Locum Consultant in Vascular Interventional Radiology

Job overview

MFT are looking for an enthusiastic Consultant Vascular Interventional Radiologist to join our  team to support the GM major trauma network.

The MFT VIR team provide a full range of interventions to support vascular surgery, major trauma, hepatobiliary surgery, hepatology, urology, paediatric intervention, renal and pancreatic transplant surgery, plastic surgery, cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery including ECMO and heart/lung transplantation. There is a consultant of the day role based at the MRI site, established IR clinics and a nurse led radiology pre-op service.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will work alongside the 14 existing Vascular Interventional Radiologists, providing angio lists, support to hybrid vascular operating, MDT's, vascular reporting, VIR consultant of the day role, IR clinic and form part of a two tier 1:8 cross city VIR rota.

As well as two MFT sites, MFT VIR consultants also provide services at Salford Royal Hospital  and at The Royal Oldham hospital as part of the vascular service currently based there.

Successful candidates will reasonably be expected to work across multiple sites, in both elective and on-call settings, in line with the Hub and Spoke model of VIR service delivery and alongside the existing consultants.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

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