Vascular Trust Registrar

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday

Flexible working

NHS Discounts

Salary sacrifice: lease cars

Cycle to Work

Professional development

NHS Pension

Vivup counselling

Job summary

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Trust Registrar for the Vascular department. You will join a team providing vascular services across north Cumbria, with close ties to tertiary centres and a focus on education, audit, and governance.

You will manage day-to-day care under consultants, participate in MDTs, clinics, and operating theatres, and contribute to a supportive environment for trainees in vascular surgery.

Qualifications

• MBBS/MBChB or equivalent registerable qualification
• Full GMC registration
• MRCS or equivalent experience in vascular surgery
• FRCS/EBVS is desirable
• Experience in managing vascular surgical patients

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day care of all patients under Consultants
• Elective and emergency vascular surgery duties
• Attend vascular out-patient clinics and operating theatres
• In-patient ward rounds and MDT participation
• Clinical governance meetings and teaching sessions

Skills

Organise workload

Prioritise tasks

Team leadership

Teaching/mentoring

Communication with staff/patients

Clinical governance participation

Education

MBBS / MBChB

Full GMC registration

MRCS

FRCS / EBVS (desirable)

Vascular training experience (UK/overseas)

Job description

North Cumbria Integrated Trust is looking to employ a Trust Registrar into the Vascular department.

Successful candidate will join the existing team of vascular surgeons, doctors, and nurse specialists who provide high quality vascular services across the Northern Lake district in Cumbria and provide an excellent working and living environment.

Vascular investigations are supported by a vascular ultrasound scientist, CT and MRI services. There is a fully equipped angiography suite and vascular theatre with mobile imaging facilities. The department works closely with 2 vascular interventional radiology (IR) specialists who have 5 vascular IR sessions weekly and 2 clinical vascular scientist who work on the vascular studies laboratory.

There are regular weekly MDT meetings on site. The Vascular department has close working ties with the Tertiary unit at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle including weekly MDTs via video conferencing and twice yearly clinical conferences.

The trust doctors will have a named educational supervisor and training plans will be tailored to individual personal development needs. IT and library resources are available for trainees and support is available from GMC recognised trainers. Regular weekly departmental educational and clinical governance sessions take place and active participation in audit is expected.

In the course of his/her work the jobholder liaises with nursing, professional and technical, social work and administrative staff.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidates will have responsibilities for the day-to-day care of all patients under the Consultants and will have elective and emergency responsibilities in vascular surgery. They will attend vascular out-patient clinics and operating theatres at CIC and WCH. The candidate will also undertake in-patient ward rounds, weekly vascular local/ regional MDT and Vascular Teaching meetings and clinical governance meetings. The doctors will undertake on call on call on a 1 in 6 rota which will comprise 08:00-17:00 resident on call and 17:00-08:00 non-resident on call for vascular surgery. Doctors will provide prospective cover for colleagues on approved annual and study leave.

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We're responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Job description

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS MB ChB or equivalent registerable qualification
• Full registration with the General Medical Council
• MRCS
• Experience in managing vascular surgical patients and assisting in vascular surgery

Desirable

• FRCS or EBVS
• Experience from a vascular training programme (UK or overseas)

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload and delegate responsibilities
• Ability to maintain accurate and legible records
• Understanding of NHS an Entity in relation to healthcare delivery
• Demonstrate teaching experience
• Ability to motivate and support multidisciplinary team
• Ability to communicate and relate well with other members of staff and patients

Desirable

• Awareness of changes in NHS organisation (purchaser, provider and community care)
• Experience of teaching medical students

Experience

Essential

• Prior clinical experience in vascular surgery
• Able to demonstrate appropriate logbook experience in Vascular Surgery
• Postgraduate surgical experience
• Interest in research
• Able to demonstrate Continuing Professional Development

Desirable

• An understanding of evidence based medicine
• Demonstrate improvement in care from Audit

Personal Circumstances

Essential

• Ability to commute round Cumbria

Benefits

• 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
• Flexible working Scheme
• NHS Discounts*
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
• Excellent opportunities for development*
• Competitive NHS Pension scheme
• Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
• *Subject to eligibility

Disclosure and Barring Service

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

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