# Locum Consultant Vascular Surgeon > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-vascular-surgeon/05ee2978-98ff-48b1-875d-d6635a6d8106 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-vascular-surgeon/05ee2978-98ff-48b1-875d-d6635a6d8106.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Vascular Surgery - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum plus £2,162 London weighting - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (On call) - **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week (On call) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-30T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-16T15:13:02.793Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Royal_Free_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Vascular_Surgery/Vascular_Surgery-v8115741 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8115741?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is an exciting opportunity for a 12 month fixed term contract within the vascular surgery department at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. The Vascular Unit at the Royal Free London has a renowned reputation for providing world-class specialist care for the full range of vascular diseases and is the hub of the North Central London Vascular Network. The Royal Free Vascular Unit is also a national tertiary referral for complex aortic diseases, lower limb arterial pathologies, neurovascular disorders, vascular malformations, and paediatric vascular surgery (in partnership with the Great Ormond Street Hospital). ### Main duties of the job The post holder would be expected to be involved in all aspects of patient care including, but not exhaustively, (a) be part of the Vascular Surgical Consultant On-call rota, and to manage general vascular emergencies including acute limb ischaemia and severe peripheral arterial disease, ruptured infra-renal abdominal aortic aneurysm and carotid artery disease. (b) maintain and augment the excellence of the Unit in the vascular care of patients with multiple clinical comorbidities, including advanced cardiac and renal disease. (c) a preparedness to join the paediatric vascular service. This postholder will join the RFL consultant body and will be expected to be part of the vascular multi-disciplinary team and be able to perform a full range of vascular procedures, both emergency and elective. The successful applicant must have some vascular interventional experience. This post will have on-call duties for general vascular patients, and will join the general on call rota, for vascular surgery (surgeon of the week) at the Royal Free. Elective practice will be on both the Royal Free and the spoke sites. The post holder will be expected to undertake activities for the management of acute and ward based patient care, as well as undertaking clinics, with active participation in the weekly multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached Job Description for more information about this role and working at royal free London NHS foundation Trust ## Person Specification ### Skills and aptitudes **Essential** - Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, junior doctors and allied professionals - Ability to apply research outcomes to practice - IT skills and computer literacy - Commitment to participating in and understanding of the management process ### Experience / Knowledge **Essential** - Experience of Clinical guideline development - Comprehensive training in general vascular surgery in dedicated units - Wide range of knowledge and experience of vascular surgery - Research experience, including presentations to relevant societies **Desirable** - Evidence of participation in clinical audit and an understanding of the role of audit in improving medical practice - Experience of Clinical guideline development ### Personal Qualities & attributes **Essential** - Excellent leadership skills - Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GP’s, nurses and other agencies - Ability to organise clinical and management priorities - Caring attitude to patients - Enthusiasm and ability to work under pressure - Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team - Commitment to training and continuing medical education (CME) - Awareness of best practice through evidence-based medicine, and personal drive to enact the change within the team - Flexibility to respond to changing service needs ### Education & professional Qualifications **Essential** - On the specialist register of the General Medical Council (GMC) for Vascular Surgery (or General Surgery with a subspecialty interest in Vascular Surgery); or registered with the GMC and within 6 months (at the scheduled time of the advisory appointments committee) of being accepted for the specialist register - Fellowship of a Royal College of Surgeons of the United Kingdom or Ireland, or equivalent - MBBS or equivalent **Desirable** - - Postgraduate medical degree - - Completion of a Management course ## Documents - [fr (pdf, 98.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10411361) - [jd (pdf, 360.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10411362) - [ps (pdf, 208.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10411360) - [medical and dental - benefits, about rfl, values and governing objectives (pdf, 670.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2754) ## 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.