Trust Resident Doctor ST- General Surgery

The is a full time, fixed term position as a Trust Resident Doctor in General Surgery.

Duties include the management and care of emergency general surgery patients and of elective general surgery subspecialty patients.

The initial subspecialty covered is colorectal surgery with the opportunity by mutual consent to rotate to other specialties after a minimum of 6 months. The job is based at Watford General Hospital with some work across sites in St Albans City Hospital.

You will be required to work to a 1:10 on-call duty rota, which will be produced in advance and will include prospective cover for annual leave for colleagues., The Main duties of the post will involve seeing, diagnosing, and treating General Surgical patients, referring to other clinicians or general practitioners where appropriate and theatre, including CEPOD.

You will be expected to work closely with appropriate nursing, professional, technical, administrative and support staff.

You will be responsible jointly with the Registrars for ensuring high standard of care is delivered to patients. In particular, the teams should organise themselves to give safe cover on the wards at Watford General Hospital.

You will be responsible for ensuring adequate clinical notes are made in accordance with good medical practice.

You may, on occasion, be asked to assist in the teaching of medical students.

With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us.

We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imagining models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.

Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.

Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.

We offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance.