Overview
Applications are invited for a full-time post of a Consultant Vascular & Endovascular surgeon at Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. The post is for a General Vascular Consultant to support current service needs in a busy department of 14 vascular consultants. This is a substantive NHS appointment.
Responsibilities
* Partake in the on-call rota and 'Consultant of the Week' and operate on open and endovascular cases, including both emergency and elective vascular surgery.
* Manage open and endovascular operating lists, attend multidisciplinary meetings, and run outpatient clinics.
* Contribution to teaching and training within the department.
* Undertake activities for the management of acute and ward-based patient care on a 1 in 12 rota.
* Engage in the development of the job plan with colleagues to ensure equity of workload, consistency of on-call and weekend commitments, and sustainable service cover.
Job Plan and On-Call
Anticipated to contain an average of 10 programmed activities per week on Guy\'s & St. Thomas\' and Royal Tunbridge Wells sites, including on-call commitments. A detailed job plan and personal/professional objectives will be discussed and agreed with the Clinical Director within 3 months of start date. The departmental job plan will be reviewed regularly to maintain fairness and resilience.
Qualifications
* Applicants must be fully trained in emergency and elective vascular surgery.
* Applicants must have full and specialist GMC registration.
Departmental Context
The St Thomas\' Vascular Unit is one of Europe\'s largest tertiary centres for acute and elective vascular surgery. It is the hub site for the South East Vascular Network, providing highly specialised treatments to patients from South East London and North West Kent. The unit has expertise in complex open and endovascular aortic interventions, lower limb revascularisation, deep venous interventions and carotid surgery. It is part of the Cardiovascular Directorate, which includes cardiology and vascular surgery and comprises 132 beds, 5 cardiac catheter laboratories, 4 dedicated operating theatres and a vascular hybrid operating facility. The Vascular service collaborates with Interventional Radiology and Ultrasonic Angiology (led by Dr Ilyas Shazad and Dr Soundrie Padayachee, respectively).
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