NHS
Locum Consultant Vascular with specialist interest in Endovascular
NHS, Worcester, Massachusetts, us, 01609
Locum Consultant Vascular with specialist interest in Endovascular
The closing date is 22 January 2026
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking to recruit a Locum Consultant in Vascular. The post will have a special interest in Endovascular. The Directorate provides services across 3 hospital sites within the county of Worcestershire. The candidate will benefit from working within a friendly and experienced team of Consultants.
As a Trust we are actively involved in developing the training program for students from the Three Counties Medical School based in Worcester which opened in September 2023. We look forward to establishing links with the new Medical School in addition to well-established relationships with the University of Birmingham and the University of Warwick.
Main duties of the job The 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.
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 over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
Better never stops, and we are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flexible 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.
Job responsibilities
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 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 Trusts 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 Qualifications
Full GMC Registration with a Licence to practice.
Entry on Specialist Register in Vascular Surgery.
(or expected within 6 months of interview date)
Experience
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
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.
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.
Other requirements
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.
Research Experience
Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiative.
Publications in relevant peer‑reviewed journals in the last 5 years.
Evidence of having undertaken original research.
Personal Attributes
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.
Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local regional or national levels.
Teaching Experience
Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines.
Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates.
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.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
£109,725 to £145,478 a year On‑call availability supplement where applicable
Contract Fixed term
Duration 6 months
Working pattern Full‑time, Part‑time, Job share, Flexible working
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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking to recruit a Locum Consultant in Vascular. The post will have a special interest in Endovascular. The Directorate provides services across 3 hospital sites within the county of Worcestershire. The candidate will benefit from working within a friendly and experienced team of Consultants.
As a Trust we are actively involved in developing the training program for students from the Three Counties Medical School based in Worcester which opened in September 2023. We look forward to establishing links with the new Medical School in addition to well-established relationships with the University of Birmingham and the University of Warwick.
Main duties of the job The 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.
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 over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
Better never stops, and we are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flexible 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.
Job responsibilities
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 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 Trusts 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 Qualifications
Full GMC Registration with a Licence to practice.
Entry on Specialist Register in Vascular Surgery.
(or expected within 6 months of interview date)
Experience
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
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.
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.
Other requirements
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.
Research Experience
Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiative.
Publications in relevant peer‑reviewed journals in the last 5 years.
Evidence of having undertaken original research.
Personal Attributes
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.
Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local regional or national levels.
Teaching Experience
Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines.
Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates.
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.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
£109,725 to £145,478 a year On‑call availability supplement where applicable
Contract Fixed term
Duration 6 months
Working pattern Full‑time, Part‑time, Job share, Flexible working
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