Trust Registrar, MN37 - Urgent Treatment Centre, Emergency Medicine

Trust Registrar, MN37 - Urgent Treatment Centre, Emergency Medicine

The closing date is 04 May 2026

We are looking for enthusiastic Registrar Doctors with experience in urgent and emergency care to become part of our dedicated team at the Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) at Watford General Hospital. Our UTC provides same-day assessments and treatments for patients presenting with urgent, non-life threatening illnesses and injuries.

What We Offer

• Collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, including Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Nurses, and support staff.
• A diverse range of services under the Integrated Urgent Care Pathway (IUPC), which includes UTC, Single Point of Access (SPA), Out-of-Hours (OOH), and the CAS 111 service.
• Planning to implement an on call arrangement. Further information will follow once confirmed.

Main duties of the job

The main remit of this post is to play an active part in all aspects of a patient's medical care within the Urgent Treatment Centre and the Emergency Department at Watford General Hospital.

The post holder will complement existing UTC and Emergency Department services through the provision of specialist knowledge and expertise in an Accident & Emergency / Urgent Care setting, helping to deliver safe, efficient and patient centred urgent and emergency care.

About us

With a new hospital planned for Watford, work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital and plans for a neighbourhood healthcare centre in Hemel Hempstead, 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 closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare. Staff wellbeing and development are a priority, 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. For more information, visit

Job responsibilities

• Provide excellent direct clinical care, including clinical prioritisation, assessment, diagnostics, interpretation of results, treatment, self care advice and onward referral or admission, under the overall supervision of a consultant but working at middle grade level.
• Participate fully in the departmental rota, including evenings, nights and weekends as required by service needs.
• Work and liaise closely with colleagues across the multidisciplinary team to ensure timely, professional and appropriate care for all patients.
• Undertake training and development as part of the multidisciplinary team and support teaching for junior doctors, ACPs, ENPs, nursing staff and medical students.
• Support the Clinical Director/Clinical Lead in matters of service delivery, performance and service development, aligned with Trust business plans.
• Contribute to effective communication and staff engagement across the department, supporting the Department Manager and wider leadership team in achieving departmental objectives.
• Work in partnership with other departments and external partners (e.g. ED, primary care, ambulance service, community services) to deliver integrated urgent care.

Person Specification

Your application will be shortlisted against the person spec for the role.

• 2 fully meets, 1 partially meets, 0 does not meet

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

£52,291 to £67,610 a year; London Fringe £149 per annum