Job responsibilities
GENERAL BACKGROUND
Worcestershire is a largely rural County, with four main towns - Bromsgrove, Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
- lying between the Cotswolds, Welsh Border and Birmingham. There are four further substantial market towns of
Droitwich, Evesham, Malvern and Pershore. Acute medical services are provided by two District General Hospitals, a
Treatment Centre and a number of Community hospitals.
The major motorway network of the M42, M5 and M6 provide excellent links to the rest of the West Midlands. Local
leisure facilities are well developed and the area has easy access to Birmingham/Solihull where the National Indoor
Arena, International Convention Centre with the Birmingham Symphony Hall and the National Exhibition Centre are
located. Stratford and the Royal Shakespeare Company are on the doorstep. Worcester City lying on the banks of the
River Severn has the world famous cathedral, County Cricket Ground, Premiership Rugby and is home to the Royal
Worcester Porcelain Factory. The Malvern Hills and the Wyre Forest are in the locality.
Worcestershire has many sites of historical interest and natural beauty. The economy of the county is based on
agriculture, horticulture, light engineering and increasingly service industries.
There are a number of high quality state and private schools across the county and the University of Worcester is
continuing to expand and develop. The University has a £100m investment programme to provide for new, improved
and refurbished facilities. Recently completed projects include its new City Campus, home to the Worcester Business
School.
TRUST PROFILE
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust runs services from three main hospital sites: The Alexandra Hospital,
Redditch; Kidderminster Hospital and Treatment Centre; and The Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
We also run some services and clinics at The Princess of Wales Hospital, Bromsgrove (outpatient clinics); Evesham
Community Hospital (Burlingham Ward); Malvern Community Hospital (outpatient clinics); and Tenbury Community
Hospital (outpatient clinics).
We have three main commissioners: Redditch and Bromsgrove Clinical Commissioning Group; South Worcestershire
Clinical Commissioning Group; and Wyre Forest Clinical Commissioning Group.
We have an annual budget of £350million and service a population of more than 550,000 providing a wide range of
surgical, medical and rehabilitation services. We have nearly 6,000 staff and provide services predominantly to the
people of Worcestershire. However, patients do also come from further afield, most notably from Herefordshire,
Dudley, South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Birmingham. Every year we care for nearly 800,000 patients
including 90,000 people who need operations, 130,000 people in A&E and 500,000 outpatients. More than 6,300
babies are born in our Trust every year.
ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL, REDDITCH
The Alexandra Hospital in Redditch opened in 1985. It serves a population of approximately 200,000 and has 360 beds.
The hospital is the major centre for the countys urology service. The hospital has seven operating theatres, MRI and
CT scanners and cancer unit status for breast, lung, urology, gynaecology and colorectal cancers. There is a multidisciplinary education centre with library, teaching and study areas.
Our plan for the Alexandra Hospital is to increase the amount of planned elective activity carried out at the hospital,
especially in orthopaedics
KIDDERMINSTER TREATMENT CENTRE
Kidderminster Hospital houses Kidderminster Treatment Centre which offers outstanding clinical facilities and patient
accommodation for a wide range of daycase, short stay and inpatient procedures. The nurse-led minor injuries service
is open 24 hours a day and treats more than 2,000 patients every month. It can deal with a wide variety of injuries
including simple fractures, soft tissue injuries, lacerations, bites, burns and scaled. Other facilities at the Kidderminster
site include a full range of outpatient clinics including outpatient cancer treatment in the Millbrook Suite MRI and
CT scanners and a renal dialysis unit. There is also a modern education centre with seminar rooms, IT suite, library and
break out areas.
Our plan for Kidderminster is to increase the number of daycase, short stay and inpatient procedures performed and
for it to become an elective centre for the Trust.
WORCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL
Worcestershire Royal Hospital is the latest of the Trusts three sites. The main hospital was built under the private
finance initiative (PFI) and opened in 2002. It provides specialist services for the whole of Worcestershire including
stroke services and cardiac stenting. The hospital has nine operating theatres including four laminar theatres. It has a
level 2 neonatal intensive care unit and a cardiac catheterisation laboratory. The 24/7 Primary Percutaneous Coronary
Intervention (PPCI) service began in October 2013. It has 500 beds and serves a population of more than 550,000.
The countys brand new, state-of-the-art Oncology Centre was officially opened by HRH the Princess Royal in April
2015. Developed in partnership with University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, the £25 million Worcestershire
Oncology Centre will enable 95 per cent of radiotherapy to be delivered within Worcestershire. For patients, their
families and their carers, who previously had to travel to Coventry, Cheltenham or Wolverhampton for radiotherapy
treatment, cancer services will be more accessible than ever, saving an estimated one million miles of travel every
year.
The Meadow Birth Centre has four birthing rooms and up to 1,000 women are expected to give birth in the unit every
year. The brand new £500,000 birth centre is run by 14 experienced midwives and 7 maternity support workers, and
opened in March 2015. The Centre offers a safe and comfortable environment for low risk women who have had no
complications or medical problems during their pregnancy to give birth in. University of Worcester Vice Chancellor
Professor David Green has praised the Meadow Birth Centre following a visit to celebrate the success of a joint working
partnership.
Our plan for the Worcestershire Royal is for it to specialise in more complex services for patients from across the
county, giving them access to services that they would previously have had to travel out of county for. We have
recently opened our state-of-the-art Worcestershire Oncology Centre, which will provide radiotherapy services in
county for the first time. Other developments include a dedicated Breast Unit - opening this year.
MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE OF THE TRUST
Overall responsibility for the Trust rests with the Trust Board. Operationally the Trust is divided into six divisions
Specialist Medicine, Urgent Care, Surgery, Womens and Childrens, Specialised Clinical Services Division and
Corporate. Services are run on a countywide basis.
DUTIES/BACKGROUND OF THE POST
This post would be suitable for applicants who are wishing to gain experience in vascular surgery at registrar/middle
grade level after completion of a recognised general training scheme and obtaining full MRCS qualifications (or
equivalent). It will be an opportunity to gain exposure across a wide range of vascular conditions and services and
serve as a useful stepping board to further specialty training.
The successful candidate will work at ST3+ level. It is anticipated that the weekly timetable will comprise both
timetabled service activity (e.g. ward rounds and outpatient clinics) supporting and overseeing the work of the FH01
and FH02 doctors on the team as well as bleep free procedural training opportunities. Successful candidates will be
expected to be on call on a one in six frequency non-resident with prospective cover. Assessment /admission of
emergencies in A&E, vascular assessment unit, surgical wards and outlying wards is required when on-call. There will
be a responsibility for the maintenance of proper case records and investigations on patients, and correspondence
with General Practitioners and others as required.
The Vascular team is friendly, supportive and approachable with a commitment to training. Medical students from
the University of Birmingham and Warwick Medical School are placed in Worcestershire Royal Hospital, and you will
be expected to provide formal and informal teaching.
The successful applicant will be expected to undertake a QI project and audits in an area of their interest, supported
by a consultant and develop protocols and pathways.
Weekly protected time will be built in to the job plan to enable the applicant to undertake projects, clinical
governance activity, continuing professional development activity and non-clinical activity.
