Locum Consultant Vascular Surgeon

This is a fixed term Locum consultant post for 9 months. The remit of the post holder will be to work within the multi-disciplinary team providing and further developing care for patients with vascular disease. The individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the department while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff.

Major areas of vascular surgery in the Trust include, carotid artery disease, elective open and endovascular aortic aneurysms repair, diabetic foot disease, vascular trauma, vascular access surgery for neurosurgery and haemodialysis and visceral aneurysms repair. It is envisaged that the appointee will contribute to the development and delivery of aspects of these services depending upon their interests and experience.

Main duties of the job

The post is based at King's College Hospitals (Denmark Hill, PRUH, Beckenham Beacon and Orpington) and the proposed 10 PA Job Plan is attached. This will be reviewed within 3 months of the post holder commencing in post.

The On-Call commitment is for a 1:6 rota, which is classed as Category A. There is a commitment to undertake routine job planned work on Saturdays or Sundays as part of the total job planned PAs.

All employees are expected to undertake work on any of the Trust sites as required by the service. As a senior employee of the Trust you will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust's patients. Integral to these responsibilities is the following: -o The provision of a first class clinical serviceo Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialtyo Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King's College Londono Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust's procedures and operating policieso Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust's service planso Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Division or the Trust

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registerable medical qualification
• FRCS Vascular
• CCT in vascular Surgery

Desirable

• Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)

Registration

Essential

• Full registration with GMC and Name on Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment.

Training and Experience

Essential

• Wide experience in all aspects of vascular surgery, culminating in award of CCT or equivalent.

Administration

Essential

• Experience in day to day organisation of vascular services in a busy Teaching Hospital

Desirable

• Familiar with current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Management and Leadership

Essential

• Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams.

Desirable

• Management course and/or qualification

Audit & quality improvement

Essential

• Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit and quality improvement.
• Must be able to demonstrate ability to lead change.
• Experience of conducting or supporting clinical research.

Desirable

• Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of vascular and endovascular surgery.
• Publication of relevant review articles or case reports
• Oral presentations in mainstream international vascular congresses

Teaching

Essential

• Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation.

Desirable

• Teaching skills course/qualification

About the employer

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £2.1billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.

Our values at King's:

Caring - we put patients and their families first and show compassion and respect in every interaction with them, as well as with one another.

Collaborative - across all of our hospitals and services, we work as one team with partners and our communities, to deliver the best possible outcomes.

Inclusive - we celebrate diversity, listening to different voices and creating a culture where everyone feels they belong and can thrive.

Innovative - we constantly seek new ideas and smarter ways of working to improve care, research and education.

Transforming Healthcare is the vision at the heart of the King's Strategy - 2026 to 2031. Together, we are pursuing six strategic ambitions:

1. High-quality patient care; being

2. A great place to work;

3. Pioneering research, innovation and education;

4. Strong and successful partnerships;

5. Timely and efficient care; and ensuring

6. financial sustainability.