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Respiratory team - work with us
Herefordshire: a great location for a great vocation!
Thank you for visiting our Respiratory team’s “Work with us” page – we hope this will inspire you to find out more and come and work with us!
We’ll introduce you to the team and briefly cover some of the main services and locations we work from in the beautiful county of Herefordshire.
Meet the Team
Consultant team
Dr Ingrid Du Rand (Clinical lead)
Dr Du Rand has been with Wye Valley Trust since 2015 and was appointed as Clinical lead for the department this year. Dr Du Rand has a variety of interest/lead roles within the department including bronchiectasis and lung cancer and is also NIV/Oxygen lead for the department. Ingrid also wears a variety of other hats including Research Lead for the Trust and GIM Medical School Lead for nearby Worcester University.
Please feel free to contact Ingrid to discuss the opportunity to join our clinical team on Ingrid.DuRand@wvt.nhs.uk or feel free to contact her secretary, Imogen Wargen on 01432 355444 x4241. Imogen would be more than happy to arrange a virtual or face to face meeting to discuss this opportunity further, alongside how we could work with you to discuss a role that will allow you that all important work life balance in the beautiful countryside of Herefordshire.
Dr Phil Ryan
Dr Ryan joined Wye Valley in 1996 and has worked a variety of roles within the Trust including Associate Medical Director. Phil has a number of Lead roles including heading up our Severe Asthma service (recently set up as a hub/spoke model with Heartlands Hospital with Dr Talbot-Smith, he is also our Sleep Service and TB Lead.
Dr Aled Phillips
Dr Phillips joined Wye Valley in 2005. Aled is our sub-specialty Lead for a number of services including ILD, COPD and our severe allergy service. Our allergy service supports patients who suffer from food allergies, venom allergies, asthma/airway allergies, angioedema, and anaphylaxis investigation, with immunotherapy for some of these conditions being given in our Medical Daycase Unit.
Dr Sherouk El-Batrawy
Dr El-Batrawy joined the Trust in 2019. Sherouk is our Pleural service Lead, Pneumonia Lead and also supports our Lung Cancer service lead role. Sherouk set up and runs our pleural service clinic within the outpatient department, supporting our patients in receiving treatment to avoid admissions – the service is well used and highly regarded in supporting patients in preventing the need for admissions for pleural procedures where needed.
Dr Alison Talbot-Smith
Dr Talbot-Smith joined the Trust as an Associate Specialist within respiratory in 2012. Alison was previously a consultant in public health and director of transformation for One Herefordshire at Herefordshire CCG, alongside her Associate Specialist role in Respiratory. Most recently Alison has started on the CESR programme at Wye Valley with the intention of commencing a substantive respiratory consultant role at WVT once her programme is complete. Alison leads the severe asthma service alongside Phil and also supports our pleural service with Sherouk.
CNS Team
Julie Manning
Julie leads our CNS team, which consists of 10 CNS’s including ward based nurses who support our services and have a number of sub-speciality interests to support our clinics team.
- Kate Birchall – TB Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Claire Wooton – Lung Cancer Practitioner
- Tammy James – Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Lisa Rees – Asthma/COPD Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Vicki Howard – Respiratory Practitioner
- Nicola Ashforth – Ward Based Respiratory Practitioner
- Laura Agate – Ward Based Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Katie Brimfield – Ward Based Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Laura Lucas – Oxygen Specialist Nurse
- Lisa-Marie Wittall – Oxygen Specialist Nurse
Julie or any of our Clinical Nurse Specialist team would be happy to discuss their roles with you and can be contacted on 01432-364416 to answer any questions you may have about the team/their roles.
We are also very excited as a team to be currently recruiting into our first Respiratory ACP role with the intention of expanding the service when able to support our consultant team further in admission avoidance and our SDEC department, amongst other duties.
Respiratory Physiology Service
Mike Howard
Mike is our Lead Respiratory Physiologist and also the Head of Heart & Lung (Respiratory and Cardiac Physiology) within the Trust. Mike heads up a team of respiratory physiologists including sleep exerts – our “Dream Team” alongside trainee respiratory physiologists. With the planned opening of WVT’s Community Diagnostic Centre planned for April 2025, Mike is busy supporting further recruitment for this exciting new development in the heart of Hereford, whilst also looking at clinical pathways to support our diagnostic outpatient and inpatient NIV service.
Sleep Service
Shirley Coelho
Shirley runs a dedicated team of respiratory physiologists, sleep specialist and respiratory assistant practitioners who are all based out of the Hinton Community Hub.
Hinton Community Centre
Our sleep service runs out of a Hinton Community Centre, a local Community Centre where we relocated during the covid-19 pandemic to ensure that our vulnerable patients could still access their CPAP equipment and attend for appointments, without venturing onto the acute site.
As it was so successful and very much appreciated by the local community, we have been based there ever since.
Arrow Ward
Debbie Pepper
Debbie is the Sister on our Respiratory Ward Arrow. Arrow ward is a specialist respiratory ward with enhanced ventilation in dedicated NIV areas, working towards becoming an RSU. Our routine specialist bedbase is 16 beds with the ability to flex up with additional respiratory consultant support in high demand senarios. Debbie heads up a team of dedicated nurses, HCA’s and MDT staff who support our patients on Arrow ward.
Arrow sward has also been the recipitent of many a “GEM” reward –Going the Extra Mile, recognised by their Trust for their dedication and support that they provide to our patients- the care that we would want ourselves and our family and friends to receive.
Hereford - what it can offer you and your family
The quality of life in Herefordshire and surrounding counties is simply phenomenal.
Hereford is an up and coming cathedral city (home to the Mappa Mundi) in the centre of a beautiful countryside of hill forts, castles and rivers, extending down to the Wye Valley, along the Malvern Hills and across to the Black Mountains.
The area is in close proximity to the Brecon Beacons (Wales). Many opportunities for outdoor pursuits exist.
To find out what working in Herefordshire really like, visit our 'Why come to Hereford' page.
The job
“This is the most supportive Trust I have ever worked in, I cannot imagine working anywhere else now” – Consultant, Wye Valley Trust
“As a previous locum I have worked at many Trusts throughout my career. I can genuinely state that Wye Valley is the best Trust that I have ever worked at – supportive staff, colleagues and management who are keen to hear what I have to say. I would recommend this Trust to anyone as a place to work. I also have a flexible job plan which allows more time with my family” – Previous Locum, now substantive consultant.
At Wye Valley Trust we are keen that all staff have a work-life balances that works for them. With this in mind, we would be very keen to talk to anyone who is interested in any type of substantive contract: annualised, term-time only, part-time, 9-day fortnights – whatever you need to strike that balance between work and home life we want to speak to you and we will absolutely do our best to accommodate. We are also keen and eager about any specialist’s interests that you may have to see how we can accommodate you. We have newly appointed consultants throughout the Trust who would also be happy to have confidential discussions with you to discuss what it is really like working for our Trust.
Still unsure?
Please call us and we care happy to discuss this fantastic opportunity in more detail:
Dr Ingrid Du Rand, Clinical lead, Ingrid.DuRand@wvt.nhs.uk 01432 355444 x4241
Jenny Connaughton, General Manager, Jennifer.Connaughton@wvt.nhs.uk 01432 364101
