Locum Consultant in Vascular Surgery

NHS Lanarkshire

Locum Consultant in Vascular Surgery

Based at University Hospital Hairmyres, Lanarkshire

South West Scotland Vascular Network

(NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Ayrshire and Arran, NHS Dumfries & Galloway)

This Locum post is a fantastic opportunity to be part of the second major vascular unit in the West of Scotland covering the populations of NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Ayrshire and Arran and NHS Dumfries and Galloway.  On offer is an excellent opportunity to contribute to vascular and endovascular surgery in a large, expanding unit which will serve approximately a 1.2million population and will be one of the largest vascular units in Scotland.  Plans are in motion to deploy additional infrastructure including building a state of the art hybrid operating theatre and new interventional radiology suite to compliment the surgical facilities already available.

Since August 2019, the centralized vascular unit at University Hospital Hairmyres has been the hub for NHS Dumfries and Galloway emergency and elective vascular patients. At weekends, emergency patients from NHS Ayrshire and Arran are also received at UHH. The start date of the reconfigured centralized unit housing all elective and emergency patients from all 3 health boards is August 2021.

Although the successful applicant will be based in University Hospital Hairmyres, they may also be allocated sessional commitments to clinics, ward rounds, theatre and other elective vascular activities in either NHS Ayrshire and Arran or Dumfries.  University Hospital Crosshouse (20 minutes by car from Hairmyres), University Hospital Ayr (34 miles and 40 minutes by car from Hairmyres) and Dumfries Royal Infirmary (72 miles and 1 hour and 20 minutes from Hairmyres.

The emphasis will be on contributing to an already strong team structure to support all aspects of the regional vascular service. Due to the volume of both elective and emergency work currently done by both units, it is expected that the post holders will have ample opportunity to develop vascular surgical and endovascular skills. 

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Informal enquiries regarding this post will be welcomed by Mr. T Siddiqui, Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Lead Clinician on .

For any application queries, please contact Nicole Hetherington Senior HR Assistant on Medical.dentalSAS@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

Interviews are scheduled for: TBC. 

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*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential childrens setting/secure unit.

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