Job overview

This is a fixed term appointment for a period of one year based wholly at Wye Valley NHS Trust in Hereford where the successful applicant will join our friendly and enthusiastic education team whilst also spending half of their time in a clinical specialty: we are offering a post in Anaesthesia at CT3/ ST3 equivalent level. Appointees will be expected to participate in the resident out-of-hours on-call rota which may be in theatre anaesthesia (1^st on), Obstetric Anaesthesia (2^nd on) or Intensive Care Medicine (3^rd on): these duties form the long days and nights of a full shift rota, with the normal working days spent in the Education team based at the Postgraduate Medical Centre.

This post is designed to support development in medical education for the post-holder through planning and delivery of teaching to medical students, junior doctors and multidisciplinary teams, whilst maintaining and progressing with clinical experience within anaesthesia. We also encourage and financially support the successful candidate to complete a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education (or equivalent credits).

Main duties of the job

We offer Consultant-led training opportunities with additional support to undertake management and leadership training, quality improvement projects, research, regional & national presentations and publication.

There are two fully equipped Simulation Suites including and a new multi-professional Clinical Skills and Simulation Academy. The Trust launched an Education Directorate in 2021 which supports and promotes shared learning across professional groups. We receive students from the Universities of Birmingham, Aston, Worcester and the Three Counties Medical School.

We have an extremely high number of Fellows who successfully use this year to springboard into competitive national training schemes, and are proud to have some of the best student feedback in the region.

"With the support of the faculty, this job allows you to maximise your portfolio of educational activities, undertake the PGCert with sponsorship should you choose to, and keep up clinical skills by remaining on the on call rota in your parent specialty." NT, Anaesthetic Senior Clinical Education Fellow on receiving preferred ST4 training post.

We combine these excellent educational and clinical opportunities with the friendly, supportive nature of a small district general hospital and the beauty of life in the Wye Valley.

Working for our organisation

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.

Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.

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.