Consultant Vascular Surgeon: Sponsorship Available

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Job summary

An exceptional opportunity has arisen for an ambitious Consultant Vascular Surgeon to join a high-performing vascular unit delivering excellent outcomes, high-volume practice and truly integrated multidisciplinary care across Worcestershire and Herefordshire.

Based at Worcestershire Royal Hospital, you will become part of a well-established consultant-led service providing 24/7 elective and emergency vascular care to a population of around 850,000. This is an exciting time to join the team, with ambitious plans to further develop the service, including a state-of-the-art hybrid theatre, expanding endovascular opportunities and strong academic links with the Three Counties Medical School.

You will work alongside an experienced and supportive teamconsultant vascular surgeons in a GMC-accredited training centre with an excellent reputation for quality, innovation and collaboration. The unit consistently delivers excellent clinical outcomes, ranks among the top 10 nationally for elective infrarenal AAA repair volume, and offers the opportunity to shape the future of vascular care within a progressive regional network.

As part of the Consultant Advisory Appointment Committee, shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide a 5 minute presentation on the topic: Delivering High-Quality Vascular Care: My Vision for Worcestershire and Herefordshire

AAC Interview date: 08/10/2026

Please note that the Job Description is pending Royal College approval.

Main duties of the job

This is a replacement post within a well-established and supportive vascular team.

The successful applicant will:

  • Deliver a comprehensive vascular surgical service, including elective and emergency care, to patients across the Trust and referring primary care services
  • Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to provide safe, effective, and timely patient care
  • Undertake regular outpatient clinics across Worcestershire Royal Hospital and Alexandra Hospital, Redditch
  • Participate in a weekly arterial operating list at WRH, with opportunities for dual consultant operating and mentoring where appropriate
  • Contribute to a fortnightly day-case list (half-day), primarily for venous or minor arterial procedures
  • Have the opportunity to develop and participate in surgeon-led endovascular (angioplasty) lists depending on experience and service needs
  • Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings, governance, and audit activity.
  • Provide expert advice to colleagues within the Trust and to primary care practitioners
  • Support emergency pathways, including A&E and acute medicine, to ensure timely patient flow
  • Contribute to cross-site and cross-county working, with services delivered closer to patients homes wherever possible

This role offers an excellent opportunity to develop subspecialty interests within a supportive environment.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining (UK) CCT in Vascular
  • 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

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

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

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

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full GMC Registration with a Licence to practise.
  • Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in Vascular (or expected within 6 months of interview date) via
  • oCCT
  • oEuropean Community Rights
  • Success in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination or overseas equivalent

Desirable

  • Higher degree

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: 17 September 2026

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