Consultant Anaesthetist

NHS; Worcester; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A large acute hospital trust in Worcestershire seeks a Consultant Anaesthetist to provide comprehensive anaesthetic services across multiple sites, including emergency and elective surgeries. Applicants must hold full GMC registration and relevant qualifications. Offering a supportive environment with opportunities for training and professional growth. Competitive salary and full-time contract.

Benefits

Supportive working environment

Mentor from within department

Access to Occupational Health support

Qualifications

• Eligibility for full GMC registration and on the Specialist Register or expecting to be within 6 months.
• Experience in clinical governance and quality improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical services across multiple sites.
• Participate in on-call rota for emergency services.
• Attend multi-disciplinary meetings.

Skills

Ability to work in a team

Critical thinking

Effective communication

Education

Full GMC Registration

FRCA or equivalent diploma

Job description

The Anaesthetic department provides services to three sites – Worcestershire Royal Hospital (WRH), Alexandra Hospital, and Kidderminster Treatment Centre (KTC), encompassing all major specialities with a strong countywide working ethos. Recent surgical reconfiguration means most elective surgery will be delivered on the Alexandra Hospital site, while the majority of emergency, trauma and obstetric work will be on the WRH site. KTC functions as a day‑case and short‑stay surgical unit. Applicants will be required to contribute to the general and obstetric on call rota.

All candidates must be eligible for full GMC registration and either already be on the Specialist Register or be within 6 months of receiving their CCT in Anaesthesia at the time of interview. FRCA (or equivalent) is an essential qualification for this post.

The Anaesthetic department is renowned for providing a highly supportive working environment both for consultant colleagues and for trainees, for whom we endeavour to provide the highest quality training opportunities. The trust runs a cross‑specialty mentoring scheme for new consultants, provides monthly well‑being webinars, and has open access to Occupational Health support. In addition, the successful applicant will be provided with a mentor from within the anaesthetic department.

Potential applicants are encouraged to visit and to seek further details on the operational aspects of the department.

Interview date: 3rd February 2026

Main duties of the job

The post will encompass a variety of anaesthetic subspecialties, with on‑call commitments at both Worcestershire Royal Hospital and The Alexandra Hospital, Redditch. On‑call work will cover emergency theatres at the Alexandra Hospital and emergency theatres and obstetrics at Worcestershire Royal Hospital. Further details are specified in the job description and person specification.

About us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital‑based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester.

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient‑centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation – this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Details

Date posted: 24 November 2025

Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade: Consultant

Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 a year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full‑time

Reference number: C9365-25-1027

Job locations: Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, WR51DD

Job responsibilities

This job description, together with the job plan, will be reviewed annually and agreed with the Clinical Director and Divisional Director, on behalf of the Chief Medical Officer, to ensure that it continually reflects the areas of work, clinical responsibility of the post and purchaser requirements.

• A suitably experienced post‑holder will be expected to provide a clinical service in the relevant specialty to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and to General Practitioners.
• The post‑holder will be expected to provide a service to patients of the Trust, General Practitioners and attend multi‑disciplinary meetings. The successful candidate will be expected to work within multi‑disciplinary teams in providing high quality clinical care. It is anticipated work will be undertaken on three sites and closer to the patients’ home. The Trust is seeking to extend services to GP surgeries/health centres etc and job plans may be revised in due course.
• The post‑holder will provide support to the A&E department and acute medicine to ensure timely appropriate care and patient flow through the hospital. The post‑holder will provide consultation and advisory service to clinical colleagues in the Trust and Primary Care.
• The post‑holder will attend Cross County and cross‑site meetings.
• The post‑holder will collaborate with colleagues to deliver a high quality, timely service and to work towards meeting the Trust’s and departmental objectives.
• The post‑holder will, if relevant, participate in the on‑call rota to ensure that both emergency and urgent services are provided out-of‑normal hours, to be shared equally with Consultant colleagues in post.
• The Trust would expect a consultant whilst undertaking on‑call duties to attend the hospital site to review patients when clinically necessary. The consultant on‑call must be prepared to attend willingly whenever requested to do so by a member of their medical and nursing team.
• The post‑holder, whilst undertaking weekend on‑call duties, will attend the hospital to undertake patient reviews.

Person Specification

Management and Administrative Experience – Essential

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
• Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist service
• Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities
• Ability to manage and lead the specialty firm and multi‑disciplinary team
• Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit

Management and Administrative Experience – Desirable

• Ability to manage and lead specialist unit and working parties as appropriate
• Ability to use evidence‑based and clinical audit to support decision making
• Management/leadership roles in training or previous posts
• Management/leadership qualification
• Implementing evidence‑based change to improve patient care

Teaching and Educational Experience – Essential

• Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines
• Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates
• Evidence of achieving GMC standards to be recognised as a clinical supervisor
• Active regular participation in teaching and training of medical and para‑medical colleagues

Teaching and Educational Experience – Desirable

• Ability to supervise postgraduate research
• Formal educational qualification
• Life support course instructor

Clinical Governance and Research Experience – Essential

• Consistent engagement with clinical audit and quality improvement
• Insightful reflective practice
• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
• An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiative

Clinical Governance and Research Experience – Desirable

• Presentation at regional and national meetings
• Publications in peer‑reviewed journal
• Significant involvement in clinical research
• Publications in relevant peer‑reviewed journals in the last 5 years
• Evidence of having undertaken original research

Qualifications – Essential

• Full GMC Registration with a Licence to practise.
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in Anaesthesia (or expected within 6 months of interview date) via CCT or CESR (CP), CESR or European Community Rights
• FRCA or equivalent diploma
• Success in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination or overseas equivalent

Qualifications – Desirable

• Higher degree
• Additional degree or post‑graduate qualification (MRCP, MD, etc)
• Postgraduate prizes
• ALS, ATLS, APLS, EPLS provider status
• Experience with anaesthesia for major urological procedures, including robotic surgery

Other Requirements – Essential

• An understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues
• Able to meet the travel requirements of the job and return to the hospital within 30 minutes when on call

Other Requirements – Desirable

• Member of medical indemnity organisation

Experience – Essential

• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining (UK) CCT in Anaesthesia
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Expertise in sub‑specialty

Experience – Desirable

• Special Interest training in General, Urology, Gynaecology surgery
• Special Interest training in Airway Management
• Special Interest training in Vascular Anaesthesia
• Special Interest training or significant experience in peri‑operative medicine
• Fellowship or significant experience in regional anaesthesia
• Experience in robotic surgery

Personal Attributes – Essential

• Ability to work in a team
• Enquiring, critical approach to work
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
• Commitment to Continuing Medical Education

Personal Attributes – Desirable

• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and, as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Worcestershire Royal Hospital

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

WR51DD

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/