Trust Grade Foundation Year 1-Urology, Surgery

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Watford; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is appointing a Foundation Year 1 post in the General Surgery/Urology department. The successful candidate will engage in surgical rotations and emergency responsibilities while receiving guidance and support from experienced consultants to enhance their surgical competence and training. This position offers a unique opportunity to work across three sites in a collaborative environment, aimed at delivering excellent patient care.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Opportunities for research and training

Qualifications

• Experience in a UK hospital is essential.
• Able to prioritize clinical needs effectively.
• Understands current clinical issues in the specialty.

Responsibilities

• Participate in surgical rotations across the Urology department.
• Support emergency and elective workload.
• Perform audits and assist in research projects.

Skills

Basic Urological procedures

Clinical prioritization

Understanding clinical governance

Education

M.B.B.S or Equivalent

Job description

An exciting opportunity exists to appoint a Foundation Year 1 post to the General Surgery/Urology department at our hospital. The successful candidate will rotate among the surgical specialties, based on the candidates' satisfactory performance and training needs.

Main duties of the job

The post will be fully integrated into the elective and emergency workload of the Urology department. The successful candidates will be part of a 1:11 rota, covering emergencies in General Surgery and Urology. On calls are supported by two F1's during the day and one F1 at night and one resident registrar on call on the site at all times.

The emergency take is supported by three consultants. One from the Emergency Surgical Assessment Unit, one Emergency theatre surgeon and one on-call consultant. The post involves working across three sites at Watford General Hospital, Hemel Hempstead General Hospital and St Albans City Hospital.

About us

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post is suitable for doctors aiming to apply for FY1 applicants. Successful candidate will have full support by their teams and supervisors, so they can gain the appropriate experience and knowledge, in elective and emergency surgery, and progress into the next step of their careers. It provides a great opportunity for hands on operative experience working with highly experienced consultants.

Watford General Hospital is a busy district general hospital, with Greater London, with a significant number of emergency and elective cases. There will be exposure to major vascular, colo-rectal and upper GI cases as well as major breast cancer surgery.

The team structures are firm-based which benefits continuity of care, and provides an excellent training environment. The successful candidate is expected to perform audits and help with undergoing research within the department.

This will help them to improve their CV by participating in national and international conferences and by publishing in peer review journals. The full educational program will be discussed and adjusted at the beginning of the placement to meet the post takers training needs. Study leave can also be provided facilitate this.

Person Specification

Education and qualifications:

Essential

• M.B.B.S or Equivalent

Desirable

• Distinctions, Scholarships, prizes
• MRCS Part 1 and/or 2 Other degrees e.g. BSc. Masters, PhD (or equivalent)

Knowledge:

Essential

• Basic Urological procedures

Experience:

Essential

• Experience in UK Hospital
• Able to prioritise clinical need
• Understands current clinical issues in specialty
• Aware of own limitations consultants senior colleagues appropriately and knows when to ask for help
• Understands the confidentiality and data protection Understands the need for and appreciates the role of audit in clinical practice
• Understands the principles of clinical governance - ensures patients are not put at risk principles of patient confidentiality and data protection
• Understands the need for and appreciates the role of audit in clinical practice