Senior Clinical Fellow in Vascular Surgery (ST3+ equivalent)

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team. The vacancy has arisen within the Department of Vascular Surgery at the Northern Vascular Centre, based at the Freeman Hospital. The post is available for 12 months.

The successful applicant will work a 1 in 8 vascular on call rota. The post would suit experienced registrars who wish to train further in both general & complex sub-specialist Vascular practice, which can be tailored to the individual prior to appointment as a consultant. There are opportunities to perform research and learn advanced open and endovascular techniques in aortic, venous and peripheral work. The Freeman Vascular unit specialises in suprarenal aortic surgery, joint cardiothoracic and vascular aortic work, complex EVAR and aortic dissection, as well as offering advanced, complex lower limb treatments and a regional deep venous service. Applicants should possess full GMC registration with licence to practice at time of application and possession of the Intercollegiate Examination in General or Vascular Surgery is desirable. Salary will be at an appropriate point on the ST3+ payscale. This post is ideal for a post CST fellow who wants to be a future leader in Vascular
Surgery., This post is based within the Northern Vascular Centre, Freeman Hospital. The Northern Vascular Centre provides care to patients from Newcastle, Gateshead and Northumberland as well as tertiary level care to patients from across the North East, Cumbria and further afield. The post holder will work on the specialist registrar tier and as such be expected to perform duties and take clinical responsibility to this level. This post will be attractive to post-CST individuals seeking additional specialist training prior to applying for a Consultant position. It would also be attractive to experienced individuals committed to Vascular Surgery as they would value the specialist vascular surgical experience this post offers.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.