Job overview

Wye Valley NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity for a Specialty Doctor interested in a career in Breast Surgery to join a team of accomplished Surgeons to support delivery of high-quality care to our Breast Surgery patients. This is a full-time 10PA post. The department offers extensive opportunities to support consultants both in a clinic environment and in theatres, with access to complex procedures. This is a substantive post. 

 

Applicants must have MRCS (or equivalent) and have a minimum of 4 years' full-time postgraduate training (or part-time equivalent), at least 2 years of which will be in a training programme in Breast Surgery or as a fixed term specialty trainee in Breast Surgery; or shall have equivalent experience and competencies. Previous experience in Breast Surgery is essential.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Duties:

 

• Contributing to the care of in-patients and outpatients clinics, along with theatre assistance and administrative duties associated with the care of patients. Independent operating lists will be expected with experience in post.

 

• To actively contribute in MDT meetings, including preparation and presentation of cases.

 

• To develop enhanced clinical skills, especially in the assessment and management of acutely ill patients.

 

• To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team.

 

• To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.

 

Organisational duties:

 

• To work with local managers and professional colleagues in the employing Trust in the efficient running of the service.

 

• To be subject to the provisions of the Terms and Conditions of Service, be required to observe the Trust’s agreed policies and procedures, drawn up in consultation with the profession on clinical matters and to follow the local and national employment and personnel policies and procedures.

 

• To be aware of the responsibility of all employees to maintain a safe and healthy environment for patients, visitors and staff and attend all relevant health and safety training.

 

• Ensure that all Trust-wide standards are maintained to improve the quality of total care to all who come into contact with services provided by Wye Valley NHS Trust.

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.