# SHO Jobs in the NHS

> NHS sho job landing page from Job Clerk.

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/jobs/sho
- **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/jobs/sho.md

## Live Market Snapshot

- **Live vacancies:** 47
- **NHS employers:** 27
- **New vacancies this week:** 28
- **Filter scope:** Scoped to junior doctor grades where applicable.
- **Observed salary range:** GBP 44,170 to GBP 76,582

## Role Summary

SHO is still common search language for junior doctor work, even though many NHS adverts now use FY2, CT1, trust grade, resident doctor, junior clinical fellow, or locally employed doctor titles. SHO-equivalent posts usually involve supervised clinical work with increasing independence, rota participation, and portfolio-building opportunities.

## Common Search Synonyms

- senior house officer
- junior doctor
- FY2
- CT1
- JCF

## Typical Responsibilities

- Clerking and assessing patients in ward, clinic, emergency, or theatre settings
- Preparing ward round notes, discharge summaries, prescriptions, and handovers
- Escalating unwell patients and documenting senior reviews
- Participating in on-call, night, weekend, or specialty rota cover
- Completing audits, QI work, teaching, and workplace-based assessments where supported
- Communicating with patients, relatives, nursing teams, and specialty colleagues

## Typical Requirements

- GMC registration with licence to practise
- Foundation Year 1 completion, Foundation competences, or equivalent evidence
- ALS, ILS, or specialty certificates where required
- Evidence of safe prescribing, escalation, documentation, and team working
- Portfolio evidence for training or clinical fellow applications

## Employers Hiring

- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (5 jobs)
- Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (4 jobs)
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (4 jobs)
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (4 jobs)
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (3 jobs)
- NHS Lothian (2 jobs)
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust (2 jobs)
- Barts Health NHS Trust (2 jobs)

## Locations Hiring

- London, London (9 jobs)
- Cambridge, East of England (4 jobs)
- Southampton, South East (2 jobs)
- Reading, South East (2 jobs)
- UXBRIDGE, London (1 jobs)
- Oxford, South East (1 jobs)
- Torbay, South West (1 jobs)
- TOWER BLOCK, Belfast (1 jobs)
- Trustwide (SEHSCT), South (1 jobs)
- Glasgow Royal Infirmary/Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, West of Scotland (1 jobs)
- Victoria Road, Macclesfield, North West (1 jobs)
- Gateshead, North East and Yorkshire (1 jobs)

## FAQs

### What does SHO mean in NHS jobs?

SHO historically meant Senior House Officer. In current NHS adverts, the equivalent work is often described as FY2, CT1, CT2, junior clinical fellow, trust grade, or resident doctor. The title is less important than the advertised grade equivalence and level of supervision.

### Are SHO jobs training posts?

Some SHO-equivalent jobs are formal training posts, but many advertised vacancies are non-training trust grade, junior clinical fellow, or locally employed doctor posts. Check whether the role has a national training number, educational supervision, study leave, and ARCP requirements.

### What specialties hire SHO-equivalent doctors?

Common SHO-level hiring areas include medicine, surgery, emergency medicine, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, psychiatry, trauma and orthopaedics, and intensive care. Availability changes quickly because rota gaps and fixed-term posts open throughout the year.

### How should I search for SHO jobs?

Search beyond the literal SHO title. Useful terms include FY2, F2, CT1, CT2, junior clinical fellow, clinical fellow, trust doctor, trust grade, and locally employed doctor. Job Clerk maps this page to junior doctor inventory so you do not miss adverts using modern title wording.

## Agent Notes

- SHO is common search language for junior doctor posts, even when adverts use FY2, CT1, trust grade, junior clinical fellow, or resident doctor titles.
- This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk SEO landing-page data as the HTML page.
- Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references.
- Live job counts change as source NHS adverts open and close.