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Consultant in Respiratory Medicine
The closing date is 12 August 2025
We are a large organisation providing acute services from the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch, Kidderminster Hospital & Treatment Centre and Worcestershire Royal Hospital to a population of 580,000 people in Worcestershire - as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and further afield. We also run some facilities at Evesham and
Malvern Community Hospitals. Our workforce is nearly 6,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care.
You could be one of them.
Outpatient services are currently provided in dedicated clinic areas in Alexandra Hospital, Princess of Wales Hospital Bromsgrove and in clinic suites at BHI Parkside, Bromsgrove. The Respiratory Medicine ward (Ward 5) is a 26 bedded ward, which includes a dedicated 4 bedded respiratory 12 high care unit (Marlow Unit).An ultrasound machine is available for pleural procedures.
As part of the Consultant Advisory Appointment Committee, shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide a 5 minute presentation on the topic:Challengesfacing respiratory medicine in the next decade.
This JD was approved on 16th July 2025
Interested candidates are invited to contact Dr Will Foster to discussthe opportunity.
AAC Interview date: Tuesday 23rd September 2025
Main duties of the job
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. To 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
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 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
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 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.
Please see Job description under supporting information.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Full GMC Registration with a Licence to practise. Entry on Specialist Register in General (Internal) Medicine and Respiratory Medicine (or CCT expected within 6 months of interview date)
* Success in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination or overseas equivalent
Experience
* Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining (UK) CCT in Respiratory
* 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
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
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
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
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 yearOn-call availability supplement where applicable
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time,Part-time,Job share,Flexible working
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