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SUMMARY INFORMATION
POST: LOCUM CONSULTANT VASCULAR SURGERY
BASE: WESTERN INFIRMARY
Locum Consultant Vascular Surgeon, for 6 months in the first instance, to cover the clinical commitments of a colleague who is now Associate Medical
Director. The vascular inpatient service for Glasgow is based at the Western
Infirmary covering 1.2 million population. The successful candidate will participate in a 1 in 7 vascular on call and have outpatient and day case commitments in hospitals around Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
We are looking for suitably trained individuals who are able to provide an elective and emergency Vascular Surgical service at locum consultant level.
Initially based at the Western Infirmary this post will transfer to the new facilities at the South Glasgow site. This will include two hybrid theatres
(within the theatre suite) and two interventional rooms within the radiology department. The successful applicant will be expected to possess or acquire endovascular skills. There is an expectation that the successful candidate will support sessions within the Western Infirmary and other GG&C sites.
Applicants must have full GMC Registration and a licence to practise.

ACUTE SERVICES DIVISION
SURGERY & ANAESTHETIC DIRECTORATE
GENERAL SURGERY SERVICE
APPOINTMENT OF A LOCUM CONSULTANT IN VASCULAR SURGERY
BASED AT WESTERN INFIRMARY GLASGOW WITH CLINICAL
OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE RANGE OF NHS GG &C SITES.
JOB DESCRIPTION
REF: 34720D
May 2014

GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE NHS ACUTE DIVISION
LOCUM CONSULTANT IN VASCULAR SURGERY
Based at the Western Infirmary with clinical opportunities across the range of NHS GG &C sites.
Job Description

Acute Services Division
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is the Largest NHS Employer in the UK and in partnership with 8 local authorities, is responsible for the health needs of a population of 1.2 million, almost a quarter of the entire Scottish population.
The Acute Services Division is split into nine Directorates across 18 sites with a workforce of 27,500 and an annual budget of £1.2 billion. The geographical area covered is diverse; it covers the major city of Glasgow, large and small towns, villages and some rural areas. We have significant challenges ahead as we deliver the objectives set out in Better Health Better Care and we seek to ensure that we have the right people for the right posts.
The Acute Services Division is the largest group of adult acute hospitals in
Scotland. This allows individuals a wide range of opportunities for professional development whether in community-based care or general and specialty hospital services.
The investment in acute services in Glasgow in the last ten years has been considerable with two new Ambulatory Care Hospitals opened in 2009. The new 14 floor South Glasgow adult hospital is due for completion in January
2015 and will be one of the largest acute hospitals in the UK. It will be home to major specialist services such as renal medicine, transplantation and
Vascular Surgery with state of the art Critical Care, theatre and diagnostic services. Recent identification of the new South Glasgow Hospital as a future
Trauma centre will ensure an exciting development for all specialties.
Reconfiguration of services continues with full consultant participation and it is anticipated that Vascular services will be one of the first services to move into the hospital early next summer.
A substantial volume of complex surgical work is performed in the Glasgow units that provide a range of tertiary and national services. We enjoy close links with Glasgow’s three universities and make a significant contribution to teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Research has a high profile within the organisation. We provide excellent facilities for students and their tutors in the £15 million, state of the art, Wolfson Medical School based at Glasgow University adjacent to the Western Infirmary site.


Living & Working in Glasgow
Today Glasgow is a compact, vibrant and modern city. The scale of the City comes as a surprise to many people. It has the largest suburban rail network outside London and is second only to the UK capital as a retail centre.
There are top-ranking schools, excellent leisure facilities, beautiful golf courses and elegant accommodation across all price ranges.
The night life and restaurants are renowned and its high quality opera, theatres, art galleries and museums offer an abundance of cultural stimulation.
From Glasgow, it is only a short journey to many picturesque sites including
Loch Lomond (45 minutes), the Argyll peninsula
– or over the sea to Arran,
Skye, Iona and Mull.
The Western Infirmary, Glasgow (WIG):
The Western Infirmary is a teaching hospital with an acute operational bed complement of approximately 357. The hospital is situated in the West End of
Glasgow providing a range of high quality health care services including
Accident and Emergency, General Medicine (including sub-specialties),
General Surgery (including sub-specialties), Medicine for the Elderly
(including Assessment, Rehabilitation, and Day Services), and Orthopaedics.
The range of services provided by the Department of Medicine includes the sub-specialties of Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine, Gastro-Enterology,
Diabetes and Endocrinology. On-site Surgical Services include Orthopaedic and Trauma, Vascular, Breast Care, Transplant and Colorectal surgery.
The above services are supported by other consultant-based services which incorporate diagnostic and clinical components including Anaesthetics,
Laboratory Medicine, and Radiology. There is also available a wide range of therapeutic services which include Clinical Psychology, Dietetics,
Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy (including specialist amputation physiotherapy) and Speech and Language Therapy.
The New Victoria Hospital
The New Victoria Hospital is one of the most modern and well equipped in
Scotland. It provides an attractive and welcoming environment for patients and visitors with light, airy public spaces, comfortable waiting areas and modern consulting rooms. Approximately 400,000 patients attend the hospital every year.
In addition to outpatient clinics, day surgery and diagnostic services, the hospital provides a number of specialist services such as cardiology and gynaecology.

There is also a Minor Injuries Unit with its own dedicated entrance for rapid access to a highly skilled clinical team. The unit is open seven days a week
9am – 9pm.
Southern General Hospital:
The Southern General Hospital is a large teaching hospital with an acute operational inpatient bed complement of approximately 900 beds. The
Hospital is sited in the south-west of Glasgow and provides a comprehensive range of acute and related clinical services.
District General Hospital services are provided for the south-west of the city, with some services provided for the whole city. Services include Accident and
Emergency, Dermatology, ENT, General Medicine (including sub-specialties),
General Surgery (including sub-specialties), Medicine for the Elderly
(including Assessment, Rehabilitation and Day Services), Gynaecology,
Neonatal Paediatrics, Obstetrics, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedic Surgery,
Urology, Physically Disabled Rehabilitation and Continuing Care. The
Obstetrics, Urology, Ophthalmology and Dermatology Departments provide the single in-patient location for the whole population of South Glasgow. The
Division manages the Dermatology Service for the whole city.
The Maxillofacial Department for the whole city was centralised at the hospital in the autumn of 2002 providing trauma and elective surgery and specialist provision for head and neck cancer. The Assessment and Rehabilitation service for the Physically Disabled is also provided for the whole city from the
Southern General Hospital.
There is also a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic services including
Audiology, Clinical Psychology, Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, ECG,
Physiotherapy, Radiology (including MRI and CT provision for the general hospital service) and Speech Therapy.
The site is currently under development in preparation for the opening of the
New South Glasgow Hospital in 2015. This will see the opening of an integrated adult and children’s hospital with over 1,000 beds in the adult hospital.
2. The Work of the Department and scope of the post
This Locum post will have sessions within the Western Infirmary,
Victoria Hospitals and the Southern General Hospital. This post is available as interim measure due to internal promotion of consultant to
Assistant Medical Director
There are currently ten (8 whole time equivalents) consultant vascular surgeons committed to a centralised service based at the WIG. The catchment population for this service is 1.2 million. The consultants work

across all the major acute hospital sites covering out-patient clinics, day surgical activity and offering support to the in-patient services. The present
WIG facilities include one interventional radiology room, a theatre suite with co-located ITU and HDU beds and a 46 bed vascular ward.
This post seeks applications from suitably trained individuals who are able to provide an elective and emergency surgical service at locum consultant level.
The new facilities at the South Glasgow site will include two hybrid theatres
(within the theatre suite) and two interventional rooms within the radiology department. The successful applicant will be expected to possess or acquire endovascular skills. There is an expectation that the successful candidate will support the multi-disciplinary diabetic foot clinics at the Southern General and
Victoria Infirmary sites.
In addition to providing clinical services, the successful candidate will be required to participate in the training and assessment of junior staff and to undertake the administrative duties required in a consultant job. This will include but not be exclusive to the maintenance of appropriate patient records, keeping and participating in personal and unit audit and the retention of documentation for appraisal. All locum consultants are required to have an annual appraisal.
Surgical trainees, at all levels, rotate from the West of Scotland Deanery and are based at the Glasgow sites. Teaching of Undergraduate medical students, trainee surgeons and visiting surgeons from overseas is considered an integral part of the work of the Directorate. It is anticipated that the appointee would contribute to the education of Surgeons in training.
Emergency and in-patient elective surgery for the post is based at the
Western Infirmary with clinics and elective surgery split between the two sites.
Fully staffed Intensive Care and High dependency beds are provided and emergency theatres are available at all times.
Applicants should have a broad surgical training and should have full GMC registration and eligibility for inclusion on the Specialist Register. UK trainees will have evidence of Higher Specialist Training leading to CCT, or be six months of confirmed entry from the date of interview. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.
Applicants must have full GMC registration, and be eligible for inclusion on the
Specialist Register. UK trainees will have evidence of Higher Specialist
Training leading to CCT, or to be within six months of confirmed entry from the date of interview. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate an equivalent training and experience.

3. Principal Activities
General Surgery Service GG&C – Clinical Management Team
Clinical Directors : Mr Graham Sunderland (General Surgery), Mr Wesley
Stuart (Breast, Vascular, Endoscopy and Out-patient services)
Lead Clinicians for General Surgery
Mr J H Anderson / Mr C K MacKay (shared role), North Glasgow.
Mr C. Wilson, West Glasgow
Mr A. Hair, South Glasgow
Mr M McKirdy, Clyde
Mr WP Stuart, Vascular Surgery.
Royal Alexandra Hospital / Inverclyde Royal Hospital / Vale of Leven
Hospital
Mr A Buter, Ms L Chisholm, Vacant post x 2, Mr P Finn, Mr M McKirdy, Ms S
Moug, Mr A Renwick, Mr M Vella, Ms K Krupa, Ms V Gough, Ms J Gray, Mr
C Bolln, Mr G Denys, Mr N Manimaran, Mr J Reidy
Glasgow Royal Infirmary/Stobhill Ambulatory Care Hospital
Dr R McKee, Prof P Horgan, Mr C R Carter, Mr J H Anderson, Mr C J McKay,
Mr G Fullarton, Mr E Dickson,
Mr M Forshaw, Mr A McMahon, Mr D Chong, Miss C Craig, Mr G MacKay, Mr
M Duxbury
Mr Phil Stevens.
Western Infirmary / Gartnavel General Hospital (includes Vascular
Surgery)
Prof P O’Dwyer, Mr D Galloway, Mr R Molloy, Mr P Chong, Mr A Alani, Ms J
Doughty, Ms S Stallard;
Vascular Team: Mr P Rogers, Mr D Byrne, Mr G Welch, Mr W Stuart, Mr D
Orr, Mr P Teenan, Mr D Kingsmore, Mr K Daly, Mr G Treharne
Southern General / Victoria Infirmary / New Victoria Hospital
Mr D Wright, Mr G Smith, Mr P Glen, Mr G Sunderland, Mr P Witherspoon, Mr
A Hair,
Ms H Dorrance, Mr C Wilson, Mr I Pickford, Vacant post
4. Duties of the Post
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Clinical Commitments
The post holder will be based at Western Infirmary Glasgow and will contribute to the on call receiving. The on-call commitment is currently 1: 7. It

should be noted that the postholder’s job plan may be subject to alteration in conjunction with other consultant colleagues as clinical services are reviewed pending the transition of services to the new Southern General Hospital. This would be by agreement and fully discussed through the clinical leads.
The Job Plan outlined below will include clinical commitments on multiple
GG&C sites and is indicative of the duties of the post. The exact detail of the duties of the post and the timetable will be discussed with the successful candidate and agreed in line with the needs of the service.
It is envisaged that the successful candidate will provide a range of sessions across hospitals. The postholder will be asked to be responsive to and commit to supporting the management of the wider vascular patient group as a member of the consultant team.
The tenure of the post is for six months from appointment but is negotiable by mutual agreement to be extended to one year.
Session Description
On-Call
Clinic
Theatre
Ward/Admission/Pre-
Assessment/M.D.T.
NEW POST CONSULTANT
1
3
3
2
S.P.A.
Total
JOB PLAN TIMETABLE
1
10
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
AM
SGH CLINIC
WIG THEATRE
VIC THEATRE
VIC CLINIC
PM
WIG THEATRE
VIC CLINIC
Friday WIG MDT WIG MDT/ADMIN
The above session plan is only indicative and sessions will be finalised through discussions with the Clinical Director.
This constitutes a 10 PA post. Two additional EPAs may be available by discussion and are dependent upon the needs of the service.

5. Arrangements to Visit the Division
Short-listed candidates are invited automatically by the Director of Human
Resources to visit the hospitals concerned. If candidates on their own initiative have visited the hospital prior to short-listing, they will only be allowed expenses for that prior visit if they are subsequently short-listed.
When it is thought that there will be difficulty in filling the post, the Director of
Human Resources has the authority to approve a second visit.
In the first instance please contact:
Mr WP Stuart , Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Western Infirmary,
Dumbarton Road GLASGOW
Telephone: 0141 232 5904
E-mail: Wesley.Stuart@ggc.scot.nhs.uk

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
The conditions of service are those laid down and amended from time to time by the Hospital and Medical & Dental Whitley Council.
TYPE OF CONTRACT Fixed Term
GRADE AND SALARY Consultant
£ 76,001 - £ 102,465 per annum (pro rata)
New Entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the minimum point of the salary scale, (dependent on qualifications and experience). Salary is paid monthly by Bank Credit Transfer.
HOURS OF DUTY
SUPERANNUATION
REMOVAL EXPENSES
Full Time 40.00
New entrants to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde who are aged sixteen but under seventy five will be enrolled automatically into membership of the NHS
Pension Scheme. Should you choose to "opt out" arrangements can be made to do this via: www.sppa.gov.uk
Assistance with removal and associated expenses may be given and would be discussed and agreed prior to appointment.
EXPENSES OF
CANDIDATES FOR
APPOINTMENT
TOBACCO POLICY
DISCLOSURE SCOTLAND
CONFIRMATION OF
ELIGIBILITY TO WORK IN
THE UK
Candidates who are requested to attend an interview will be given assistance with appropriate travelling expenses. Re-imbursement shall not normally be made to employees who withdraw their application or refuse an offer of appointment.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde operate a No Smoking Policy in all premises and grounds.
This post is considered to be in the category of “Regulated Work” and therefore requires a Disclosure Scotland Protection of Vulnerable Groups
Scheme (PVG) Membership.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) has a legal obligation to ensure that it’s employees, both EEA and non EEA nationals, are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. Before any person can commence employment within NHS GGC they will need to provide documentation to prove that they are eligible to work in the UK. Non EEA nationals will be required to show evidence that either Entry Clearance or Leave to Remain in the UK has been granted for the work which they are applying to do. Where an individual is subject to immigration control under no circumstances will they be allowed to commence until the right to work in the UK has been verified.
ALL applicants regardless of nationality must complete and return the
Confirmation of Eligibility to Work in the UK Statement with their completed application form. You will be required provide appropriate documentation prior to any appointment being made.

REHABILITATION OF
OFFENDERS ACT 1974
DISABLED APPLICANTS
GENERAL
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
NOTICE
MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE
The rehabilitation of Offenders act 1974 allows people who have been convicted of certain criminal offences to regard their convictions as “spent” after the lapse of a period of years. However, due to the nature of work for which you are applying this post is exempt from the provisions of Section 4 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 by virtue of the Rehabilitation of
Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Orders 1975 and 1986). Therefore, applicants are required to disclose information about convictions which for other purposes are “spent” under the provision of the act in the event of employment, failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Any information given will be completely confidential.
A disability or health problems does not preclude full consideration for the job and applications from people with disabilities are welcome. All information will be treated as confidential. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde guarantees to interview all applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the post. You will note on our application form that we ask for relevant information with regard to your disability. This is simply to ensure that we can assist you, if you are called for interview, to have every opportunity to present your application in full. We may call you to discuss your needs in more detail if you are selected for interview.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde operates flexible staffing arrangements whereby all appointments are to a grade within a department. The duties of an officer may be varied from an initial set of duties to any other set, which are commensurate with the grade of the officer. The enhanced experience resulting from this is considered to be in the best interest of both NHS Greater
Glasgow and Clyde and the individual.
The postholder will undertake their duties in strict accordance with NHS
Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
The employment is subject to one months’ notice on either side, subject to appeal against dismissal.
In terms of NHS Circular 1989 (PCS) 32 dealing with Medical Negligence the
Health Board does not require you to subscribe to a Medical Defence
Organisation. Health Board indemnity will cover only Health Board responsibilities. It may, however, be in your interest to subscribe to a defence organisation in order to ensure you are covered for any work, which does not fall within the scope of the indemnity scheme.

FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information on NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, please visit our website on www.show.scot.nhs.uk
View all our vacancies at : www.nhsggc.org.uk/medicaljobs
Register for Job Alerts at : www.medicaljobs.scot.nhs.uk
Applicants wishing further information about the post are invited to contact Mr Wesley
Stuart or Mr. Daly on 0141 211 5904 with whom visiting arrangements can also be made.
HOW TO APPLY
To apply for these posts please include your CV and names and addresses of 3
Referees, along with the following documents; (click on the hyperlinks to open)
Medical and Dental Application and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form
Declaration Form Regarding Fitness to Practice
Immigration Questionnaire
Alternatively please visit www.nhsggc.org.uk/medicaljobs and click on the “How to
Apply” tab to access application for and CV submission information.
RETURN OF APPLICATIONS
Please return your application by email to nhsggcrecruitment@nhs.net
or to the recruitment address below;
Medical and Dental Recruitment Team
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Recruitment Services, 1 st Floor
Modular Building, Gartnavel Royal Hospital
1055 Great Western Road
GLASGOW
G12 0XH
CLOSING DATE
The closing Date will be 31 st October 2014