Job overview

This is a new fixed term, 12 month post to support expansion of elective and emergency services. This is an opportunity to join a small but innovative and dynamic multi-disciplinary team providing ENT services at Wye Valley NHS Trust. 

Main duties of the job

The appointed doctor will work in outpatient clinics for both elective and emergency patients, as well as assisting in theatre. The role will involve reviewing routine ENT referrals under the guidance of a consultant. Timetabled and dedicated time for administrative tasks and continuing professional development are included in the job plan. Time will be spent in theatre developing surgical skills, we would expect the appointed doctor to work towards competence in core elective and emergency 
ENT surgical procedures (E.g. tonsillectomy, grommet insertion, pharyngolaryngoscopy and foreign body removal).

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.