Senior House Officer

Medical Gastroenterology Senior House Officer — Job Description

Job Title: Senior House Officer (SHO) – Medical Gastroenterology Department: Gastroenterology / Medicine Reports to: Consultant Gastroenterologist / Clinical Lead

Key Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, and manage patients presenting with gastrointestinal and liver-related conditions.

• Take detailed medical histories and perform comprehensive clinical examinations.

• Develop and implement appropriate investigation and treatment plans under consultant supervision.

• Manage common gastroenterological emergencies, including:

• Upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding

• Acute pancreatitis

• Acute liver failure and decompensated chronic liver disease

• Cholangitis and obstructive jaundice

• Inflammatory bowel disease flares

• Gastrointestinal infections

• Review and manage gastroenterology inpatients and provide appropriate follow-up.

• Participate in ward rounds, outpatient clinics, multidisciplinary meetings, and departmental teaching.

• Assist consultants with procedures such as upper GI endoscopy, colonoscopy, paracentesis, and other gastroenterological procedures, according to competence and local policy.

• Recognise deteriorating patients and initiate appropriate emergency management.

• Request and interpret relevant laboratory tests, imaging, endoscopy reports, and other investigations.

• Communicate effectively with patients and relatives regarding diagnosis, investigations, treatment, and discharge planning.

• Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation and discharge summaries.

• Work collaboratively with nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, and other healthcare professionals.

• Participate in the medical on-call and out-of-hours rota.

• Contribute to clinical audit, quality improvement, research, and departmental education.

• Maintain professional standards, patient confidentiality, infection-control practices, and appropriate safeguarding procedures.