Category: Working in the UK

Any doctor below the level of ST3 is a junior doctor. This includes the following (training and non-training) doctors: FY 1 FY 2 CT/ST 1 CT/ST 2   A Typical Day on the Wards Reaching work 5-10 minutes before time. Replying to emails. Printing a list of patients on the ward. We can note down … Continue reading A Typical Day for a Junior Doctor

Any doctor below the level of ST3 is a junior doctor. This includes the following (training and non-training) doctors: FY 1 FY 2 CT/ST 1 CT/ST 2   Duties of a Junior Doctor These are the jobs that junior doctors have to look after: Making notes on the patients' files in the ward round. Following … Continue reading Duties of a Junior Doctor

There are three grades of doctors in the UK.   1. Foundation Year 1 Doctors They only include training and non-training FY1s.   2. Senior House Officers They include the following (training and non-training) doctors: FY 2 CT/ST 1 CT/ST 2   3. Middle-Grade Doctors (Junior Registrars) They include the following (training and non-training) doctors: … Continue reading Grades of Doctors

This post covers working hours for junior doctors in the UK.   8 Hours Per Day We work from 9 to 5 on most days.   5 Days A Week Saturdays and Sundays are off. So we only work from Monday to Friday. If we are asked to work on the weekend, we get compensatory … Continue reading Working Hours in the UK