Speciality Doctor in Vascular

Kent Hospitals University Nhs Foundation Trust, Canterbury

Speciality Doctor in Vascular

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Kent Hospitals University Nhs Foundation Trust, Canterbury

  • Full time
  • Temporary
  • Onsite working

Posted 1 week ago, 13 Jun | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: eeca9d4fd24e4e2abe65e9702f7c9d90

Full Job Description

There is an exciting opportunity within the Vascular department at East Kent Hospitals for a Speciality Doctor in Vascular to join our team. The Vascular Department provides for the admission of emergency and elective in-patients, day case surgery, diagnostic procedures and outpatient consultations. The unit hosts the Kent & Medway National AAA screening programme. There is a full endovascular service and the unit has a hybrid operating theatre (and currently the second endovascular theatre is being refurbished). The AAA endovascular programme includes a fenestrated stent graft practice.

The department has a full established of ward nurses on Kent Ward, a 31 bedded ward dedicated to Vascular with additional beds for day-case surgery alongside 5 Vascular Nurse specialists working within the Vascular unit

The K&C site has the centre for Kent Vascular services, interventional radiology, Urology surgery, Oncology, anaesthetics/ITU/HDU, a full 24-hour medical take, an emergency Care Centre and 24-hour operating theatre availability.

Main duties of the job

The applicant will have a broad-based training in Vascular and General Surgery. They should have GMC Registration with license to practice in hand. They must be able to integrate well within the department and help deliver vascular services to the local population. They should be able to be on -call and supply vascular advice and assistance in emergencies. The successful applicant will participate in the weekly vascular MDT meeting.

There is a full 24 hours non-resident middle grade support for Vascular emergencies. There is a hospital night team on call out of hours on the Kent & Canterbury site. The Vascular Surgery F2 trainees and CT's are members of this team. This team in addition to Vascular cover provides emergency cover provides emergency cover for Urological in-patients, emergency admission and referrals from GP's or other hospital sites in East Kent. Vascular emergency referrals are managed according to agreed guidelines that are reviewed regularly at monthly audit and training meetings.

The post holder will be required to travel across the other Hospital sites in East Kent for outpatient clinics.

The post holder will have will comprise a mixture of training and service delivery made up of ward rounds, clinics and theatre sessions the facility of an all-day operating list weekly within the vascular theatre for elective/emergency operating and access to the endovascular theatre as required.

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

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