Job summary
Employer heading
Consultant in Vascular Surgery
YC72
Job overview
Opportunities are available in Vascular Surgery at The Royal Oldham Hospital for doctors who wish to consolidate their training & experience before moving onto higher specialty training or consultant posts.
The appointee will work for Department of Vascular Surgery at The Royal Oldham Hospital. The department performs a good volume both elective and emergency vascular surgeries.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work in Vascular and Endovascular surgery, initially based at the Royal Oldham Hospital before moving to Manchester Royal Infirmary, also covering North Manchester Hospital, Rochdale Infirmary and Fairfield General Hospital and other sites across Greater Manchester. This new post offers the opportunity for successful candidates to develop and learn a range of skills in a large and busy teaching hospital. The successful candidate will be part of the clinical team and will take part in the appropriate on-call rota.
Working for our organisation
MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
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.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Completion of higher training in Vascular Surgery
- Experience of Audit
- Experience of Teaching at UG and PG level
Desirable criteria
- Specialist clinical experience such as Fellowship in vascular surgery
- • Research experience
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent
- Postgraduate qualification (eg FRCS) or equivalent
- Full registration with the General Medical Council
- Registered on the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months of interview)
Desirable criteria
- Higher qualification eg MD)
Skills
Essential criteria
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
- Team working Skills
- Leadership skills
Desirable criteria
- Experience of leading and implementing change
- Qualifications such as Training the Trainers
Management and Administrative Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of NHS structure
Desirable criteria
- Management experience
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jon Ghosh
- Job title
- Vascular Surgery Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 276 6994
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