Consultant Vascular Surgeon
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Worcester, WR5 1DD
Salary
£113,565 to £150,569
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
17 September 2026
17 days left
Job description
An exceptional opportunity has arisen for an ambitious Consultant Vascular Surgeon to join a high-performing vascular unit delivering excellent outcom...
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.
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 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, General Practitioners and to 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.
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 committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.
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.
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
- CCT
- European Community Rights
- Success in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination or overseas equivalent
Desirable
- Higher degree
How to apply
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Provenance
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First seen
28 August 2026
Last checked
31 August 2026
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