectomy, stapling off bowel ends, creating a laparostomy etc.) Be able to perform a clamshell thoracotomy (+/- adjunctive measures such as lung twist, suturing cardiac stab wounds, compressing the descending thoracic aorta etc.) Be able to effectively manage vascular extremity and vascular torso trauma Gain improved exposure to open aortic, carotid, renal access and amputation surgery. LEVELS OF RESPONSIBILITY This job description sets out the main duties and responsibilities of the posts. The specific duties may vary according to the needs of the service and will, in any event, be subject to review as part of the Trust approach to staff developments. TEACHING AND RESEARCH/STUDY AND TRAINING The jobholder must take responsibility in agreement with his/her line manager for his/her own personal development by ensuring that Continuous Professional Development remains a priority. The jobholder will undertake all mandatory training required for the role. This is a 6-12 Month Fixed Term Contract to provide a period of training.