Consultant Anaesthetist: Sponsorship Available

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Job summary

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. Clinical governance is fundamental to the
operational delivery of anaesthetic services and the new appointee will be
expected to contribute to clinical governance meetings (at present 11 per
annum), audits and medical education including simulation training within the
Trust. The department was proud to receive Anaesthesia Clinical Services
Accreditation (ACSA) in October 2018, recognising 100% compliance with ACSA
standards, and recently re-accredited. 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 Royal College of Anaesthetists approved the Job Description on the 24th July 2026

Please note that we have an in-person AAC booked on the 17th November 2026.

Main duties of the job

The Anaesthetic Department welcomes applications from candidates with a broad range of anaesthetic interests. We would also be particularly interested to hear from candidates with an interest in Chronic Pain Management, given forthcoming opportunities to contribute to and support the Chronic Pain Management Service.

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 below

Facilities and
equipment

Worcestershire Royal Hospital

  • 11 Operating Theatres
    (including 2 obstetric theatres and 1 ophthalmic theatre.)
  • 15 intensive Care beds.

Alexandra Hospital, Redditch

  • 10 Operating Theatres
    (including 1 ophthalmic theatre.)
  • 8 Intensive Care beds.

Kidderminster Treatment Centre

  • 5 operating theatres
    (including 1 ophthalmic theatre.)
  • 2 Treatment Rooms.
  • Pre-op assessment
    clinics on all sites.
  • Cardiopulmonary
    Exercise Testing clinic.

Activity data

In 2025-2026 the trust
performed 20150 elective procedures and 3786 emergency procedures countywide.
There were 4804 births on the WRH site during this year.

New patient referrals
to the Pain Management services are about 2000 per year.

Person Specification

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 European Community Rights.
  • Success in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination or overseas equivalent.

Desirable

  • Higher degree.

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.

Desirable

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

Experience

Essential

  • Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining (UK) CCT in Anaesthesia.
  • Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on 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

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.

Desirable

  • Ability to manage and lead specialist unit and working parties as appropriate.
  • Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making.

Research Experience

Essential

  • Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
  • An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiative.

Desirable

  • Publications in relevant peer- reviewed journals in the last 5 years.
  • Evidence of having undertaken original research.

Teaching Experience

Essential

  • Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines.
  • Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates.

Desirable

  • Ability to supervise postgraduate research.

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 the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 18 October 2026

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.