Consultant Rheumatologist

Go back Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

The closing date is 12 February 2026

Please note, this Job Description is pending Royal College approval.

This is an excellent opportunity to join the Rheumatology team as we look to expand and develop our core service. The Rheumatology hub is based at Worcestershire Royal Hospital with its own dedicated day-case and outpatient facilities. Clinics are also held at other Trusts and community sites:
Alexandra Hospital Redditch;
Kidderminster Treatment Centre;
Evesham Community Hospital; and Malvern Community Hospital.

The department covers all aspects of Rheumatological disease with a high case mix of inflammatory and autoimmune disease. The specialist interests of the existing team have supported a number of specialist clinics, including early inflammatory arthritis, osteoporosis and a combined renal clinic for connective tissue disease and vasculitis. A fast track giant cell arteritis clinic with access to temporal artery/axillary ultrasound is well established.

The department holds a comprehensive weekly MDT that supports a holistic approach to patient care and includes all our professional staff working as a cohesive team. There is a rolling programme of clinical education, clinical governance and departmental business meetings.

Interested candidates should contact Dr Caroline Cardy,  for further information about the role.

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

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

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.

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.
• The post-holder will attend cross county and cross site meetings.
• The…