Senior Clinical Fellow in Vascular Surgery | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in England seeks a Senior Clinical Fellow to play a critical role in a busy vascular unit. The successful candidate will work alongside experienced teams, participate in multidisciplinary meetings, and benefit from significant educational support. This role promises an opportunity to develop specialist areas of interest within a supportive environment. Join us to advance your career in vascular surgery.

Qualifications

• Must be a registered medical practitioner with relevant surgical experience.
• Commitment to Continuing Medical Education requirements.
• Ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Adopt an active role in planning and delivery of vascular service.
• Participate in weekly MDT meetings and out-of-hours on-call rota.
• Support in non-intervention centres (Wigan, Blackpool, or Morecambe Bay).

Job description

LTHTR values extremely its Senior Clinical Fellows and in a first of its kind inthe UK, we have agreed and committed ourselves to provide all Senior Clinical Fellows joining the trust and those already working with us, a personal career progression pathway with support to become autonomous practitioners if they aspire to do so.

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has a major Vascular Intervention Centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria. The Vascular Centre was established in 2015 and serves the populations of neighbouring hospitals in Wigan, Blackpool and Morecambe Bay, a population of approximately 1.5 million.

The new appointee will have duties in the hub and across the spoke sites Wigan, Morecambe Bay or Blackpool. The network has a total of twelve Vascular Consultants, and the successful candidate will be one of a team of 9 Middle Grades working across the four trusts, participating in a “Vascular Surgeon of the Week” and a separate vascular on‑call and weekend rota.

The Middle Grade “Vascular Surgeon of the Week” supports consultant‑led daily ward rounds, coordination, assessment and management of emergency referrals. While working as “Vascular Surgeon of the Week”, all elective duties are cancelled.

Responsibilities

• Specifically adopt, in conjunction with colleagues, an active role in planning, development and delivery of the vascular service in a busy vascular unit.
• Participate in the weekly network MDT meetings with colleagues from all disciplines in the care of vascular patients.
• Participate in the out‑of‑hours vascular on‑call rota.
• Provide activity support in the non‑intervention centre hospitals (Wigan, Blackpool or Morecambe Bay).

Modern education centres are based at the Royal Preston, Chorley and South Ribble Hospitals sites and offer excellent library and study facilities, including PC/internet support for hospital doctors, GPs and other medical and dental practitioners.

The Trust supports the requirements for Continuing Medical Education as laid down by the Royal College of Surgeons and is committed to providing time and support for these activities.

The post holder will receive the full support of the Trust and the Directorate to develop specialist areas of interest in line with Directorate business plans and the development of services generally within the Trust.

There are two new dedicated vascular operating theatres, including a hybrid operating theatre with built‑in video facilities for teaching purposes and video‑linkage to the Education Centre.

The contract may be supplemented or amended by local collective agreements reached with trade unions recognised by the Trust and the rules and resolutions of the Trust Board.

Further Details

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This advert closes on Monday 27 Oct 2025.