Job Description

We have an excellent opportunity to join the Geriatric Medicine team here at Hereford Hospital. Within these positions you will be working within the Frailty block.



Important information



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Attainments & Qualifications

Presentations & Posters

Teaching

Quality Improvement

Dedication to Specialty



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This is an exciting opportunity for anyone interested in Geriatric Medicine to work with a growing team in Hereford to deliver excellent clinical care in a department focussed on training and career development.



This is an ideal job for doctors wishing to take a year out from training or getting more experience in Geriatric Medicine, with clinical supervision and support for portfolio interests available to help with future career development.



This posts will provide excellent medical experience, teaching, and opportunities for learning.



The post will not include participation in the acute medical on call rota.



The post will be fixed term until start of August 2026 in the first instance, mutually agreed extension may be available.



This post may close early if we receive a high volume of interest.



Clinical



The post holder will be working in the Frailty Block within Geriatric medicine gaining experience in all aspects of inpatient Geriatric medicine. Weekend cover of Geriatric medicine will be on a one in four rota.



Non-clinical



Supervision and support of doctors in training and ACPs as appropriate to experience and competence. Quality improvement, education and training and audit will be supported in development of a high quality acute medicine service within the trust.



All posts are whole-time. However part time/ job share will be considered.



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.



Please see the main duties described above and the job description attached for further details about these roles.