Job Description

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.



Please be aware that this is a fixed term post for 6 months only. The successful candidate will be expected to start on 6th August 2025 and remain in post until 03 February 2026.



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



This is a post is based between the Acute Medical Unit and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC). The post holder will be clinically supervised by the Acute Physicians with overall accountability to the Lead for Acute Medicine and Service Unit Director for Urgent Care. Hereford provides an excellent broad based training in general medicine within a very friendly and supportive department. The weekly timetable for this post is indicative only, and will be adjusted to suit the educational needs of the post holder and any changes in the departmental service arrangements.



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.



This is a post is based between the Acute Medical Unit and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC). The post holder will be clinically supervised by the Acute Physicians with overall accountability to the Lead for Acute Medicine and Service Unit Director for Urgent Care. Hereford provides an excellent broad based training in general medicine within a very friendly and supportive department. The weekly timetable for this post is indicative only, and will be adjusted to suit the educational needs of the post holder and any changes in the departmental service arrangements.



The Acute Medical Unit (AMU) and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) are being further developed to reshape the flow of acute admissions through the hospital with more emphasis on senior front of house decision making, early diagnostics and assessment and admissions avoidance. The rota will be discussed at interview and finalised on appointment. In addition, the post can be adapted to suit the successful candidate.



You will be working on the on-call rota on a 1:18 basis. Your average weekly hours will be 45 : 15, doing a mixture of on-calls and night shifts.