Job summary

12 month fixed term Maternity Cover

Join Wye Valley NHS Trust as a Band 8a Senior Pharmacist - Frailty and lead the delivery of specialist clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation services across the Frailty Directorate. Working closely with medical, nursing and pharmacy colleagues, you will champion safe, effective, evidence-based and patient-centred medicines use, support care across hospital and primary care settings, and lead service development, medicines safety, audit and quality improvement. You will also manage and develop junior pharmacy staff and deliver training to multidisciplinary teams. We are looking for a pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council, with significant relevant post-registration clinical experience, a postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent experience, and strong communication and leadership skills. You should hold an independent prescribing qualification or be prepared to work towards this within 12 months of starting, with Trust support. The role includes participation in rotational weekend, bank holiday and on-call services.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

o Lead and support the pharmacy Service provided to the Frailty Directorateo Work closely with the consultant workforce, the lead and specialist nurses, and other staff members associated with the pharmacy service to the Frailty Directorateo Be responsible for coordinating pharmacy clinical services to the Directorate, oversee and investigate medicines related safety incidents in the Directorate, monitor financial and clinical governance in the Directorate.o Lead on evidence-based prescribing advice to ensure effective, appropriate, sustainable, cost-effective and safe use of medicines and promote patient-centred care for all patients.o To lead on guidelines for the prescribing, administration and storage of surgical related medicines to facilitate good practice within the Frailty Directorate, within the Acute Trust and across the primary and secondary care interface.

o To provide training and education to all levels of Healthcare professionals in acute and primary care whilst linking into national networks to learn about developments to share across the network.o Be involved in the operational delivery of the clinical pharmacy service at Wye Valley NHS Trust and be a role model to junior pharmacy staff and support their developmento To support 7-day clinical services to the Trust on a rotational weekend, public holiday and On Call (EDC) rota basis.

About us

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.

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.

Job summary

If we receive a large volume of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early.

We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidates for a Band 5 Community Staff Nurse post.

We have a part time, fixed term post for 12 months Band 5 available.

The key principles of Wye Valley Trust are to improve the health and well-being of the people we serve in Herefordshire and surrounding areas. We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join our wonderful District Nursing Team.

The Ross-On-wye District Nursing Team are a very supportive and dedicated team, we are an incredibly engaging, positive and hard-working team, providing care and support to patients in their own homes.

We work closely with Golden Valley DN Team and often work as a locality where needed.

We work closely with a wide range of multi-disciplinary teams, including GP's, Palliative Care Nurses, Therapy Teams, and Advanced Clinical Practitioners. Ross DN Team also provide a wound clinic service based at the Community Hospital.

Main duties of the job

Our aim is to provide treatment and support to patients in their own homes. Whilst undertaking a holistic nursing assessment, we aim to encourage patients to remain as independent as possible, in order to prevent hospital admissions.

Due to the nature of this role, lone working and the ability to meet the travel requirements of the post are essential.

Main duties of this role include, but are not limited to;

- Palliative care

- Wound care

- Managing end of life symptoms and providing support for relatives/carers- Managing long term conditions in a community environment- CVAD and drain management- Chemotherapy disconnect- Holistic assessments- Post operative care following discharge- Wound clinic service- Venous blood samples

About us

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.

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.

Job summary

Do you enjoy a challenge and like working in a busy environment? We are looking a full-time Assistant Medical Secretary (37.5 hours per week) to work with our Ophthalmology Admin team.

This is a very busy department and the post holder must have the ability to work under pressure. Previous experience in Healthcare in Admin is desirable but not essential. The post holder will be expected to have good communication skills and be able to liaise effectively and efficiently with colleagues, professionals and patients.

Main duties of the job

This is an excellent opportunity to start out your career within Administration in the NHS - We are offering a supportive and progressive role, with high job satisfaction.

The role will offer the individual a fast-paced and ever-changing environment, dealing with a large multidisciplinary team on a daily basis. The individual will be engaging with different departments and colleagues throughout the hospital, both Clerical and Clinical.

About us

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.

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.

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to join the Stroke Unit at Wye Valley NHS Trust on a nine-month, fixed-term, full-time contract.

Hereford Stroke Unit is a 26-bed unit comprising six acute beds and 20 subacute and rehabilitation beds. Patients may stay on the ward for up to six weeks to receive inpatient rehabilitation. The caseload consists predominantly of patients following stroke, however, the successful candidate will also assess and treat patients with general medical and other neurological conditions, including those requiring tracheostomy management.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Physiotherapist with experience in stroke care, confidence in managing patients with respiratory needs, and an interest in working across both the acute and rehabilitation pathways. The successful candidate will have the skills and confidence to support, supervise and develop qualified and non-registered staff.

You will be joining a supportive and dynamic multidisciplinary team that promotes patient-centred care, self-management and collaborative working. There will be opportunities to further develop your clinical assessment and treatment skills, provide clinical leadership to a small team, support the development of colleagues and contribute to service improvement initiatives.

This post would suit an experienced Band 6 Physiotherapist looking to progress into a Band 7 role, or an established Band 7 Physiotherapist with a passion for stroke care, rehabilitation and service development.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be based in the Acute Hospital working predominantly on the Medical and Respiratory wards whilst providing cross cover for the surgical wards and ITU .

This post may include working with adults and/or children. The Band 7 Therapist will be responsible for and participate in 7 day working and for Physiotherapists (where appropriate) to join the on call rota.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust & Worcester Acute.

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 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.

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 4 Therapy Assistant Practitioner to join our acute Therapy team working within inpatient acute.

Working as part of an experienced team alongside Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, and other Therapy Assistant Practitioners, you will be providing a combination of physiotherapy and occupational therapy assessments and interventions in both the home and clinic environment.

You will be assessing patient's independently and as part of a team across the wards. The role will involve assessing whether patients are safe to return home, looking at providing equipment to enable independence and onward referrals to assist patients when discharged. You will also provide exercise programmes and assist with patient rehab to improve patient strength and function.

As an integral part of the team the post holder will assess, plan, set goals and plan discharge with a personalised approach with the patient.

We have a holistic approach and are very focused on preventing de-conditioning of our patients while they are in hospital.

As a service we are innovative, forward thinking and encourage staff engagement. You will have the opportunity to be involved in service / quality improvement and develop leadership skills, as well as engaging in student placement education.

Main duties of the job

Working as part of the therapy and wider multidisciplinary team, Therapy assistant practitioners use enhanced skills in a specialised area to provide direct high quality and effective therapeutic care and support to patients including those with more complex needs. Within the scope of the role, the post holder will independently (unsupervised) plan and deliver individual or team tasks where the understanding of role boundaries and the importance of supervision and carrying out appropriately delegated tasks and plans is essential.

This role requires understanding, and factual and theoretical knowledge of principles, policies, protocols, procedures, processes, plans and concepts in broad contexts within the area of work or defined group of patients. Although work is guided by standard operating procedures, protocols or systems of work, the post holder must to able make judgements, plan activities, contribute to service development and demonstrate self-development. The post holder may be responsible for supervision of others and delegate appropriate tasks to other non-registered staff.

The post holder will be required to complete the relevant competencies required for the post and participate in 7 day working.

About us

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.

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.

Job summary

** Previous applicants need not apply **

Workforce Information Assistant Apprentice - Band 2(Full Time - 24 months Fixed Term Contract)

Apprenticeship Course and Provider to be confirmed.

An exciting new opportunity to join the Workforce Information Systems Team within the Trust as a Workforce Information Assistant Apprentice delivering daily, weekly and monthly activities to support all Workforce staff including Nursing and Medical workforce to utilise and maintain the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) System.

Full training on the ESR System will be provided for the appointable candidate, however an interest in working / manipulating data/ using Microsoft Excel would be preferable.

This full time post will be an integral part of the workforce team, providing day to day support for the ESR system and will be based in a busy working office environment and from time to time may require some on-site meetings as appropriate.

Interacting closely with other HR teams, you will need to have a flexible approach to your work, as well as the ability to use your own initiative whilst working efficiently as part of the team.

Internal Support will be provided every step of the way and would ideally suit someone with an analytical mind, who is numerate.

5 GCSE's (Grade C or equivalent) must include English and Mathematics.

Main duties of the job

To assist in the maintenance of the computerised ESR system. Support with the updating of the self-service hierarchy where/when necessary to ensure that Managers have access to their staff member's data (job /absence/ salary/ personal details etc.)

To help ensure that the data quality within the systems are accurate and this is maintained at all times using information provided through data quality/cleansing reports - this can be a complex and detailed task where accuracy and diligence are paramount.

Aid in the extraction of information from the systems

Produce and circulate timely weekly/monthly quarterly reports to include:

Starters

Leavers

Sickness Absence

Turnover

Master Staff Lists

Help with the provision of statistical information and present reports/analysis in spread sheet / graphical format.

To assist and support with System Administration duties for both the ESR and associated systems, e.g. password support.

To assist the team and provide cover as and when necessary

Telephone support is required in relation to ESR Self Service users where they require advise on inputting sickness/annual leave - knowledge of Trust policy and the Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions is vital

To ensure compliance with the data protection act at all times

To assist and support with the co-ordination of internal training

About us

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.

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.

Job summary

Wye Valley NHS Trust have an exciting opportunity for registered nurses who are interested in becoming a Specialist Community and Public Health Nurse - School Nurse with a view to starting a 12 month training programme in February 2027. This is an ideal role for someone who enjoys working with children and families and are passionate about their health and wellbeing.

The School Nursing service provides and excellent learning environment facilitated by Community Practice Teachers, Practice Assessors and Practice Supervisors. These staff will guide and support you on your learning journey to becoming a School Nurse through the University of Wolverhampton. You will be paid throughout your training and upon successful completion will become a School Nurse registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

This is a community based role with duties being carried out in homes, community setting and schools.

The Specialist Community and Public Health Nursing post is funded for 12 months and we will be working with Birmingham City University, the post will be commencing in February 2027 and is 50% in practice and 50% theory. The requirements for the course are that:

• You are first level registered nurse with the NMC
• For Level 7 study you must have a health-related degree (Nursing or Midwifery)

The post holder must have a full driving license and access to a car for work purposes.

Main duties of the job

• Completion of SCPHN qualification in School Nursing
• Completion of initial health assessment under the guidance of the School Nurse
• Supporting a programme of intervention under the direction of the School Nurse.
• Attendance at drop-in sessions at high schools and supporting the teaching of pupils through assemblies/workshops.
• Contribute to team business meetings and daily allocation
• Health promotion at key events (e.g. parents evenings, transition days)

About us

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.

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.