Senior Clinical Fellow in Vascular Surgery

We are looking for a Senior Clinical Fellow to join the Vascular Department on a 12-month fixed term contract. 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. Whilst working as "Vascular Surgeon of the Week", all elective duties are cancelled. The successful applicant will participate in a planned 1:9 middle grade "vascular surgeon of the week" weekday 8am-5pm rota and a separate 1:9 on-call rota, both based in the Intervention Centre. The vascular surgeon of the week (VSOTW), whose routine duties are cancelled for the week, is responsible for daily ward rounds, emergency referrals and admissions and coordinating and undertaking emergency interventions., The post-holder is likely to have day case and out-patient duties in the spoke trusts and affiliated hospitals, and he / she will be responsible for assessing in-house referrals arising at these sites. Job plans are arranged in order that each non-arterial trust has a consultant and/or middle grade vascular surgical presence on at least three days per week. The post holder will:

• 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 involved in the care of vascular patients.
• Participate in the out of hours vascular on-call rota.
• Provide activity support in the non-intervention centre hospital trusts (Wigan, Blackpool or Morecambe Bay).
The final detail will be negotiated and agreed with the successful applicant.

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major Vascular Intervention Centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria. The Vascular Centre was established in 2015 and serves the populations of neighbouring hospitals inWigan, Blackpool and Morecambe Bay, a population of approximately 1.5 million. Out-patient, day-case and diagnostic work continues in these local trusts, with Vascular Consultants bringing all elective inpatient cases to the centre, as well as participating in an emergency vascular on-call rota, all emergencies coming to the centre. This model conforms to the "hub and spoke" network recommended by the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 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