Locum Consultant in Vascular

Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust; Dudley; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust in Dudley, West Midlands, is seeking a locum Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon to provide senior clinical input into assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and timely discharge of vascular patients. The post requires leadership of the ward, supervision of junior medical staff, and active involvement in education.

You will coordinate theatre lists, imaging, and on-call coverage, ensuring high professional standards and effective communication with patients,

Qualifications

• FRCS or recognised qualification.
• Degree from a recognised University.
• Clinical training and experience equivalent to UK CCT in the relevant specialty.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership on the vascular ward and ensure daily reviews with timely management plans.
• Coordinate with off-site surgeons and spokes for required changes in management.
• Oversee assessment, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of emergency vascular admissions.
• Oversee theatre list planning to ensure timely treatment by appropriately skilled surgeons.
• Coordinate management of emergency surgery through the NCEPOD theatre and efficient resource use.
• Communicate diagnoses and treatment plans clearly with patients and carers.
• Record assessment and treatment plans accurately in medical records.
• Provide supervision of junior doctors during emergency on-call periods.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Supervision

Communication

Education & training

Education

FRCS or recognised qualification

Degree from a recognised University

Job description

The locum appointee will be responsible for providing senior clinical input into the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and timely discharge of patients admitted under the care of the vascular team. They will be a role model to the junior medical staff and medical students providing supervision, support and feedback. They will also ensure that internal processes such as theatre list planning (Secretarial support will be provided at Wallsall Healthcare and DGoH) and imaging are co-ordinated and managed in a timely manner. They will contribute to the undergraduate and postgraduate medical education programmes, ensuring that high professional standards are embedded, and become the norm for new doctors

Main duties of the job

• Provide clinical leadership on the vascular ward, ensuring that all patients (elective and emergency) are reviewed at least once a day, and that management plans are implemented within clinically appropriate timescales. Where a change of management plan is required, to ensure communication is maintained with the patients’ lead surgeon.
• Ensure that all outliers are reviewed, and that management plans are implemented within a clinically appropriate timescale. This will require coordination with off site surgeons in the spokes if required,
• To oversee the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and ongoing monitoring of all emergency admissions to the vascular unit.
• To oversee theatre list planning to ensure that patients receive treatment within a clinically appropriate timescale, from an appropriately skilled surgeon.
• To co-ordinate and oversee the management of patients requiring emergency surgery through the NCEPOD theatre, ensuring efficient utilisation of this resource.
• The effective communication of the diagnosis and treatment plans with patients and carers.
• The accurate and timely recoding of assessment and treatment plans in the medical records.
• To provide leadership and supervision of junior doctors during emergency on-call periods

Working for our organisation

At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of “excellent health care, improved health for all”. We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making Dudley Group an incredible workplace.

As part of the NHS People Promise, your wellbeing is our priority, and we are committed to ensuring our employees achieve a healthy work-life balance supported by our flexible working options and by making reasonable adjustments where possible. We believe no-one should have to sacrifice family, friends, or their personal interests for work. We are a modern employer able to attract and retain high quality staff through our commitment to the NHS People Promise.

As an employer, we foster an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered to contribute their best. We want to ensure that our workforce is representative of the population we serve. More information - inclusive practice people promise.

Dudley Group offer many opportunities for our staff to develop and grow within their roles through our Learning & OD Team. These include topics such as communication, wellbeing, team development, cultural competency, and values.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake.

Qualifications and Professional Registration

• FRCS or recognised qualification
• Degree from a recognised University

Relevant knowledge and experience requirements

• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required to gain UK CCT in appropriate speciality
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the care of patients and offer expert clinical opinion in the specialty

Professional

• Practises with the professional values and behaviours expected of all doctors as set out in GMC Good Medical Practice and the Generic Professional Capabilities Framework (or equivalent for dentists).

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RECRUITMENT EQUALITY STATEMENT

We are committed to equal opportunities and want to ensure our workforce is representative of the population we serve. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and diverse groups. It is essential we understand our demographics, in order that we can monitor our performance as an equal opportunity employer, as well as continuing to embed a culture of inclusivity across the organisation, which supports the active participation and contribution of our diverse staff groups in the Trusts decision making processes . On application the shortlisting manager will not see this criterion and therefore it cannot be part of their decision making. Please ensure you complete your equal opportunities questions for us and help us to make sure everyone is welcome.

The Trust is committed to employing and supporting people with disabilities. It is the Trust’s policy to interview all candidates with a disability who meet the minimum ‘essential’ criteria as identified on the person specification. To ensure we know you have a disability, please inform us under the appropriate section on the application form. We welcome applications from the LGBTQ+ community and openly encourage people with different sexual orientation, gender identity and expression to apply to join our team. We promise to respect and encourage the use of all pronouns and will not purposefully mis-gender anyone.

We are governed by the public sector equality duties and by our values of Care, Respect and Responsibility to ensure we eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other behaviour that is unlawful, undermines our core values and/or falls short of our Behaviour Framework. We want all of our staff to ‘call out’ any behaviour from colleagues, patients or visitors that constitutes the above and appropriate action be taken.

We will, at every opportunity, advance equality and inclusivity for all staff, at all levels within the organisation, by removing or minimising disadvantage, encouraging participation and taking all relevant steps to meet the needs of anyone who shares a protected characteristic. We will also foster good relations between persons who share a protected characteristic by tackling prejudice and promoting understanding at every opportunity.

We have staff Networks in place to help support staff experience of diverse staff groups and inform us on the actions, interventions and support what we need to put in place to improve the working lives and daily experiences of all colleagues and all teams. Anyone can join the networks and we take pride in having Allies as part of every network within the organisation.

Name Ahmed Shalan Job title Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01384456111 Additional information

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Address Russells Hall Hospital
Dudley
West Midlands
DY1 2HQ