Locum Aortic & Endovascular Consultant


Location
Salary
£113,565 - £150,569 per annum
Profession
Medical doctor
Grade
Consultant
Deadline
20 Oct 2026
Contract Type
12 months (fixed term 12 months from start date)
Posted Date
06 Oct 2026
Medical Protection — the side of locally employed doctors from £83

Job requirements

Essential

25 listed

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

  • Knowledge

    High clinical standard for independent Consultant practice

  • Registration

    Full GMC registration and licence to practise (or eligible for)

  • Leading People

    Strong but collaborative leadership abilities, within the multidisciplinary team, across the Trust and in an interagency context.

  • Leading People

    Experience of implementing service change to enhance the quality of patient care.

  • Leading People

    Ability to provide consultant level leadership Experience of and ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams • Evidence of leadership skills within multidisciplinary teams. • Ability to organise own workload and prioritise clinical needs • Understanding of NHS, Clinical Governance, and risk management • Able to assess, contain and manage clinical risk and support colleagues in managing risk • Ability to act as mentor to junior medical staff • Act as a role model • Able to demonstrate management skills

  • Leading People

    Demonstrates an approach based on critical enquiry, evidence-based practice, and the development of practicebased evidence

  • Qualifications

    Entry on GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview (A) Success in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination or equivalent (A) Higher Qualification in specialty i.e. FRCS (A)

  • Managing Others

    Demonstrates an understanding of management and the specific management issues within an NHS Foundation Trust

  • Managing Others

    Demonstrates ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team with the ability to lead and manage conflict

  • Managing Others

    Committed to the delivery of operational targets.

  • Managing Others

    Develops, supports and motivates trainee medical staff

  • Clinical Experience

    Clinical training and experience equivalent to UK CCT in surgery

  • Clinical Experience

    Ability to offer clinical opinion on a range of problems in Acute and/or Vascular surgery

  • Clinical Experience

    Experience of supervising Foundation and core trainees

  • Clinical Experience

    Ability to teach clinical skills

  • Clinical Experience

    Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems

  • Clinical Experience

    Experience of audit management

  • Research Experience

    Understanding of research principles

  • Research Experience

    Demonstrates enthusiasm

  • Teaching & Training

    Experience of teaching medical, nursing, and allied health professionals

  • Working with Others

    Excellent communication and knowledge sharing, both within the multidisciplinary team and externally, and with patients, carers and healthcare professionals as appropriate

  • Working with Others

    Committed to improving the patient healthcare experience and improving Trust performance

  • Working with Others

    Projects a positive image and able to challenge negativity, internally and externally

  • Working with Others

    Empathic and sensitive approach to patient needs.

  • Audit & QI Experience

    Understanding of clinical audit principles

Desirable

13 listed

Additional qualities the employer would prefer.

  • Knowledge

    Understanding of GMC's Good Medical Practice guidelines

  • Registration

    On GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of achieving CCT at time of interview

  • Leading People

    Strategic thinking, risk management, innovation, mentoring and leading multidisciplinary change

  • Qualifications

    Postgraduate degree (A) Post CCT Fellowship (A)

  • Managing Others

    Support and development of trainee medical staff

  • Clinical Experience

    Experience in a specialist area of Vascular & Endovascular surgery (

  • Clinical Experience

    Experience in a major trauma centre

  • Research Experience

    Research involvement with publications

  • Teaching & Training

    PGCE or evidence of education delivery

  • Teaching & Training

    Train the Trainer qualification

  • Teaching & Training

    Experience of UG & PG teaching

  • Working with Others

    Empathic, challenges negativity, improves patient experience

  • Audit & QI Experience

    Proven audit experience with publication of results

Job overview

LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

LOCUM CONSULTANT AORTIC & ENDOVASCULAR SURGEON 12 months

The Liverpool Vascular & Endovascular Service (LiVES) is looking for a Locum Consultant Vascular & Endovascular surgeon to join their growing team that delivers services across the region.

The Directorate of Vascular Surgery currently comprises 15 surgeons working flexibly to support the network. Each consultant has an elective job plan which involves sessions at one of our network sites, in addition to sessions at the Aintree site Hub. A total of 6 Consultants will contribute to the acute/on-call work supporting Liverpool Heart & Chest and they participate in complementary “C1” and “C2” rotas during which they are free of any elective commitments.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

Consultant on Call

All day operating list

Outpatient clinics

A typical week may include 1 all day operating session, 2 outpatient clinics and attendance to 3 MDTs.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The unit provides up to date treatment for the full spectrum of vascular disease. Areas of special interest include complex aortic surgery, endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), carotid endarterectomy, treatment of peripheral arterial disease (including complex endovascular, hybrid and distal/ultra-distal bypass surgery), deep venous intervention and thoracic outlet surgery. Endovenous management of varicose veins is undertaken in 3 spoke sites. All arterial surgery is undertaken at Aintree University Hospital hub site.

The successful applicant will become part of the specialist Aortic team, with a total of 5 Consultants contributing. They will undertake work at both Aintree University Hospital and Liverpool Heart and Chest hospital, participating in the daytime C2 rota at Aintree and the daytime L1 rota at the Heart and Chest hospital. They will be involved in the comprehensive assessment, management and follow up of patients with standard and complex aortic pathologies and will closely work with the cardiothoracic team at the Liverpool Heart and Chest hospital for thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic pathologies. They will also contribute in the realm of general vascular surgery and the management of patients at Aintree University Hospital, the hub site for the service.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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This advert is for Locum Aortic & Endovascular Consultant with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Vascular Surgery role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 per annum. The contract type is 12 months (fixed term 12 months from start date). The application deadline is 20 Oct 2026.

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