Specialty Doctor General Surgery

1. The normal working day consists of covering the General Surgical wards from 8am-5pm.
2. You will be expected to actively participate in the management of the patients on the wards, outpatients, operating theatres and endoscopy. Your skills and acumen will be utilised in the investigation of patients, the formulation and execution of patient care plans as guided by your colleagues on the team. Ward rounds are daily.
3. Your participation in operating theatre and day case sessions is required and recommended. You will be able to carry out operative procedures under consultant supervision and be involved in the perioperative care of patients.
4. Your career development is important to us and study leave with a budget for appropriate courses is available in line with the other trainees.
5. You will be supported and expected to participate in audits, research, teaching and service improvement schemes
6. Participation in the registrar on-call rota.
7. It is prospective cover and therefore you will cover other colleagues in their absence.
8. Perform duties in the occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request of the appropriate Consultant in consultation, where practicable, with the doctor's colleagues both senior and junior.
9. The post-holder will undergo regular appraisal throughout the post and will be expected to undergo continuing professional development.
10. You will work collaboratively with colleagues to further develop and improve the service.

This post Speciality Doctor in General Surgery is for a surgeon who has had some experience of general surgery. It is useful for surgeons who are awaiting a training post and need to increase their experience and also for those who are not planning a consultant career. The post for Specialty Doctor in General Surgery would also be suitable for overseas surgeons wishing to spend some time working within the UK health service. This job is not formally recognised for training, although there is an on-going commitment from the surgical department to career development.

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.