Trust Senior House Officer - Watford, United Kingdom - West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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Watford, United Kingdom

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West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust consists of three hospitals in the West Hertfordshire area, Watford General Hospital, Hemel Hempstead General Hospital and St Albans City Hospital.

ENT services are provided across all three sites managed by a single Department. There is an integrated programme of service provision and development across the Trust.

Emergency care is organised across a wider regional network in association with another ENT Department in a neighbouring NHS Trust.


The ENT department is seeking enthusiastic, highly motivated and dedicated people with the ability to work with the ENT team to provide a comprehensive ENT service across the whole Trust.

The post involves sessions on all three sites providing elective and emergency care across the area.


The duties of the Trust Senior House Officer will include:
Continuing care of inpatients and day case patients.

Operating lists according to experience, interest and service requirements.

A proportion of inpatient and day case record keeping, discharge paper work, ward rounds and also occasional clerking.

The post Holder will be expected to contribute to post graduate meetings including audit.


So far as is consistent with the proper discharge of the above duties, the post holder undertakes to deputise for absent colleagues on acute and elective sites and exceptionally to perform additional duties in the emergencies or unforeseen circumstances.

The ENT Department has its own programme of educational and governance meetings, both local and regional. There are good opportunities for training during the post.

Junior doctors receive a full induction programme on commencement of their post in line with the recommendations set down by the Royal Colleges and Faculty of Emergency Medicine.

There are in addition regular educational meetings within the Department for junior medical staff.


There are very active Postgraduate Medical Centres on the Watford and St Albans hospital sites, with lecture theatres, seminar rooms and well stocked libraries taking a number of journals relevant to A&E Medicine, and with facilities for on-line literature searches and Medline on CD-ROM.

There is a full time administrator and a librarian at both hospitals. Regular lunchtime meetings are held for the local General Practitioners and Hospital Medical Staff. The department is fully committed to the practice of Medical and Clinical Audit. There are regular Audit Presentations in the Department held jointly with nursing staff.


The post is covered by the terms and conditions of service laid down by the Department of Health for Hospital Medical and Dental Staff.

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