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Community Diagnostic Centre
Wye Valley Community Diagnostic Centre
A brand new facility in the heart of Hereford – opens summer 2025…
What is a Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC)?
Nationally Community Diagnostic Centres are springing up to provide a broad range of elective diagnostics away from acute facilities reducing pressure on hospitals and giving patients quicker and more convenient access to tests.
As part of a national programme, a number of CDCs are now open across England.
Some are based alongside acute hospitals, others are in shopping centres and some are new buildings on brown field sites.
The NHS England national CDC Programme vision is:
“Community diagnostic centres will deliver additional, digitally connected, diagnostic capacity in England, providing all patients with a co-ordinated set of diagnostic tests in the community, in as few visits as possible, enabling an accurate and fast diagnosis on a range of clinical pathways.”
What is happening in Herefordshire?
Wye Valley NHS Trust is building a brand new Diagnostic Centre on the northern side of the city centre, Holmer Road, Hereford (located behind the B&Q building).
Planning permission was secured earlier this year and contractors are progressing well with the build.
The Centre will bring the latest, state-of-the-art MRI, CT, X-ray and Ultrasound equipment which will allow us to diagnose cancer and other health conditions earlier and with greater accuracy.
It will also provide cardiac and respiratory physiological testing as well as additional capacity for community phlebotomy.
When will the Wye Valley CDC be open?
The building is planned for completion in July 2025. However, we are already recruiting to some of the roles, to allow for training and development of teams/staff and ensure new joiners feel settled and up-to-speed by opening day.
Who will work at the Wye Valley CDC?
Staff from our existing diagnostic services will rotate between the County Hospital and the CDC site to take their important work to this community setting. We are now recruiting more colleagues to join us in this exciting venture!
Careers
At Wye Valley we know the value of ‘growing our own’ talented workforce. The CDC provides staff with even more opportunities to pursue a diagnostic career path. We have roles at Bands 3 and 4 and trainee positions leading to qualification in a range of Allied Health and Scientific careers. Click on the links below to find out more about this fascinating career path and click on current vacancies to view the Wye Valley opportunities.
Useful links:
Respiratory physiology and sleep sciences | Health Careers
Cardiac sciences | Health Careers
For more information about the Community Diagnostic Centre please contact Lisa.hornik@wvt.nhs.uk For job-specific queries please use the contact details on the advertisement.