Consultant in Vascular Surgery

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000

Job description

The East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust are collaborating to form the Hertfordshire and West Essex Vascular Network (HWEVN). We are seeking two exceptional Consultant Vascular Surgeons to join our dynamic team and support the growth of our vascular services within this network. This is a full-time appointment comprising 10.5 programmed activities (PAs). The post holder is expected to cover elective and emergency vascular work, and supporting renal access work. You will also provide outpatient clinics, day surgeries, and diagnostic facilities across the network.

This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of transforming vascular services in Hertfordshire and West Essex. Join us to make a significant impact on patient care and service delivery. Apply now to become a vital part of our innovative and forward-thinking network.

About the Network:

The HWEVN, with its hub at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, was awarded Vascular Hub status in 2018. Our network serves a population of approximately 1.5 million people, with completion expected by 2025. The network includes West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Watford and The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust in Harlow.

Main duties of the job

It is expected that the applicants will be trained in vascular and endovascular surgery to complement an existing department offering a full elective and emergency surgery service. Having experience in vascular access procedures will be advantageous. One of the posts will have an academic element to complement the department. Across the ICB, the care of inpatient and emergency vascular surgery are centralized at the Lister site with consultants involved in the on-call rota providing a consultant-led commitment-free service as COW from Monday to Friday. Night on-calls and weekend on-calls are covered by different consultants. It is expected that the successful candidates may be expected to cover the networked hospitals for the spoke level service provision along with existing spoke consultants.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work-life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job description

Job responsibilities

In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached job description that describes in full detail the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertised role.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Training

Essential

• Full GMC registration with a Licence to Practice
• College Fellow (FRCS) or qualification of an equivalent level

Desirable

• Post CCT Fellowship
• Postgraduate academic degree
• Formal training and/or qualification in management and administration

Previous Experience

Essential

• Broad range of experience in vascular surgery and essential skills in endovascular procedures
• Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
• Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
• Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice

Skills

Essential

• Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
• Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation

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