Senior Clinical Fellow in Vascular Surgery | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£67,325 per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Preston, PR2 9HT
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	23 Jul 2026
Closing date:	22 Aug 2026

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Summary

The new appointee will have duties in the hub and across the spoke sites Wigan,MorecambeBayorBlackpool.ThenetworkhasatotaloftwelveVascularConsultants, and the successful candidate will be one of a team of 9 Middle Gradesworking across the four trusts, participating in a “Vascular Surgeon of the Week” andaseparatevascularoncallandweekendrota.

The Middle Grade “VascularSurgeon of the Week” supports consultant led dailyward rounds, coordination, assessment, and management of emergency referrals.Whilstworkingas“VascularSurgeonoftheWeek”,allelectivedutiesarecancelled.

The successful applicant will participate in a planned 1:9 middle grade “vascularsurgeon of the week” weekday 8am-5pm rota and a separate 1:9 on-call rota, bothbased in the Intervention Centre.The vascular surgeon of the week (VSOTW),whoseroutinedutiesarecancelledfortheweek,isresponsiblefordailywardrounds,emergencyreferralsandadmissionsandcoordinatingandundertakingemergencyinterventions.

The post-holder is likely to have day case and out-patient duties in the spoke trustsand affiliated hospitals, and he / she will be responsible for assessing in-housereferrals arising at these sites.Job plans are arranged in order that each non-arterialtrust has a consultant and/or middle grade vascular surgical presence on at leastthreedays perweek.

The post holder will:

Specifically adopt, in conjunction with colleagues, an active role in planning, development and delivery of the vascular service in a busy vascular unit.

Participate in the weekly network MDT meetings with colleagues from all disciplinesinvolvedin thecareof vascularpatients.

Participateinthe outof hoursvascularon-callrota.

Provideactivitysupportinthenon-interventioncentrehospitaltrusts(Wigan,BlackpoolorMorecambe Bay).

Thefinaldetailwillbenegotiatedandagreedwiththesuccessfulapplicant.

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a majorVascular Intervention Centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria.The VascularCentre was established in 2015 and serves the populations of neighbouring hospitals inWigan,BlackpoolandMorecambeBay,apopulationofapproximately1.5million.

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the site ofmajor sub-regional centres for Trauma, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Renal Medicineand Burns and Plastic Surgery which in turn generate challenging cases for theVascularDepartment includingdialysisaccess.

General surgical services are currently delivered by a unified department across theRoyal Preston and Chorley District Hospital sites. Out Patient Clinics and day caseproceduresarecarriedoutinbothRoyalPrestonHospitalandChorleyHospitalsites, while all in patient Vascular operations and InterventionalRadiology are doneinthe RoyalPreston Hospital.

Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:

• What we can offer

• Job Plan/On-call Requirements

• The Team

This advert closes on Thursday 6 Aug 2026

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