Vascular Fellowships
RCS England Senior Clinical Fellowships in Vascular Surgery
This page includes a list of the Vascular Fellowship programmes which have been approved under the RCS England Senior Clinical Fellowship Scheme and a gallery of recent Vascular Fellows.
Applying to be a Fellow
Candidates who are interested in these fellowship programmes are required to apply through the NHS Trust jobs website. For more information, please visit our recruitment section or contact the QA Department: qa@rcseng.ac.uk
Fellows appointed to RCS England Senior Clinical Fellowships will be expected to be ambassadors for the RCS England and meet the requirements of the GMC’s Good Medical Practice.
Guy's & St Thomas' Dialysis Access Surgery Fellowship
Supervisor/Lead Consultant: Mr Nicholas Barnett, Consultant in Transplantation and Dialysis Access Surgery.
Additional Supervisor: Mr Francis Calder, Consultant in Transplantation and Dialysis Access Surgery.
- Capability in Practice Level IV - manages an outpatient clinic.
- Capability in Practice Level IV - manages an operating list.
- Capability in Practice Level IV - manages multidisciplinary working.
- Competency in the management of patients requiring access for renal dialysis (Phase 3 Renal).
- Insertion of peritoneal dialysis catheter - Level 4 Competency.
- Creation of arteriovenous fistula - Level 4 Competency.
- Management of steal syndrome - Level 4 Competency.
- Ligation and excision of fistula/graft - Level 4 Competency.
- Radiocephalic arteriovenous fistula (Performed: 20).
- Brachiocephalic arteriovenous fistula (Performed: 30).
- Peritoneal dialysis catheter insertion (Performed: 10).
- Ligation of arteriovenous fistula (Performed: 10).
Wales Hybrid Lower Limb Revascularisation Fellowship
Based at: Cardiff and Vale University Health Board NHS Trust
Surgical Specialty Association approving: VASBI
Approval period: Initially approved September 2025 – August 2028
Supervisor/Lead Consultant: Lead Supervisor – Mr Lewis Meecham (Consultant Vascular Surgeon. Clinical Supervisors: Mr Huw Davies (Consultant Vascular Surgeon) and Mr Jonny Nicholls (Consultant Vascular Surgeon).
Fellowship duration: 12 – 24 months
Stated learning outcomes:
- Iliac artery Angioplasty - level 4
- Iliac Artery Stenting - Level 4
- Common femoral endarterectomy - level 4
- Femoro-popliteal/tibial bypass - level 4
- Percutaneous arterial puncture - level 4
- Femoro-popliteal artery angioplasty - level 4
Clinical competencies to be achieved:
- Level 4 – Independent practice common femoral endarterectomy and Iliac Stent
- Level 4 - Independent practice common femoral endarterectomy and SFA/Popliteal angioplasty
- Level 4 - Tibial Artery angioplasty
Number of main operations the fellow could expect to be involved in:
- CERAB/Aortic Kissing Stent (Performed: 10)
- Common Femoral Endarterectomy/Infra-inguinal Bypass and Iliac angioplasty/Stent (Performed: 60)
- Common Femoral endarterectomy and SFA/POP andgioplasty and Stent (Performed: 20)
- Common Femoral Endarterectomy/Infra-inguiinal Bypass and tibial angioplasty (Performed: 20)