Job overview

The appointees will be expected to participate in full within the unit and take an active interest in promoting vascular surgical services within and outside of the Trust.  The appointees will be expected to participate in the provision of a full programme of elective and emergency conventional and endovascular surgical services. 

This is a 12 month fixed term post with a proposed job plan that comprises 10PAs, including on-call, core and development SPAs, patient administration and the unit meeting, with hub and spoke clinics and dedicated hybrid theatre sessions. 

Main duties of the job

The successful applicants will have a broad base in conventional vascular surgery as well as endovascular techniques. They will work with the existing consultant team to provide level three training in all aspects of Vascular Surgery, and will be expected to support collaborative cross disciplinary working relations and in particular to be involved in endovascular

The appointees will be expected to participate in full within the unit and take an active interest in promoting vascular surgical services within and outside of the Trust.  The appointees will be expected to participate in the provision of a full programme of elective and emergency conventional and endovascular surgical services, and elective varicose vein surgery.

Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.