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Job summary

Main area
Vascular
Grade
MT03-MT05
Contract
Fixed term: 9 months (9 months)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
287-ASUR-92-24-A
Employer
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Aintree Hospital
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£49,909 - £70,425 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
25/12/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Aortic Senior Clinical Fellow

MT03-MT05

Job overview

Aortic Senior Clinical Fellow - February 2025 for 9 Months

ÌýApplicants are invited to join the department of vascular surgery as a supernumerary Fellow.

This 9 month fellowship post will allow a senior post-CCST trainee to experience all facets of a successful complex EVAR program from referral through the MDT process and on to treatment and follow up.

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We are looking for a trainee at ÌýST6 and above for a period of 9 months commencing in February 2025. The post is subject to a 2 month probationary period. The candidate will be trained in advanced endovascular surgery with aim of being proficient at planning and executing Fenestrated EVAR. ÌýIt is expected that candidate may have to work at LHCH to support the complex endovascular program including aortic dissection management and Arch endovascular program.


Liverpool Vascular & Endovascular Service (LiVES)is a dynamic tertiary referral unit with a particular pedigree in aortic surgery. The endovascular aortic programme began in 1996, and currently treats both standard and complex aortic aneurysms. The unit attracts tertiary referrals from across the United Kingdom for its complex fenestrated and branched stent graft programme which is now one of the largest in the country. The team also supports the regional Cardiothoracic centre in undertaking thoracic endovascular cases for both dissection and aneurysms.


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**PLEASE NOTE THIS VACANCY MAY CLOSE EARLY ONCE SUFFICIENT APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED**

Previous applicants need not applyÌý

Main duties of the job

Support planning and delivery of complex EVAR across the LIVES service.

The Fellow is responsible for working with the MDT coordinator to present new complex referrals at the Aortic MDT.

The Fellow will assist consultant surgeons in early post operative management of all complex endovascular cases in liaison with critical care colleagues.

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Working for our organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The unit provides a comprehensive vascular service for its catchment area in North Mersey in addition to providing a tertiary service for Cheshire and Merseyside, North Wales and wider for some of the specialised endovascular work undertaken.

ÌýWe have a large EVAR programme and currently treat >170 aortic aneurysms annually, the majority by endovascular means. The practice includes the management of juxta and suprarenal aneurysms using open surgery or fenestrated and branched grafts. Our practice in these highly specialised cases is currently the largest in the UK.Ìý

Person specification

Attainments

Essential criteria
  • Recognised training in vascular and or general surgery at SpR level
Desirable criteria
  • Recognised training in vascular surgery at SpR level

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MRCS
  • FRCS
  • GMC Registration
Desirable criteria
  • FRCS Higher surgical degree

Research

Essential criteria
  • Publications
Desirable criteria
  • Publications, presentations of original clinical and/or laboratory research relating to vascular and endovascular surgery

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Fair Employment Charter Status - Aspiring LevelNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran Aware

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Simon Neequaye
Job title
Consultant Vascular Surgeon
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0151 529 5685