Consultant Vascular Surgeon

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in Greater London is seeking a dedicated consultant in vascular surgery. The role involves performing open and endovascular surgeries, maintaining outpatient clinics, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. Candidates must possess GMC registration and relevant experience in vascular procedures. You'll benefit from extensive training opportunities and competitive salary based on your experience.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Staff recognition scheme

Optional Cycle to Work schemes

Qualifications

• Must have GMC registration and a Licence to Practice.
• Eligible for specialist registration with vascular surgery certification.

Responsibilities

• Support daily open and endovascular arterial operating lists.
• Maintain daily outpatient clinics across multiple hospitals.
• Develop relationships with stakeholders in the service.

Skills

Post CCT in Vascular Surgery

Competent in standard open surgical techniques

Competent in aortic endovascular techniques

IT Skills and computer literacy

Education

On GMC's register with a Licence to Practice

Appropriate Royal College Membership

Job description

The post is based within the internationally recognised centre for vascular surgery at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. The Unit was formed by the merger of the two regional units based at St Mary's and Charing Cross Hospitals and has combined their high-profile international reputations in areas such as open and complex endovascular treatment, leading multi-centre clinical trials and repairing thoracoabdominal aneurysms using techniques such as left heart bypass and full motor and sensory spinal monitoring. The service also supports the Major Trauma Centre as well as being a regional out of hours tertiary referral centre. The unit has and is shaping current and future clinical practice including the pioneering use of endo-robotic surgery for aortic, carotid and peripheral vascular interventions, which is a UK first. The Unit has performed the largest number of robot-assisted interventions worldwide and is the primary centre for education, training and adoption of this technology.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will support a busy and demanding service to fulfil its key activities:

• Daily open and endovascular arterial operating lists
• Four full day venous lists per week across the Imperial Network
• Daily outpatient clinics at St Mary's, Charing Cross and Hammersmith Hospitals
• Further outpatient clinics at Chelsea & Westminster and West Middlesex Hospitals
• Access to daily Angio lists at St Mary's
• Weekly MDT and team training activities
• A 1:10 Consultant of the Week (CoW) model

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly,part time or job share. Please talk tous at interview.

Job responsibilities

The appointee will need to fulfil the activities as detailed in the approved job plan.

The postholder will be required to develop key working relationships with a wide-range of stakeholders both within the service and the wider Trust. The postholder will need to work alongside their fellow consultants, doctors in training, and the nursing and managerial staff all of whom will support the postholder throughout their time in the role.

The postholder will also need to develop close relationships with anaesthetists, Interventional Radiology, ITU staff, Cardiology and Cardiac surgery, Renal physicians, Neurologists and Neurosurgeons, Nursing, Professional and Technical Staff.

Please see the full JD attached for more information.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• On GMC's register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice
• On GMC's Specialist Register or within 6 months of being admitted to the register by the date of the interviews or eligible for specialist registration
• Appropriate Royal College Membership

Knowledge/Skills

• Post CCT in Vascular Surgery or equivalent recognised and appropriate certification
• Competent in standard open surgical techniques
• Competent in aortic endovascular and superficial endovenous techniques
• IT Skills and computer literacy

Leadership/ Management SkillS

• Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority
• Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues.
• Knowledge of finance/budgets
• Management of staff

Teaching & Training

• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates/postgraduates and junior medical staff

Audit

• Understanding of principles of clinical audit

Academic achievements

• Evidence of research activity within the last 5 years including research project involvement, publication and presentation at National/International meetings

Language

• able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Depending on experience£109,725 to £145,478 per annum WTE