Job summary
- Main area
- Vascular Surgery
- Grade
- Locum Consultant
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- 10 sessions per week (Full Time)
- Job ref
- 180-LOCON-5183
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrooke's Hospital
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant in Vascular Surgery
Locum Consultant
Job overview
Applications are invited for the post of Locum Consultant in Vascular Surgery at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) to start from 02 February 2026 to 28 February 2027 with the possibility of extension.
Main duties of the job
The post is intended to maintain the delivery of our Vascular Services across the Vascular Surgery Network without interruption.
Addenbrooke’s is the designated Arterial Centre for a network covering West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Northwest Anglia Foundation Trust (incorporating Peterborough City Hospital and Hinchingbrooke Hospital), and part of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn catchment.
The overall catchment area is around 1.8m and the Unit is a high-volume Arterial Centre performing around 200 aortic interventions, 100 carotid procedures and 100 peripheral bypass procedures per annum. CUH is also a level 1 adult and paediatric major trauma centre, serving the East of England.
You will be fully registered with the GMC and ideally have a CCT in Vascular Surgery or be within six months of award of CCT at the time of interview. Applications are welcomed from those unable to work full time for personal reasons or those wishing to job-share.
Working for our organisation
The applicant must have demonstrable skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking in English that enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as set out in the GMC’s Good Medical Practice (2013). Non-UK applicants must possess the IELTS/OET exam before obtaining a GMC licence to practice.
Applications from job seekers who require skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
It is a requirement for skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement.
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
There are strong, close, working relationships with Interventional Radiology, with a complex EVAR Clinical Service, and an established Deep Venous Stenting Programme. There is close working with the complex aortic team at Royal Papworth Hospital, with joint MDT meetings and a joint clinic.
Dedicated multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot services are well established in Addenbrooke’s Hospital, West Suffolk Hospital, and Peterborough City Hospital, and there is a further opportunity to enhance such delivery at the Spoke Hospitals.
The Vascular Unit is supported by a team of 12 full-time Consultant Vascular Surgeons, a seven Scientist Vascular Studies Unit, a team of Vascular Specialist Nurses (at CUH and spoke hospitals), a large dedicated Vascular Ward, and a Hybrid Operating Theatre. There is ample opportunity for the successful applicant to develop or advance sub-speciality interests within the unit. Complex activity is performed within the unit in all major vascular subspeciality areas.
All the Surgeons spend one day at a Spoke Site, and the successful applicant with be based at both CUH (80%) and West Suffolk Hospital (20%).
There is an active clinical research programme, and many opportunities exist in Cambridge for candidates keen to be involved in research. The hospital is at the heart of the Cambridge Biomedical Campus: http://cambridge-biomedical.com/. Expanding the academic activity and profile of clinical and non-clinical research in the department is a priority.
Please refer to the Job description and Person specification attached for further details on the main responsibilities and duties for this post.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualifications
Standards
Essential criteria
- Standards
Professionalism
Essential criteria
- Professionalism
Clinical Skills
Essential criteria
- Clinical Skills
Specialty Specific Skills
Essential criteria
- Specialty Specific Skills Related to the post
Commitment
Essential criteria
- To clinical Governance / improving quality of patient care
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
- Communication Skills
Personal Skills
Essential criteria
- Personal Skills
Understanding of the NHS
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the NHS
Commitment to ongoing
Essential criteria
- Commitment to ongoing Professional Development
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mr Chandana Wijewardena
- Job title
- Specialty Lead and Consultant Vascular Surgeon
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Informal enquiries about this post should be addressed to :
Mr Chandana Wijewardena, Specialty Lead and Consultant Vascular Surgeon via email at [email protected]
Or
Mr Manjit Gohel, Consultant Vascular Surgeon at [email protected]
Or
By telephone on 01223 217445 (lead vascular surgery secretary who will direct the call)
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