Job summary
The post provides excellent medical experience, teaching, and opportunities for learning. The post's scheduled hours conform to guidance on junior doctors' hours.
Main duties of the job
Whilst on duty, the post holder has clinical and professional responsibility for their patients. It is also the duty of the post holder to:
- Keep patients (and/or their carers as appropriate) informed about their condition.
- Involve patients and/or their carers if appropriate in decision making about their treatment.
- Maintain professional standards and obligations as set out from time to time by the General Medical Council and comply in particular with the GMC's guidance on "Good Medical Practice".
- The post holder will be responsible for carrying out any work related to and reasonably incidental to the duties set out in their Job Plan such as:
- The keeping of records and the provision of reports
- The proper delegation of tasks
- Maintaining skills and knowledge
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT and the George Eliot Hospital 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 wed 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.
The Trust encourages applications from people outside of the NHS and welcomes the valuable experiences and skills they can bring to the organisation.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Acute Medicine in Hereford is at the forefront of improving the patient experience and journey through the hospital. Acute Medicine is responsible for the Acute Medical Unit (a 24 bedded inpatient unit), Same Day Emergency Care and the acute on call service. The recently opened Acute Medicine virtual ward represent further recent investment and innovation led by the acute medical team. The Acute Medicine team work within the broader acute floor and works closely with the Emergency medical team and the broader unplanned care service across the county.
The Acute Medical service is well supported by Hospital at Home (providing outpatient intravenous therapy), a GP pathway for DVT, Clinical Nurse Specialists in Cardiology, Respiratory, Stroke, Diabetes, Oncology and Gastroenterology. The Acute Medical team consists of junior doctors (both training and non-training grades), Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Physician Associates (PA).
Hereford County Hospital has an average of 40 medical admissions per day. This is an exciting time in Medicine in Hereford with big plans for change and improvement.
This post provides core training and development in general internal medicine on a fixed term basis and would be ideal to work towards successful completion of CESR application. Additional opportunities to work towards CESR completion in Acute Internal Medicine/ Geriatric Medicine would be encouraged. Progress towards CESR in other physicianly specialties will be considered on an individual basis.
Training opportunities in line with the 2022 Internal medicine stage 2 curriculum will be available and the postholder will be supervised by a designated Educational Supervisor. The requirements of the curriculum means the acute medical take, as well as SDEC and inpatient care of medical patients, will form the core experiences of this post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Acute Medicine in Hereford is at the forefront of improving the patient experience and journey through the hospital. Acute Medicine is responsible for the Acute Medical Unit (a 24 bedded inpatient unit), Same Day Emergency Care and the acute on call service. The recently opened Acute Medicine virtual ward represent further recent investment and innovation led by the acute medical team. The Acute Medicine team work within the broader acute floor and works closely with the Emergency medical team and the broader unplanned care service across the county.
The Acute Medical service is well supported by Hospital at Home (providing outpatient intravenous therapy), a GP pathway for DVT, Clinical Nurse Specialists in Cardiology, Respiratory, Stroke, Diabetes, Oncology and Gastroenterology. The Acute Medical team consists of junior doctors (both training and non-training grades), Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Physician Associates (PA).
Hereford County Hospital has an average of 40 medical admissions per day. This is an exciting time in Medicine in Hereford with big plans for change and improvement.
This post provides core training and development in general internal medicine on a fixed term basis and would be ideal to work towards successful completion of CESR application. Additional opportunities to work towards CESR completion in Acute Internal Medicine/ Geriatric Medicine would be encouraged. Progress towards CESR in other physicianly specialties will be considered on an individual basis.
Training opportunities in line with the 2022 Internal medicine stage 2 curriculum will be available and the postholder will be supervised by a designated Educational Supervisor. The requirements of the curriculum means the acute medical take, as well as SDEC and inpatient care of medical patients, will form the core experiences of this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration Licence to Practice.
Desirable
- MRCP (UK) or equivalent qualification.
Aptitudes
Essential
- Good communicator both oral and written.
- Demonstrates success of working within and leading a multi-disciplinary team.
- Enthusiasm for service development and for teaching.
- Flexible outlook on working hours
Desirable
- Management skills
- Willingness to adapt to the needs of the Department and development of services
Experience/ Training
Essential
- Appropriate experience in Cardiology. Four years of postgraduate training, two of which must be in a relevant specialty.
Desirable
- Interest in Audit & management experience in Cardiology
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration Licence to Practice.
Desirable
- MRCP (UK) or equivalent qualification.
Aptitudes
Essential
- Good communicator both oral and written.
- Demonstrates success of working within and leading a multi-disciplinary team.
- Enthusiasm for service development and for teaching.
- Flexible outlook on working hours
Desirable
- Management skills
- Willingness to adapt to the needs of the Department and development of services
Experience/ Training
Essential
- Appropriate experience in Cardiology. Four years of postgraduate training, two of which must be in a relevant specialty.
Desirable
- Interest in Audit & management experience in Cardiology
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
