Job overview
Main duties of the job
This exciting post offers the opportunity to work in a first class vascular and endovascular service. It is a new expansion post to support the increasing workload in the department. The appointee will form an integral part of vascular surgical services for the Gloucestershire and Swindon Vascular Network, with the hub based at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and the two spokes at Cheltenham General Hospital and the Great Western Hospital in Swindon.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To ensure the provision of a first-class clinical service
- To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
- To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
- To undertake all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies
- To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s and Division’s services plans
- To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Surgical Division or the Trust.
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
Management
Essential
- Evidence of participation in Audit and Clinical Governance Programmes
- Ability to manage and lead a surgical firm
- Ability to teach clinical and operative skills
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical and surgical problems
- Ability to appraise research critically and apply research outcomes to clinical and surgical problems
- Ability to supervise junior staff undertaking research projects
Qualifications
Essential
- Full General Medical Council registration.
Desirable
- Higher degree relevant to the specialty
- Teaching qualification Management/Leadership qualification
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion on specialist problems in Vascular Surgery
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion on the breadth of Vascular surgical conditions.
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Validated logbook indicating adequate and appropriate level of specialist Vascular and Endovascular surgical operative experience
- Training and experience in angioplasty and endovenous techniques.
- Training and experience in distal bypass surgery
Desirable
- Training and experience in TOS surgery
- Training and experience in renal access surgery and complex endovascular intervention
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Communication skills, written and verbal
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to show initiative and enthusiasm
- Ability to work under stress
- Flexibility - able to adapt to changing circumstances
- Honesty and reliability
- Enquiring, critical approach to work
- Caring attitude to patients
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GP’s, nurses and other agencies
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This advert is for Locum Consultant in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery with Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Vascular Surgery role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 pro rata per annum. The contract type is Fixed term: 9 months (10 PAs (subject to individual job plan)). The application deadline is 01 Sep 2026.
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