Resident Doctor – West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
A Vacancy at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. This is an exciting opportunity for a skilful and competent Resident Doctor to join Watford General Hospital. The successful candidates will be offered the opportunity to rotate through the various Medicine sub-specialties; this post is until August 2026.
The various sub-specialty placements will offer the post-holders the opportunity to work within the sub-specialty team and gain quality experience in the management of medical patients in an acute setting. This post has an on-call element of 1A banding.
Responsibilities
* Daily review of medical patients in their allocated sub-specialty.
* Care of the inpatients i.e. performing relevant investigations, following up results, monitoring of patients, liaising with other specialities, communication with patients and families, completing discharge summaries etc.
* Responsible for ensuring adequate clinical notes are made in accordance with good medical practice.
* To work closely with appropriate nursing, professional, technical, and administrative and support staff.
* Actively participate in weekly teaching and departmental audits.
* 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.
Training and Development
* 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.
* Clinical audit and governance: the post holder will need to take an active part in clinical governance and clinical risk management, and in their implementation, including audit.
* Continuing professional development: the West Herts & Watford PGMC offers an extensive programme of regular weekly postgraduate education. The post holder will be expected to participate in this programme.
Benefits
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.
Flexible Working
At West Herts we offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance and the ability to work flexibly.
This advert closes on Wednesday 22 Oct 2025.
We kindly invite you to consider submitting an application. If you have a disability or long‑term health condition and should you require support or guidance please contactwestherts.recruitment@nhs.net. If you are a Service Leaver, Veteran, Military Reserve, Cadet Force Adult Volunteer, or partner/spouse of those serving please tick "Member of the Armed Forces Community" on the application form.
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