Job summary
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for aLocum Consultant in Vascular Surgery.
Applications are invited from an enthusiastic and motivated consultant surgeon for a locum consultant post at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
This is an initial 6 month locum post, with the potential for extension and development to a substantive post.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest hospital trust in the Tees Valley with two acute hospitals and services in a number of community hospitals.
The Directorate of Vascular Surgery consists of 7 consultant surgeons, 1 nurse consultant and 4 surgical care practitioners. There are 7 middle grade doctors (4 trust grade doctors and 3 higher surgical trainee from the Northern Deanery), 3 FY1 and a FY2 doctors.
About the area:
The quality of life for professionals and their families in the North East of England is excellent with easy access to attractive countryside and coast including the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors National Parks. There are several local highly rated schools and attractive market towns and villages.
Our well established team are expanding and looking forward to showing you why South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a great place to work.
Main duties of the job
About the Role:
The appointee will be required to maintain a general vascular surgical remit. This will include the management of elective and emergency patient referrals with arterial and venous disease. The appointee will join a rota with other Consultant colleagues to look after vascular emergencies referred into the service from across the catchment area. The current job plan will entail at least 10 programmed activities (on a 7 week rolling rota). A substantive post is pending. The appointee will be required to have a flexible approach to job plan provision and have an interest in teaching and training.
An interest in research with evidence of published work would be desirable.
An interest in developing the major trauma service would be desirable.
The appointee will need to travel to peripheral hospitals across the network.
About us
About the Trust:
The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough is a designated major trauma centre and provides all its specialties from one site which is unique for a hospital of its size. It provides a wide range of district general hospital services and specialist services such as cardiothoracics, neurosciences, renal medicine, spinal injuries, major trauma, vascular surgery and cancer services. It has 1,024 beds, a 24-hour acute admissions unit and an emergency department which houses the major trauma centre (adult and children) for Durham, East Cleveland, Tees Valley and North Yorkshire and has its own floodlit helipad. In 2012, The James Cook University Hospital completed a £35 million redevelopment of its cancer services and is now proud to provide some of the best facilities in Europe. The James Cook University Hospital has a modern, central operating suite containing 20 well-equipped theatres and a 16-bedded intensive care unit.
The Friarage Hospital in Northallerton is an essential part of our organisation and an important point of delivery for the community. It is one of the smallest district general hospitals in the country and has 189 inpatient beds. Despite this, recent developments have included the introduction of lung cancer surgery on site, the opening of an MRI Scanner and the opening of The Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre. The trust has 3 surgical robots which it utilised across various surgical specialities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We serve a catchment area of approximately 1 million across the Tees Valley and North Yorkshire. We cover an area from Ripon and Whitby in the south to Peterlee in the north and Saltburn in the east to Darlington in the west. We provide services across 6 sites including The James Cook University Hospital, University Hospital of North Tees, University Hospital Hartlepool, Friarage Hospital, Redcar Primary Care Hospital and Darlington Memorial Hospital. The James Cook site is the arterial site and major Trauma centre. There are 6 vascular interventional radiologist and specialist vascular anaesthetists also providing vascular pre-assessment (CPEX) and pre-habilitation. We provide EVAR, TEVAR, F-EVAR, B-EVAR and Ch-EVAR procedures and have a large experience of complex endovascular procedures. There is a Post-Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU) to reduce the need for HDU beds. We provide varicose vein treatments across the region and provide out-patient clinics across the hospitals in the network.
The candidate must possess a UK recognised medical degree, full General Medical Council (GMC) registration and Fellowship of one of the UK surgical colleges or UK recognised equivalent. The candidate must also be eligible to be included on the GMC Specialist Register (or within 6 months at the time of interview).
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We serve a catchment area of approximately 1 million across the Tees Valley and North Yorkshire. We cover an area from Ripon and Whitby in the south to Peterlee in the north and Saltburn in the east to Darlington in the west. We provide services across 6 sites including The James Cook University Hospital, University Hospital of North Tees, University Hospital Hartlepool, Friarage Hospital, Redcar Primary Care Hospital and Darlington Memorial Hospital. The James Cook site is the arterial site and major Trauma centre. There are 6 vascular interventional radiologist and specialist vascular anaesthetists also providing vascular pre-assessment (CPEX) and pre-habilitation. We provide EVAR, TEVAR, F-EVAR, B-EVAR and Ch-EVAR procedures and have a large experience of complex endovascular procedures. There is a Post-Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU) to reduce the need for HDU beds. We provide varicose vein treatments across the region and provide out-patient clinics across the hospitals in the network.
The candidate must possess a UK recognised medical degree, full General Medical Council (GMC) registration and Fellowship of one of the UK surgical colleges or UK recognised equivalent. The candidate must also be eligible to be included on the GMC Specialist Register (or within 6 months at the time of interview).
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- Full GMC registration
- FRCS (or equivalent)
Desirable
- Training in appraisal techniques
Clinical experience and effectiveness
Essential
- Experience in elective and emergency general vascular surgery
- Endovenous management of varicose veins
- Evidence of clinical audit
Desirable
- Evidence of research or innovative service developments
- Experience in renal access surgery
Management and administrative experience
Essential
- Previous involvement and participation in meetings for vascular surgery
Desirable
- Management training
- Success in obtaining funding for research
Teaching and training experiences
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff
Desirable
- Other teaching skills/experience
Personal attributes
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate respect and civility to all members of staff
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients
- Ability to organise, prioritise, delegate, and manage
- Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GP's, nurses and other agencies
- Enthusiasm and ability to work under pressure
- Supportive
- Caring attitude to patients
- Commitment to good team working and relationships
- Resident within 10 miles or 30 minutes of the hospital
- Awareness of own personal development needs
- Flexibility to respond to changing service
Desirable
- IT skills
- Experience in counselling
- Experience in team working outside of work
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- Full GMC registration
- FRCS (or equivalent)
Desirable
- Training in appraisal techniques
Clinical experience and effectiveness
Essential
- Experience in elective and emergency general vascular surgery
- Endovenous management of varicose veins
- Evidence of clinical audit
Desirable
- Evidence of research or innovative service developments
- Experience in renal access surgery
Management and administrative experience
Essential
- Previous involvement and participation in meetings for vascular surgery
Desirable
- Management training
- Success in obtaining funding for research
Teaching and training experiences
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff
Desirable
- Other teaching skills/experience
Personal attributes
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate respect and civility to all members of staff
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients
- Ability to organise, prioritise, delegate, and manage
- Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GP's, nurses and other agencies
- Enthusiasm and ability to work under pressure
- Supportive
- Caring attitude to patients
- Commitment to good team working and relationships
- Resident within 10 miles or 30 minutes of the hospital
- Awareness of own personal development needs
- Flexibility to respond to changing service
Desirable
- IT skills
- Experience in counselling
- Experience in team working outside of work
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
