Trust Registrar - Vascular

Job overview

Here at MSE our Vascular Service is looking for a Middle Grade Doctor (ST3+) to join and integrate with our friendly, proactive team of existing consultants, registrars and nurse specialists in order to provide a complete Vascular Surgery service for elective and emergency patients.

Our Vascular Services at MSE, currently provided through a hub and spoke model, where all emergencies are managed at the hub which is at Basildon with spoke sites at Broomfield and Southend, is in its final phase of Vascular reconfiguration whereby we are bringing all arterial vascular work to the Hub with peripheral work to remain at the spoke sites as well as renal access. Currently all elective aortic services are undertaken at the Hub site.

You will be working cross site, with sessions at the hub and one of the spoke sites, with responsibilities in Vascular Surgery as per the Vascular Model is in line with the POVS document that over time and as centralisation takes place, you will be based across 2 sites Basildon / Southend or Basildon / Chelmsford based upon service needs and provision.

Centralisation has created a co-location of 10 vascular surgeons (population >1.2 million) to provide a 1:9 vascular rota covering both the region and CTC cover in addition to forming a sustainable interventional radiology rota.

Main duties of the job

As our Trust Registrar you will join a dedicated team of trainees and permanent staff to provide these services and will be expected to supervise the activities of the on call FY1 and FY2 in Vascular Surgery and to work closely with nurse practitioners.

Your responsibilities will include the rapid assessment of all emergency admissions and GP referrals, supporting trauma calls as required and performing emergency operations under consultant supervision. All activities of the appointment will be supervised by the on-call consultant who is free of clinical commitments when on call. A one-hour handover is timetabled between on call shifts and the appointee will be expected to receive or provide written handover using the electronic discharge system to the new admitting team at the beginning and end of each shift during the 1 hour timetabled handover (8:00 – 9:00 and 19:00 – 20:00) and may be expected to attend the post-take ward round to handover sick patients.

You will be expected to attend the hospital at night handover meeting to liaise with the medical on call teams and so far as is consistent with the proper discharge of the above duties, you will be required to undertake to deputise from time to time for absent colleagues

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Are you dynamic and proactive, then we want to hear from you?

Please see the attached JD for further details of this exciting role.