# Locum Aortic & Endovascular Consultant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-aortic-and-endovascular-consultant/59f48ade-61d4-4ff8-a3aa-f5c9ae8bebd6 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-aortic-and-endovascular-consultant/59f48ade-61d4-4ff8-a3aa-f5c9ae8bebd6.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Liverpool University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Vascular Surgery - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (fixed term 12 months from start date) - **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week (mon - sun inc on call) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-20T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-06T13:55:57.384Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Liverpool/Liverpool_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Vascular_Surgery/Vascular_Surgery-v8251361 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8251361?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - High clinical standard for independent Consultant practice **Desirable** - Understanding of GMC's Good Medical Practice guidelines ### Registration **Essential** - Full GMC registration and licence to practise (or eligible for) **Desirable** - On GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of achieving CCT at time of interview ### Leading People **Essential** - Strong but collaborative leadership abilities, within the multidisciplinary team, across the Trust and in an interagency context. - Experience of implementing service change to enhance the quality of patient care. - 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 - Demonstrates an approach based on critical enquiry, evidence-based practice, and the development of practicebased evidence **Desirable** - Strategic thinking, risk management, innovation, mentoring and leading multidisciplinary change ### Qualifications **Essential** - 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) **Desirable** - Postgraduate degree (A) Post CCT Fellowship (A) ### Managing Others **Essential** - Demonstrates an understanding of management and the specific management issues within an NHS Foundation Trust - Demonstrates ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team with the ability to lead and manage conflict - Committed to the delivery of operational targets. - Develops, supports and motivates trainee medical staff **Desirable** - Support and development of trainee medical staff ### Clinical Experience **Essential** - Clinical training and experience equivalent to UK CCT in surgery - Ability to offer clinical opinion on a range of problems in Acute and/or Vascular surgery - Experience of supervising Foundation and core trainees - Ability to teach clinical skills - Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems - Experience of audit management **Desirable** - Experience in a specialist area of Vascular & Endovascular surgery ( - Experience in a major trauma centre ### Research Experience **Essential** - Understanding of research principles - Demonstrates enthusiasm **Desirable** - Research involvement with publications ### Teaching & Training **Essential** - Experience of teaching medical, nursing, and allied health professionals **Desirable** - PGCE or evidence of education delivery - Train the Trainer qualification - Experience of UG & PG teaching ### Working with Others **Essential** - Excellent communication and knowledge sharing, both within the multidisciplinary team and externally, and with patients, carers and healthcare professionals as appropriate - Committed to improving the patient healthcare experience and improving Trust performance - Projects a positive image and able to challenge negativity, internally and externally - Empathic and sensitive approach to patient needs. **Desirable** - Empathic, challenges negativity, improves patient experience ### Audit & QI Experience **Essential** - Understanding of clinical audit principles **Desirable** - Proven audit experience with publication of results ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 552.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10563760) - [risk id (pdf, 344.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10563761) - [person spec (pdf, 136.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10563757) - [recruitment documents (pdf, 383.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10563759) - [life at luhft benefits (pdf, 333.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2664) - [trust values & behaviours (pdf, 259.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10563758) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.