WVT has a key part to play in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Section 11 of the Children Act 2004 places a duty on every NHS Trust to have arrangements in place to ensure that the organisation and all staff working within it have regard to the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. The Trust regularly reviews its arrangements against these requirements and is compliant with them. The Trust board takes the issue of safeguarding extremely seriously and receives an annual report on safeguarding children issues. The Trust’s Safeguarding Committee meets quarterly and monitors safeguarding…

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  Training for General Practice  Why not come to our beautiful county and join our local Vocational Training Scheme for General Practice?  Herefordshire has a well-established training programme. The hospital experience is based  at Hereford County Hospital in the heart of the city of Hereford, and  surgery-based jobs are within the county and within easy reach of Hereford City. We have a mixture of rural and city training practices and you are usually able to spend time in both. The half-day release programme takes place on the hospital site at the Post-Graduate Medical Centre. We have a high ratio of…

At WVT our success is measured by the quality of the patient experience. When you join our team, you'll play a vital role in moving our organisation forward and maintaining our reputation for excellence in patient care. What we offer WVT offers a range of specialities and job roles, which means that you can spend your entire career here. Working in a lively and vibrant environment with new facilities and state-of-the-art medical technology, you can be confident you can develop your skills. Delivering top-quality services depends on our ability to recruit and keep good staff. A vital part of this…

The human resources and organisational development directorate incorporates the following teams/departments: Recruitment The recruitment team provides a central recruitment service, processing all advertisements, applications and contracts of employment for the Trust and managing the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checking service. The team is based at Franklin Barnes Building in Hereford. Medical Recruitment The medical recruitment team provides a central recruitment service for all medical staffing appointments, which includes pre-employment checks for all medical and dental staff groups. The team is based at Franklin Barnes Building in Hereford. Temporary staffing The temporary staffing team provide a centralised service to the…

The Coffee Cup The Coffee Cup, at Hereford County Hospital, is located on the ground floor near the main entrance area.  It is open 7 days a week, 7am to 7pm (this may vary for public holidays)   The Coffee Cup serves Costa beverages, as well as bottled drinks and hot and cold snack item foods. All items can be eaten in or taken away. Spires Restaurant Spires Restaurant, is located on the first floor at Hereford County Hospital. It is accessible via the visitors lift on the ground floor or stairs next to the lift.  The restaurant is near to the hospital pharmacy. It…

Our Education Directorate has been launched with the vision of promoting truly multi-professional education supported by one integrated team. We endeavour to make education accessible to all staff, from our most junior students to our most experienced leaders. We support a wide range of programmes for formal academic training as well as career development opportunities including management and leadership programmes. We have a shared governance system, a shared meeting structure and a shared financial management system across medical and non-medical learners covering both undergraduate and postgraduate opportunities. We work collaboratively with key partners and stakeholders regionally to ensure WVT employees…

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Our theatre team undertake more than 13,000 operations every year for inpatients and day surgery patients. We care for our patients by ensuring that operations are carried out in the safest, most modern surroundings, with high quality care and treatment, provided by our expert theatre surgeons and theatre teams. Our dedicated theatre team is always looking for ways to improve the service we provide.  We keep up to date with current research and progress, as well as assessing and review our skills regularly.  We operate on patients from Herefordshire and the surrounding areas, and patients from other areas can choose…

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