Emergency Medicine Trust SHO

Job summary

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Trust SHO - Emergency Department: 6-month contract

We are recruiting Trust SHO posts in Emergency Medicine in support of the Trust's strategy to develop and support emergency services appropriate to a busy local acute hospital, with a comprehensive range of medical and surgical services.

We are looking for junior doctors who want to work in an evolving emergency dept. and be part of an evolving team, and support and implementing the changes which will take the service forward. This is a full time post but applicants wishing to job share are welcome.

Main duties of the job

The Trust SHO will be responsible for the immediate assessment and management of patients attending the Department, including the initial investigation, treatment and subsequent discharge or referral to specialist teams. This will be under the supervision of the duty ED consultants who currently provide a clinical presence for 08.00-00.00 Weekdays & 08.30-00.00 Weekends and the speciality doctors and specialist registrars who provide cover on a 24-7 basis.

The SHO is responsible for effective communication with the on-call specialist teams and GPs based within the Community. In the event of a Major Incident the ED SHOs remain in the hospital and provide urgent medical treatment for casualties within the Emergency Department.

About us

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has a thriving and expanding Emergency Department with a secure future which sees approximately 165,000 attendees per annum (including attendances to our co located UTC), In addition approximately 25,000 are seen in the Minor Injuries Unit at our Mount Vernon Hospital site. The department has a history of innovation in patient care and has a continuing personal development programme to support on-going service development.