Consultant Anaesthetist

The Anaesthetic department provides services to three sites - Worcestershire Royal Hospital (WRH), Alexandra Hospital, and Kidderminster Treatment Centre (KTC), encompassing all major specialities with a strong countywide working ethos. Recent surgical reconfiguration means most elective surgery will be delivered on the Alexandra Hospital site, while the majority of emergency, trauma and obstetric work will be on the WRH site. KTC functions as a day‑case and short‑stay surgical unit.

Applicants will be required to contribute to the general and obstetric on‑call rota. Clinical governance is fundamental to the operational delivery of anaesthetic services and the new appointee will be expected to contribute to clinical governance meetings (at present 11 per annum), audits and medical education including simulation training within the Trust. The department was proud to receive Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation (ACSA) in October 2018, recognising 100% compliance with ACSA standards, and recently re‑accredited.

All candidates must be eligible for full GMC registration and either already be on the Specialist Register or be within 6 months of receiving their CCT in Anaesthesia at the time of interview. FRCA (or equivalent) is an essential qualification for this post.

The Royal College of Anaesthetists approved the Job Description on the 24th July 2026

Please note that we have an in‑person AAC booked on the 17th November 2026.

The Anaesthetic Department welcomes applications from candidates with a broad range of anaesthetic interests. We would also be particularly interested to hear from candidates with an interest in Chronic Pain Management, given forthcoming opportunities to contribute to and support the Chronic Pain Management Service.

The post will encompass a variety of anaesthetic subspecialties, with on‑call commitments at both Worcestershire Royal Hospital and The Alexandra Hospital, Redditch. On‑call work will cover emergency theatres at the Alexandra Hospital and emergency theatres and obstetrics at Worcestershire Royal Hospital. Further details are specified in the job description and person specification below.

• 11 Operating Theatres (including 2 obstetric theatres and 1 ophthalmic theatre.)
• 15 intensive Care beds.

• 10 Operating Theatres (including 1 ophthalmic theatre.)
• 8 Intensive Care beds.

• 5 operating theatres (including 1 ophthalmic theatre.)
• 2 Treatment Rooms.
• Pre‑op assessment clinics on all sites.
• Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing clinic.

In  the trust performed 20150 elective procedures and 3786 emergency procedures countywide. There were 4804 births on the WRH site during this year.

New patient referrals to the Pain Management services are about 2000 per year.

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

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