Consultant Vascular Surgeon

NEP cloud; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Derriford Hospital in Plymouth is recruiting for a Consultant Vascular Surgeon to lead a six-surgeon team in a tertiary vascular centre. The post involves on-call duty, elective and emergency vascular cases, and teaching responsibilities within a multidisciplinary setting.

Applicants should be on the GMC Specialist Register or expect to be within 6 months, with endovascular and renal access experience highly valued. A commitment to covered leave periods is essential.

Qualifications

• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register (or expected within 6 months).
• Experience in vascular surgery with endovascular skills.
• Ability to lead a surgical firm within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Manage a vascular surgery firm and work within a multidisciplinary team.
• Provide expert clinical opinions on elective and emergency vascular problems.
• Remain flexible to cover annual or study leave as needed.

Skills

Surgical firm management

Multidisciplinary teamwork

GMC Specialist Register

Endovascular skills

Renal access experience

Teaching experience

Education

Medical degree

Job description

We are currently a team of six full time surgeons working in a tertiary vascular centre performing all types of major vascular and endovascular operations and procedures. One of these surgeons also performs renal transplant surgery and several provide surgery for vascular access. The Vascular service is provided by Mr Dev Mittapalli (full time Vascular & Endovascular Surgeon and Service Lead for Vascular Surgery), Miss Catherine Western (Vascular and Endovascular surgeon and Educational Lead for Vascular Surgery), Mr Jamie Barwell (full time Vascular Surgeon), Lt Col Rob Faulconer (Military Vascular and Trauma surgeon) and Mr Aled Jones (Vascular and Trauma surgeon & Governance lead) and Mr Cris Parry (fulltime NHS Vascular and Trauma surgeon consultant – now retired).

Main duties of the job

There is a separate on call rota for vascular surgery and which has no commitment to general surgery. The six vascular surgeons currently do fixed days of 24hr on call (which usually coincides with their operating list) during the working week (Monday-Thursday 0800-0800) with a second surgeon available covering the day time on-call and a weekend on call all on a 1:6 rota. T here is a surgeon free of elective commitments covering oncalls during day time theare session .

We are expected to provide prospective cover for any periods of annual or study leave and the successful applicant will need to be flexible in providing this cover as are the current Vascular Surgeons. All the on call is shared out equally in terms of numbers of days worked over the year but inevitably in a small team there are periods of intense activity and other quieter periods.

All emergencies are admitted to a dedicated surgical admissions unit at Derriford Hospital.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

There is a separate on call rota for vascular surgery and which has no commitment to general surgery. The six vascular surgeons currently do fixed days of 24hr on call (which usually coincides with their operating list) during the working week (Monday-Thursday 0800-0800) with a second surgeon available covering the day time on-call and a weekend on call all on a 1:6 rota. T here is a surgeon free of elective commitments covering oncalls during day time theare session .

We are expected to provide prospective cover for any periods of annual or study leave and the successful applicant will need to be flexible in providing this cover as are the current Vascular Surgeons. All the on call is shared out equally in terms of numbers of days worked over the year but inevitably in a small team there are periods of intense activity and other quieter periods.

All emergencies are admitted to a dedicated surgical admissions unit at Derriford Hospital.

Person specification

• Ability to effectively manage a surgical firm and work within a multidisciplinary team
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at a local and regional level
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register (or entry expected with 6 months of the interview date if currently an SpR/StR)
• Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion on a range of both elective and emergency problems in vascular surgery Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients Expertise in vascular surgery and two years’ experience in a vascular surgery unit or an equivalent Expertise in carotid, aortic and bypass surgery Endovascular skills
• Experience of teaching both undergraduates and postgraduates preferably with a teaching qualification
• Renal access experience. Endovascular or Trauma fellowship

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.