Position Overview & Specifications

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.