Job overview

Wye Valley NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Consultant to join the Gastroenterology and Hepatology team at Hereford County Hospital on a 12-month fixed term basis. 

This is an excellent opportunity to join a friendly, supportive and well-established service within a progressive District General Hospital. The successful candidate will work alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team and contribute to the delivery of high-quality Gastroenterology and Hepatology services across inpatient, outpatient and endoscopy settings. 

The services are well-developed with an established team of Consultant Gastroenterologists & Hepatologists, Specialist Registrars, Resident Doctors, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Physician Associates, and more. The department has developed a number of nurse-led and consultant-supervised services.

The department provides a comprehensive range of Gastroenterology and Hepatology diagnostic and therapeutic services. 

The post will provide a varied clinical role, with opportunities to undertake inpatient Consultant of the Week responsibilities, outpatient clinics and endoscopy, alongside participation in the GI Bleed on-call rota. The existing Consultant of the week and GI bleed arrangements operate on a 1:8 basis. There is no mandatory Acute Medicine on-call commitment associated with the role. 

The precise duties and job plan for the locum appointment will be agreed with the successful candidate accordingly. 

Main duties of the job

The successful Consultant Gastroenterologist will provide high-quality specialist clinical care to patients referred to the Gastroenterology and Hepatology service at Hereford County Hospital. 

The main duties of the post will include;

• Providing Consultant-level clinical assessment, diagnosis and management of patients with Gastroenterology conditions. 
• Participating in the Gastroenterology Consultant of the Week service, providing senior clinical leadership and decision-making for inpatients. 
• Undertaking diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy in accordance with the candidate's experience, competencies and agreed clinical commitments. 
• Participating in the GI Bleed on-call rota, including the assessment and management of patients requiring urgent endoscopic intervention, such as patients presenting with gastrointestinal bleeding. 
• Providing specialist advice through the department's electronic Advice & Guidance and referral triage services, where included within the agreed job plan. 
• Reviewing investigation results and undertaking associated clinical correspondence and administration. 
• Contributing to safe and effective patient pathways, ensuring appropriate investigation, treatment, follow-up and referral. 
• Supporting the education and supervision of junior medical staff and other healthcare professionals where appropriate. 
• Work in accordance with Wye Valley NHS Trust policies, procedures and clinical governance arrangements. 

Working for our organisation

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals 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 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its 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.