Clinical Fellow (FTAS) in Vascular Surgery

Job overview

This is an exciting time for the development of the Vascular Surgical Service in the region. We are looking to appoint a Clinical Fellow to join the Vascular team, the role will be fixed term for 12 months, with the option to extend for a further 12 months.

Clinical Fellows will be treated in the same way as trainees from the Regional Training Programme. It is anticipated that the time spent working within the SEWVN will enable the appointee to improve their CVs significantly making them highly appointable in future National Recruitment rounds throughout the UK.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will be primarily based in the Major Arterial Centre in UHW and will be part of the middle grade tier of trainee doctors participating in ward, emergency department, outpatient clinics and operating theatre work alongside other middle grade trainees from the Welsh Vascular Surgical Training Programme. All middle grade doctors will be constantly under the supervision of Consultant Surgeons.

All middle grade doctors in the MAC will be required to support operating lists, outpatient clinics and assessment of ward referrals in spoke hospitals throughout the SE Wales region.

The appointee will participate in a 1 in 6 out of hours on call from home rota as the first on call point of contact for vascular emergencies and referrals. The middle grade rota will be supported by a Consultant Vascular Surgeon.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents