Countess of Chester Hospital
Trust ST1/2 Vascular Surgery
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This post will be one of 6 ST1/2 doctors in the department. The posts will offer candidates from the UK or from further abroad a unique opportunity to consolidate their experience in a busy and supportive NHS foundation hospital and provide a stepping-stone to the next level of clinical experience. They will have educational teaching, learning and assessment equivalent to those on national specialty programmes.
The department delivers vascular services across the Network via a hub and spoke model. The service delivers the full complement of vascular services including aortic aneurysms, carotid territory embolic disease and peripheral vascular disease. We also deliver renal access services to support the nephrology service and offer vascular input into a multidisciplinary diabetic foot service. The programme of training for each individual doctor will be flexible depending on his/her particular needs and stage of training.
The post holder will be responsible to the appropriate Consultants for admitting cases, the attendance at daily ward rounds, the arrangement of patient investigations as part of the pre and post-operative care of circa 26 vascular patients. The role will require you to liaise with the wider hospital teams and vascular clinical team to support ward-based patient care and facilitate discharges. The role also requires you to participate in operative surgery; with the extent of your involvement being commensurate with your experience and ability, as well as access to renal access lists. The post-holder will participate within the vascular on-call rota 1 in 6 covering vascular and supporting the wider surgical specialties.
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There is also an expectation that the post-holder will contribute to departmental audit and research with consultant supervision and participate in teaching programmes for medical staff, medical students and other hospital employees. The post-holder will be expected to attend the rolling half days and take part in audit and case presentation. Log book of the surgical operations performed will be mandatory (Log Book for RCS England).
Research opportunities are available depending on individual interests.
The Trust’s services are provided from three locations:
- The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 473 general and acute beds.
- Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 60 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
- Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
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The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust employs 5,964 staff (headcount) to provide care and treatment to a population of over 400,000 people living in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire.
The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System. Due to its location on the border with North Wales, the Trust also works closely with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.
The Trust treats patients from England and some parts of Wales. During 2024/2025, there were approximately 643,000 patient attendances (inpatient, A&E, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Mr Gareth Harrison
- Job title: SMART Vascular Clinical Lead
- Email address: gharrison6@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01244 364047
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