The Emergency Department at Hereford County Hospital currently has approximately 70,000 attendances per year. It is a Major Trauma Unit and incorporates a Children & Young Peoples’ Emergency Department. We currently have 16.59 WTE Specialty Doctors, 15.21 WTE Doctors working on the Junior tier, 4 ACPs and 8 ENPs. We have recently been able to secure funding to expand the Specialty Doctor tier to 24 WTE and increase to 8 ACPs, as well as staffing our Urgent Treatment Centre stream 0800-1800 5 days a week.
The post could be filled on a whole or part-time basis, and any candidate who is unable to work full time will still be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job plan will be discussed.
One of our consultants shared their experience , stating "I found and continue to find the team at Hereford ED to be supportive, friendly and dedicated to improving patient care despite the many challenges we face."
Interview Date - TBC
The Consultants are based at the Hereford County Hospital site and provide Emergency Services for patients attending the Emergency Department. This service will include the reception, resuscitation and initial diagnosis of patients, together with the provision of treatment, appropriate referral and discharge of the patient - either back to the community, General Practitioner, outpatients, or admission. As a Senior Leader within the Trust we are looking for motivated and forward thinking engaged Clinical staff to work within the teams to develop and encourage this new way of working. A key role of the shop floor Consultant is to support the single clerking and to support flow.
Together with the other EM Consultants, the post holder will be required to provide 24hr out of hours cover for the Emergency Department. This is currently provided by mutual arrangement on a flexible rota of 1:6, although increasing recruitment will allow this frequency to be reduced .
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.
Participation in clinical meetings and post-graduate activities in the Trust
Supervision, teaching and training of junior medical staff, nurse practitioners, physicians' assistants, nursing and other staff in and out of the department. This will include training of students attached to the department
Contribute to postgraduate and continuing education locally and nationally
Assisting in the provision of managerial and administrative services to the ED
Delivery of duties in the Major Incident plan and contribution to further updating of this in conjunction with the Major Incident Planning Group
The post-holder will also demonstrate a firm commitment to the principles of clinical governance, including:
Developing and maintaining appropriate systems and practice to ensure effective clinical audit in Emergency Medicine
Attending and contributing to the Trust's Clinical Effectiveness Programme
Participating in the Trust's Clinical Incident Reporting system
Support Quality Improvement Projects and the introduction of new technology/advances in clinical practice
Developing a programme of personal continuing professional education, development and, if appropriate, research within available resources and within the workload and priorities of the service as agreed with Consultant colleagues and senior managers
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