Locum Vascular Consultant Surgeon | North Bristol NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 17 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £109,725 - £145,478 pa pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 April 2026 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS10 5NB |
| Company: | North Bristol NHS |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7842012/339-ASCR2012-AR |
Summary
Consultant Vascular Surgeon (11 PA), delivering a vascular surgery practice including on call, same day emergency care (SDEC), outpatient clinics and operating.
The on-call commitment is 1 in 9 (possibly changing to 1 in 10), with Consultants delivering inpatient care using a with a Consultant of the week (1 in 9 weeks). The post holder will be required to deliver outpatients in Royal United Hospital Bath, Southmead Hospital and Cossham Hospital.
All surgical and endovascular interventions (excluding endovenous) are delivered in Southmead Hospital (North Bristol NHS Trust) which is the network’s arterial centre.
Day
Time
Location
Work
Categorisation
No. of PAs
Monday
AM&PM
NBT
Theatre
DCC
2.38
Tuesday
Wednesday
AM
PM
NBT / MS Teams
RUH
MDT + Management & Governance
Ward review & Outpatient (half clinic) with admin (4 hours) Travel (45 min each way)
DCC
0.67
0.5
Thursday
AM&PM
PM
NBT
NBT
Outpatients: Hot clinic Gate 5 (8 hours) Admin (2 hours)
TOS Outpatients (4 hours) Admin (1 hour
DCC
1.07
0.47
Friday
AM
RUH
Outpatients (4 hours) Admin (1 hour) Travel (45 min each way) Ward review
DCC
0.81
0.25
Saturday
Sunday
Mon-Fri
NBT
Inpatient
1.39
Predicable emergency on-call work
Direct Clinical Care
0.63
Unpredictable emergency on call work (Max per week until 31 March)
Variable
On-site, at home, telephone, travelling to and from site
Direct Clinical Care
1.33
Total PAs
9.5
North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.
North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.
Summary of the role:
Consultant Vascular Surgeon (11 PA), delivering a vascular surgery practice including on call, same day emergency care (SDEC), outpatient clinics and operating.
The on-call commitment is 1 in 9 (possibly changing to 1 in 10), with Consultants delivering inpatient care using a with a Consultant of the week (1 in 9 weeks). The post holder will be required to deliver outpatients in Royal United Hospital Bath, Southmead Hospital and Cossham Hospital.
All surgical and endovascular interventions (excluding endovenous) are delivered in Southmead Hospital (North Bristol NHS Trust) which is the network’s arterial centre.
The Department:
Southmead Hospital, North Bristol Trust hosts the Major Arterial Centre (MAC) for the Bristol, Bath and Weston Vascular Network (BBWVN) and serves a population of 1.2 million adults. In addition to core specialist vascular services, BBWVN is commissioned to deliver complex endovascular aortic intervention (aneurysms and acute aortic syndrome) for the Southwest of England and South Wales (exceptionally funded, case by case). The network receives tertiary referrals for patients with thoracic outlet syndrome, complications of ilio-femoral DVT (including management of chronic occlusions) and mycotic aneurysms (prosthetic graft infection and primary infected aortic pathology).
The Vascular Surgery Department in Southmead Hospital is part of the Division of Anaesthesia Surgery Critical Care & Renal (ASCR). There are currently 11 consultant vascular surgeons. Three work less than full time, with one planning to retiring in July 2024 (thoracic outlet specialist interest) and another based only in Weston General Hospital (no operating). BBWVN delivers a 24/7 specialist on call service (currently 1:9.5) that is supported by a 1:7 middle grade on call rota and a 24/7 interventional radiology service (1:8). The appointee would join the vascular specialist on-call rota.
Inpatients are predominantly cared for on a dedicated specialist vascular ward (Gate 26A) which is made up with 32 beds. Emergency admissions are managed through a surgical admissions unit with the support of a shared Foundation and Core Trainee grade (GI surgery admissions) but overseen by the vascular middle grade. In addition to the consultant on call Monday-Friday, BBWVN run a consultant of the week model (1:9.5) whereby a single consultant oversees the ward management of patients with a daily ward round. Only at the weekend, does the consultant of the week also assume the responsibility of on call consultant. The ward team consists of a trainee Advanced Care Practitioner, 4 Foundation Trainees and 2 SHO grade clinical fellows. One FY2 and two core trainees are also part of the firm structure with every effort made to provide surgical training to this grade.
The physicians run G-POC team review patients prior to surgery on both and outpatient and inpatient basis to support medical optimisation and shared decision making. There is access to cardio-pulmonary exercise testing and a pre-operative preparation clinic. Vascular lists are supported by a team of recognised vascular Anaesthetists.
Monday to Thursday a morning hot clinic and afternoon diabetic foot clinic are run by a dedicated nursing team (4 WTE clinical vascular nurse specialists, 2 WTE Band 5 nurses, 1.6 WTE Band 3 support staff). All consultants in the network are job planned to deliver this activity and it is separate to on call responsibilities. Friday morning a hot clinic is run, and this takes part of the on-call consultants’ responsibilities.
The network aims where practically possible to deliver outpatient review and investigation as close to home as possible for patients in the network. As such, outpatient clinics are delivered in Cossham Hospital (North Bristol NHS Trust), Bristol Royal Infirmary (UHBW Hospitals Trust), Weston General Hospital (UHBW Hospitals Trust) and Royal United Hospital, Bath (RUH Trust). This also ensures that inpatients receive timely specialist opinion. There is Clinical Vascular Scientist support on all inpatient sites.
The post holder will be required to deliver routine outpatients and ward reviews in the Royal United Hospital Bath.
Elective surgery is delivered at Southmead Hospital in 2 theatres, one of which is a Hybrid Suite with additional capacity on a shared ‘CEPOD’ list. There are 18 4-hour sessions of operating for Vascular Surgery per week. Joint consultant operating is mandated for both open and endovascular aortic aneurysm surgery. The hospital has 48 critical care (Level 2 or 3) beds.
Multidisciplinary team (MDT) working is encouraged and supported by a daily MDT meeting (MS Teams) Monday to Friday to discuss patients with time critical conditions. On a Wednesday morning we hold a separate MDT for patients with non-urgent conditions. MDTs are supported by a coordinator. Wednesday morning also provides the time for regular morbidity/mortality, consultant, and research meetings.
Unit Activity:
North Bristol is a higher-volume unit for most arterial procedures, with 392 lower limb bypasses reported on NVR from 2020-22. We perform around 40 infra-renal aortic aneurysm repairs per year (2/3 endovascular) and 60 supra-renal endovascular repairs. Seventy carotid endarterectomies performed in 2020.
Consultants are occasionally asked to review children at the Bristol Children’s Hospital. New appointees will be supported for this existing Consultants more familiar with managing vascular paediatric problems, both in hours and out of hours.
Research:
The unit has a proven track record in Research, with a busy clinical research programme recruiting into multiple NIHR and commercial studies, supervising higher degrees (MD/PhD), academic clinical fellows and foundation trainees. This programme is led by Professor Rob Hinchliffe and Mr Chris Twine. We currently have three speciality trainees in recognised combined research and clinical roles. Through the NBT research department there is access to research support including research nurses to support studies. Medical Students rotate through vascular surgery and the appointee will be expected to provide teaching as opportunities required. There are opportunities for formal tutoring roles through the hospital’s academy which a number of Vascular Surgeons hold.
This advert closes on Tuesday 31 Mar 2026