Trust Grade Foundation Year 1-Urology, Surgery

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Trust Grade Foundation Year 1-Urology, Surgery

The closing date is 15 October 2025

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.

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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 to facilitate this.

Person Specification Education and qualifications:

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

Knowledge:

• Basic Urological procedures

Experience:

• Experience in UK Hospital
• Able to prioritise clinical need
• Understands current clinical issues in specialty
• Able to consult 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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Salary: £34,115 to £37,972 a year, including £149 HCA per annum