Job summary
Wye Valley NHS Trust are looking to recruit a dynamic and enthusiastic consultant in orthopaedic lower limb arthroplasty surgery to provide delivery of a comprehensive trauma and orthopaedic service.
This is an opportunity to join a dynamic department of 13 consultants who sub-specialise in Upper limb, Lower limb and Foot and Ankle.
Herefordshire is a beautiful county of rolling landscape and this job should provide you with a good work life balance.
AAC Date proposed: 9th December 2025
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate is expected to work alongside the existing consultant body and wider multi-disciplinary team to deliver high-quality and comprehensive care in general orthopaedic trauma and specialist arthroplasty surgery.
The post holder will be expected to:
- Actively participate in departmental meetings including: Clinical Governance, Business, Mortality and Morbidity, Radiology and daily Trauma meetings.
- Undertake general trauma
- Run a general fracture clinic with a virtual fracture clinic component
- Provide specialist elective lower limb arthroplasty clinics and surgery
- Participate in the Consultant on-call rota
- Engage in annual appraisal and the re-validation process
- Provide teaching to undergraduate medical students, postgraduate resident doctors and allied health professionals
- Contribute to service development through participation in QIPs and audits
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.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this post please find attached the job description and personal specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this post please find attached the job description and personal specification.
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- MB BS or Equivalent
- Full GMC Registration with License to Practice
- FRCS (Tr & Orth) or be able to demonstrate equivalent level of certified training in Trauma and Orthopaedics
- On GMC Specialist Register for Trauma & Orthopedics or within 6 months of obtaining Specialist Registration on date of interview
Desirable
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Orthopaedic surgical experience as Specialty Trainee or equivalent
- Sub-specialty Orthopaedic training and clinical experience in Upper Limb
Desirable
- Fellowship in Upper limb Surgery, preferably Shoulder/Elbow/Hand & Wrist
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Practical skills commensurate with the above
- Excellent communication skills and empathy
- Willingness to develop skills and experience in areas of interest
Clinical Knowledge
Essential
- Widespread broad based knowledge in all aspects of Orthopaedics
Audit, Management & IT
Essential
- Demonstrate evidence of robust clinical audit practice.
- IT skills commensurate with delivery of 21st Century healthcare
- Understanding of wider health agenda and modern NHS
- Knowledge of clinical governance issues Capacity to manage/prioritise time and information effectively; capacity to organise own workload.
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate experience in organisational and management skills with specific focus on academia / education
Research. Teaching skill & experience
Essential
- Proven commitment and training in medical education.
- Proven ability to teach in clinical settings
- Proven experience of teaching at undergraduate and post graduate levels
Desirable
- Proven ability to carry out high quality original research leading to publication in peer reviewed publications
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrated leadership ability. Evidence of involvement in management commensurate with experience
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- MB BS or Equivalent
- Full GMC Registration with License to Practice
- FRCS (Tr & Orth) or be able to demonstrate equivalent level of certified training in Trauma and Orthopaedics
- On GMC Specialist Register for Trauma & Orthopedics or within 6 months of obtaining Specialist Registration on date of interview
Desirable
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Orthopaedic surgical experience as Specialty Trainee or equivalent
- Sub-specialty Orthopaedic training and clinical experience in Upper Limb
Desirable
- Fellowship in Upper limb Surgery, preferably Shoulder/Elbow/Hand & Wrist
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Practical skills commensurate with the above
- Excellent communication skills and empathy
- Willingness to develop skills and experience in areas of interest
Clinical Knowledge
Essential
- Widespread broad based knowledge in all aspects of Orthopaedics
Audit, Management & IT
Essential
- Demonstrate evidence of robust clinical audit practice.
- IT skills commensurate with delivery of 21st Century healthcare
- Understanding of wider health agenda and modern NHS
- Knowledge of clinical governance issues Capacity to manage/prioritise time and information effectively; capacity to organise own workload.
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate experience in organisational and management skills with specific focus on academia / education
Research. Teaching skill & experience
Essential
- Proven commitment and training in medical education.
- Proven ability to teach in clinical settings
- Proven experience of teaching at undergraduate and post graduate levels
Desirable
- Proven ability to carry out high quality original research leading to publication in peer reviewed publications
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrated leadership ability. Evidence of involvement in management commensurate with experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
