North Central Thames Foundation School (NCTFS)
Individual Placement Description - Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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F2 Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Gynaecology has been an established specialty at the L&D since the hospital’s foundation
in 1939. The department offers one of the most comprehensive Gynaecological services in
the region. The Maternity team at L&D provides a comprehensive service to women in
Luton, south Bedfordshire and parts of Hertfordshire and deliver over 5,000 babies.
The overall educational objectives of the F2 year are to provide the trainee with the
knowledge, skills and attitudes to be able to
 Learn effective history taking and examination specific to O & G
 Identify ,analyse and manage medical and surgical problems in women’s health
 Prescribe safely
 Keep an accurate and relevant medical record
 Manage time and clinical priorities effectively
 Developing communication/leadership/ team-working qualities to effectively relate to
patients, relatives and colleagues
 Use evidence, guidelines and audit to benefit patient care
 Act in a professional manner at all times
 Cope with ethical and legal issues which occur during the management of patients
in O&G
 Educate patients effectively
 Become life-long learners and teachers
 The F2 doctor will be responsible for such other specific clinical duties as allocated
by consultants including performing other duties in occasional emergencies
 This placement gives exposure to safe prescribing issues for pregnancy and
breastfeeding mums.
Luton & Dunstable Hospital – Women’s Health Unit
Mr. Shyam Das and Miss Samita Das
Antenatal wards:
 Review women in ward rounds
 Prescribing medications/TTAs
 Manage medical problems appropriate to level of training
Gynae ward:
 Initial assessment and management of patients
 See emergency patients coming from A&E during the day (after 5pm the on-call
SHO does this)
 Prescribing medications/TTAs/discharges
On-call (day):
 During the on call ,the trainee is expected to do jobs appropriate to level of training:
prescriptions, fluids and cannulas
 Complete ward jobs on antenatal and gynaecology wards
 See patients on ward 31 (antenatal patients, usually coming in with abdominal pain
and other Complaints and complications of pregnancy)
 Assist with emergency c-sections
On-call (weekend days):
 Ward cover -9am-1300 pm
 Long days, weekend days and nights as the rotas (below) state
Theatre:
 See patients with specialty trainee/consultant pre-op
 Assisting in theatre
 Generating specimen/histology forms on ICE
 Discharge letters
 Minor theatre: Opportunity to do practical procedures appropriate to trainees’ level.
Good place to do DOPS etc.
 Assist in C-sections:
 Ward rounds with consultants and registrars
 Attendance in clinics wherever possible
Typical
Rota
working
 Monday – Thursday night (1 in 8 weeks)
pattern in this
 Friday – Sunday nights (1 in 8 weeks)
placement
 Friday – Sunday long days (1 in 8 weeks)
 Saturday-Sunday ward cover (1 in 8 weeks)
 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday-1 long day per week
 start with the ward round on delivery suite with specialty trainee and consultant.
(Rota- May be subject to minor changes to include further rest days)
Employer
The employer for this post is Luton & Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust which is a
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highly rated acute hospital located conveniently close to major hubs in South Bedfordshire.
We serve a local population of over 350,000 from Luton, Dunstable, together with other
towns and villages in the South Bedfordshire & North Hertfordshire region. About 30% of
Luton’s population are from cultural and ethnic minority backgrounds and this coupled with
the high deprivation found in Luton means our local population display diseases and
conditions which are more usually associated with those of an inner city area.
It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject
to change.