Resident Doctor (ST1/2) MN35, Emergency Medicine

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the A&E Department at Watford General Hospital. We are seeking to recruit a Resident doctor at ST1/2 Level. The successful candidates will join a dynamic team committed to excellence in patient care and staff.

The post is to start ASAP for 12 months, fixed term.

Applicants are invited to apply for the above Resident Doctor post in Accident & Emergency at Watford General Hospital

The department sees approximately 95,000 new patients per annum and is staffed by 26 FY2, 1 ST1, 9 Clinical Fellows, 3 SpR, 10 Consultants in addition to a dedicated team of Emergency Nurse Practitioners and Advanced Nurse Practitioners.

Please apply online. This advert will close as soon as we receive a sufficient number of applications. We are actively pursuing equal opportunities.

Main duties of the job

The Main duties of the post will involve seeing, diagnosing and treating A&E patients, referring to other clinicians or General Practitioners where appropriate.

The post holder will be required to work to a full shift rota, which will be produced in advance and will include prospective cover for annual leave for colleagues. Junior doctors are required to perform duties over and above their contracted hours in occasional emergencies and in unforeseen circumstances, at the request of the Clinical Director of the service.

It has been agreed with the profession and the Department of Health that these additional commitments are exceptional and juniors should not be required to undertake work of this kind for a prolonged period or on a regular basis. In case if these situation arises then the Trust operates a fair Exception reporting system.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The 24-hour Emergency Medicine services, supported by full acute hospital services, are focused at Watford General Hospital, which has recently been extensively upgraded.

The nursing staff allocation provides for 12 Nurses on duty during day time shifts in the Emergency Department at Watford, and 7 nurses on duty at night (Fri – Mon, 4 on duty at night Tue – Thur). In addition, there is an Emergency nurse practitioner on duty for a major part of the working day in the minor injury unit within the A&E department at Watford.

The Emergency Medicine directorate is part of the Clinical Management Unit – Emergency Medicine and Acute Medicine, with shared management across the West Hertfordshire Acute Trust. Management of the Emergency Department is under a single Clinical Director for Emergency Medicine.

There is a General Manager for the CMU with overall management responsibility, accountable to the Clinical Directors, with two site based Service Managers each covering Emergency Medicine and medical specialties. Genito-Urinary Medicine and Cancer Services are also within this CMU.

The Department has a 9-bedded Resuscitation Room and a dedicated Children’s Emergency Department. The Hospital is a Major Trauma Unit, part of the North West London Trauma Network.