Consultant in Acute Medicine in Worcester inWorcester PUBLISHED TUE 1 APR 2025 Jump to job information section

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking to recruit a Consultant in Acute Medicine. Successful candidates will join a team of 8 consultants. Successful candidates can discuss their specialty interest on appointment. 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, Matrons, Foundation Trainees, Core Medical Trainees, Acute Medicine Registrars, Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs), and Physician Associates.

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.

As part of the Consultant Advisory Appointment Committee, shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide a 5 minute presentation on the topic:

"What are your interests outside of Medicine and in what way does this support a healthy wellbeing."

AAC interview date: 22nd May 2025(face to face)

For more information or to arrange an informal discussion, please contact:

Dr David Brocklebank Clinical Director Countywide & Clinical Lead ALX or Dr Sabina Moolla Clinical Lead WRH.

This job description was approved by the Royal College of Physicians on 26th June 2024.

• Assessment and early management of patients referred from Primary Care and Emergency Departments.
• Work in the Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) and Ambulatory Emergency Care (AEC) units, which provide 24/7 and daytime emergency care, respectively.
• Participate in the continuous development of acute care services and pathways, ensuring high-quality, patient-centred care.

What We Offer:

• Specialty Interests: We encourage applicants to discuss their specialty interests, with the opportunity to develop these during your appointment.
• Flexible Working: We offer flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• Teaching and Academic Development: Active involvement in the Three Counties Medical School, with opportunities to mentor students and contribute to teaching.
• Opportunities for leadership roles, clinical education, and involvement in service redesign and improvement initiatives.

Benefits:

• Relocation Support: We offer a generous relocation package to assist with your move to Worcestershire.
• Competitive Salary: Salary in line with NHS consultant pay scales, with the potential for additional earnings based on experience and specialty contributions.
• Professional Development: We support ongoing professional development with access to conferences, CME activities, and mandatory training.

About us

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.