Locum Aortic & Endovascular Consultant

LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

LOCUM CONSULTANT AORTIC & ENDOVASCULAR SURGEON 12 months

The Liverpool Vascular & Endovascular Service (LiVES) is looking for a Locum Consultant Vascular & Endovascular surgeon to join their growing team that delivers services across the region.

The Directorate of Vascular Surgery currently comprises 15 surgeons working flexibly to support the network. Each consultant has an elective job plan which involves sessions at one of our network sites, in addition to sessions at the Aintree site Hub. A total of 6 Consultants will contribute to the acute/on-call work supporting Liverpool Heart & Chest and they participate in complementary "C1" and "C2" rotas during which they are free of any elective commitments.

Consultant on Call

All day operating list

Outpatient clinics

A typical week may include 1 all day operating session, 2 outpatient clinics and attendance to 3 MDTs.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year.

The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.

The unit provides up to date treatment for the full spectrum of vascular disease. Areas of special interest include complex aortic surgery, endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), carotid endarterectomy, treatment of peripheral arterial disease (including complex endovascular, hybrid and distal/ultra-distal bypass surgery), deep venous intervention and thoracic outlet surgery. Endovenous management of varicose veins is undertaken in 3 spoke sites. All arterial surgery is undertaken at Aintree University Hospital hub site.

The successful applicant will become part of the specialist Aortic team, with a total of 5 Consultants contributing. They will undertake work at both Aintree University Hospital and Liverpool Heart and Chest hospital, participating in the daytime C2 rota at Aintree and the daytime L1 rota at the Heart and Chest hospital. They will be involved in the comprehensive assessment, management and follow up of patients with standard and complex aortic pathologies and will closely work with the cardiothoracic team at the Liverpool Heart and Chest hospital for thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic pathologies.

They will also contribute in the realm of general vascular surgery and the management of patients at Aintree University Hospital, the hub site for…