Trust Grade Registrar (ST3+) - Vascular Surgery (FTC)

Transformation Unit; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 67,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust in Nottingham seeks a Trust Grade Registrar (ST3+) for Vascular Surgery on a 6-month fixed-term contract starting February 2027. You will support the vascular team with emergency and elective work, under consultant supervision and MDT discussions.

The role involves an on-call rota and participation in teaching, audits, and research within a large NHS trust, with opportunities for professional development and advancement.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration
• MBBS or equivalent
• Full MRCS
• ALS
• Postgraduate Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Attend clinics, theatre sessions and ward rounds as per allocation in a weekly timetable.
• Contribute to an out of hours rota and support a busy Vascular Surgery service.
• Engage in teaching, audit and research activities within the department.
• Map experiences to core curriculum competences with consultant supervision.

Skills

GMC registration

On-call experience

Emergency care experience

Education

MBBS or equivalent

Full MRCS

ALS

Postgraduate Qualifications

Job description

Main area Vascular Surgery Grade Trust Grade Registrar (ST3+) Contract 6 months (Fixed Term Contract - covering trainee vacancies) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (plus on-calls) Job ref 164-8344290

Employer Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Queen's Medical Centre Town Nottingham Salary £67,325 - £76,582 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 16/11/2026 08:00

Trust Grade Registrar (ST3+) - Vascular Surgery (FTC)

Job overview

NUH is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Trust Grade doctor at ST3 level or above to support our Vascular Surgery department. This post is advertised as Fixed Term for 6 months from February 2027, due to trainee allocation vacancies.

This is an exciting opportunity to get excellent experience in Vascular Surgery with exposure to emergency and elective services. You will work closely with consultants, other junior doctors and multi-disciplinary teams.

The post holder will contribute to the 1:8 on-call rota at QMC and should therefore have completed core surgical training (or equivalent), have full MRCS, ALS and have experience working within the NHS.

Main duties of the job

The NUH Vascular department is the regional vascular tertiary referral unit. In addition to being a hub for complex elective vascular (including endovascular) referrals, we also deal with a substantial load of the regional vascular emergencies.

We are engaged in performing complex vascular surgery including open and endovascular operations and have close links with Interventional Radiology colleagues. Nottingham was the first Trust in the UK to perform endovascular surgery and continues to be a driver for this type of surgery. There are weekly MDTs where patients are discussed with various colleagues from around the Trust.

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will support various aspects of this busy service, with a commitment to an out of hours rota. The post holder will attend clinics, theatre sessions and ward rounds as per allocation in a weekly firm timetable.

In addition, there is a local departmental teaching programme which you would be expected to attend and contribute to.

Although this is not a training post it should be possible for an enthusiastic doctor to map their experiences to many of the core curriculum programme competences as all aspects of the syllabus are relevant to this attachment.

We encourage our doctors to involve themselves in audit and research. You would be expected to make yourself familiar with the processes of the audit cycle and to assess the role of audit in clinical governance and in improving patient care. Supervision for projects will be available, and support may also be available from hospital audit departments.

Post holders can expect to;

• Build upon post graduate clinical experience
• Master a number of procedural techniques
• Further develop experience and expertise in the identification and management of the sick patient
• Further develop experience and familiarity in identifying and managing a wide variety of conditions, including making appropriate decisions regarding the need for admission
• Hone communication skills with patients, relatives and colleagues
• Increasingly work towards independent practice at Registrar level, leading ward rounds, assessing patients, making decisions etc. with Consultant support and supervision available
• Develop skills in managing time and conflicting priorities

Person specification

Professional Registration and Qualifications

• Full GMC registration
• MBBS or equivalent
• Full MRCS
• ALS
• Postgraduate Qualifications

Experience

• Good and wide ranging recent experience of Vascular Surgery in acute inpatient setting in a large acute hospital
• NHS Experience of at least 12 months
• Evidence of completion of key competencies equivalent to at least CT/junior registrar level
• Experience of working out of hours with limited support

Teaching, Audit and Research

• Evidence of participation in clinical audit/quality improvement
• Experience and enthusiasm for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching

Other Requirements

• Able to work the full range of shifts (days, nights, lates, on-calls)
• Able to travel to other sites if necessary

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

• Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
• Start an Apprenticeship
• Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

ID and Right to work checks : NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation into the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post may be subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£41 for enhanced and £20 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.

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.