Job overview

This is  an opportunity to join a dynamic department of 13 consultants who sub-specialise in Upper limb, Lower limb and Foot and Ankle.

 Herefordshire is a beautiful county of rolling landscape and this job should provide you with a good work life balance.

This is primarily a service job but you will be encouraged and supported to take the FRCS (T&O) exam should you wish.

WVT has a higher than national average of  success rate for CESR / Portfolio Pathway registration of SAS doctors. This is primarily due to the fact we have a bespoke CESR / Portfolio Pathway ES scheme funded by the education directorate and SAS doctors receive individual support from the SAS tutor to help with the collation of evidence for registration, including important yearly updates at our WVT SAS conference on how to submit a successful application.

Please note: Fixed Contract period August 2025 – February 2026 (Possibility of later start upon negotiation)

Main duties of the job

You will participate fully in the out-patient, ward and theatre management of both elective and emergency admissions under the supervision of your named consultant.

You will advise and supervise Junior Staff on clinical matters.

You are second on-call. You will respond appropriately to referrals from your juniors and other departments. You are not on the Trauma Team.

You will attend the Trauma Meeting most weekdays. Every day when on Trauma Week, on-call or the day after on-call. Seven days a week we start with a Trauma Meeting which is part business, part educational. All the admissions from the previous 24 hours are discussed.

You will also perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances, at the request of the particular consultant, in consultation where practicable with your colleagues both senior and junior.

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.