Senior Locally Employed Doctor

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Manchester is looking for a research-focused individual to join their team. The successful candidate will direct research on frailty-informed care models for chronic limb-threatening ischaemia. With a 3-year tenure, the role entails patient interviews, data analysis, and leading crucial studies to enhance patient outcomes. Applicants should have relevant surgical training or equivalent experience, along with skills in qualitative and quantitative research. Join a pioneering Trust committed to integrated health and social care.

Benefits

Comprehensive training opportunities

Supportive work environment

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Applicants should be in vascular surgery training or equivalent.
• Experience in qualitative or quantitative research is preferred.
• Capacity to engage with patients and healthcare professionals for interviews.

Responsibilities

• Lead research on frailty-informed care models for CLTI patients.
• Conduct interviews with patients and healthcare staff.
• Analyze data to inform healthcare outcomes.

Skills

Leadership in research

Qualitative research methods

Data analysis

Patient care knowledge

Education

Trauma and orthopedic surgical training

Doctor of Philosophy readiness

Job description

This post will be based at the Manchester Vascular Centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary and is suitable for either vascular surgery trainees at Specialty Trainee level or equivalent seeking 'out of programme experience' in full-time research for award of Doctor of Philosophy – 3-year full time.

The successful applicant will lead a programme of research focused on frailty-informed care models for patients with chronic limb-threatening ischaemia (CLTI), with emphasis on anticipatory and palliative care pathways, quality of life assessment, and outcomes in this high-risk group. This will combine prospective cohort work, qualitative interviews, and retrospective data linkage to national vascular registries.

Workstreams

• Prospective cohort study of CLTI patients assessing quality of life, hospitalisation, palliative care input, and survival.
• Qualitative interviews with patients, carers, and clinicians to explore experiences of anticipatory and end-of-life care, identifying barriers and facilitators to improved pathways.
• Retrospective analysis of linked registry and hospital datasets to investigate survival, cause of death, and health resource utilisation in CLTI.

These workstreams are achievable within a 3-year tenure, with Manchester Vascular Centre providing a large and diverse patient population. Alongside on-call commitments (1:15 middle grade rota), time and resources will be ring-fenced for research delivery.

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

This advert closes on Thursday 29 Jan 2026