Job summary
The Frimley Park Vascular Unit consists of 12 consultants, 5 specialist vascular nurses, 6 Registrar grades, 3 ST1/2 grades and 4 FY1 grade doctors. The department treats patients with arterial, venous and lymphatic disease and offers the full range of vascular services including AAA repair (open, EVAR and FEVAR), carotid surgery and distal bypass. The unit has a busy AAA repair service and performs in excess of 100 aneurysm repairs per year. There is opportunity to receive training in peripheral endovascular intervention.

Frimley Park Hospital is the hub vascular unit with a catchment population in excess of 1.6 million. The unit receives elective and emergency patients from Heatherwood & Wexham Park hospitals, Royal Surrey County Hospital, St Peter's Hospital and Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital. The unit provides a service across 3 counties including Surrey, Berkshire and Hampshire.

This job is for a Trust Registrar level doctor to provide care for patients within the Frimley Vascular Unit and would be ideally suited for a vascular trainee looking to expand their open and endovascular exposure.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will responsible for:

• Assessment, care and treatment of patients presenting to the specialty and referred to the specialty.
• Participate in 2 outpatient sessions per week.
• Participate in 1 or 2 vascular interventional radiology sessions per week.
• Opportunity to attend up to 3 vascular theatre sessions per week.
• Attend weekly vascular MDT meeting.
• Teaching and training staff in other medical disciplines, nursing and support staff as appropriate.
• Communication with on-take firms as appropriate.
• Teaching and training staff in other medical disciplines, nursing and support staff as appropriate.
• In conjunction with the admitting clinical teams and the wider health economy to develop and implement integrated surgical and emergency care pathways throughout the Trust.
• Participation in relevant audit and quality assurance processes.
• Participation in the out of hours rota with 1:6 emergency vascular surgery (non resident).
• To ensure that the guidance from the General Medical Council on Good Medical Practice is at the centre of your clinical practice.
• To keep up to date in surgical knowledge by Continuous Medical Education in the best interest of the patient.
• Although a timetable will be provided, you will be expected to be flexible, in the interests of patient care and to meet the needs of the department as decided by the co-ordinating surgeon.

About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
The role will provide support for the ST1/2 and FY1s and receive support / training from consultant staff.

Within the job plan there is dedicated time allocated to research and the successful candidate will be expected to undertake a research/audit project.

There is opportunity for simulator training with an on-site Symbionics simulator with both peripheral and EVAR training modules. In addition there is ample opportunity for endovascular training with a hybrid theatre and 2 theatre spec radiology suites.

Qualifications
Essential

• MB BS or equivalent
• MRCS or equivalent
• Full GMC registration

Skills and Knowledge
Essential

• Evidence of: good communication, organisational, time management skills
• Evidence of teaching undergraduates and postgraduates
• Evidence of understanding and application of knowledge of speciality.

Experience
Essential

• Previous experience as a Vascular (and/or Gen Surg) Registrar
• Clinical audit/research experience

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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