Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Clinical Fellow - Vascular/Endovascular Surgery
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Job Overview
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 an 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 Be 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.
- 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 center 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 coordinating surgeon.
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Working for Our Organisation
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, recognizing 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.
Detailed Job Description and Main 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 an 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-specific radiology suites.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MB BS or equivalent
- MRCS or equivalent
- Full GMC registration
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of: good communication, organizational, time management skills
- Evidence of teaching undergraduates and postgraduates
- Evidence of understanding and application of knowledge of the specialty.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience as a Vascular (and/or Gen Surg) Registrar
- Clinical audit/research experience
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT)
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement, and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.
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Our new organizational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.
We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.
We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy-efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helping us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.
Alongside estates' investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitized care pathways, saving time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.
Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.
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