North Central Thames Foundation School (NCTFS)
Individual Placement Description - North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
Placement
The
department
The type of
work to
expect and
learning
opportunities
F2 Medical Microbiology
Microbiology
A varied clinical post offering good insight into microbiology with additional opportunities to
experience HIV medicine and ITU
The microbiology component is mostly desk based. The F2 receives clinical calls from other
health professionals and liaises between laboratory and clinicians. They are supervised at
all times, usually by part-time registrar but there is direct access to consultant also. They
also review patients on the ward and attend daily ward rounds on ITU. The post also
involves medical record keeping, preparing hand-over and educational meetings. There is
also the expectation for the F2 to conduct an audit.
Other opportunities available to the F2
 The microbiology team work closely with the HIV team and it is possible to negotiate
attending HIV clinic and ward rounds. It is also possible to arrange to review newly
admitted patients under the HIV team. Most F2s are regularly involved with the HIV
team.
 Reviewing acute patients with Infectious Diseases Registrar who accepts referrals
from the rest of the hospital. This is useful for completing WBA
 Spending time on ITU which is especially useful for completing DOPS Expected
learning outcomes
 Take a history and examine a patient
 Prescribe safely
 Keep an accurate and relevant medical record
 Manage time and clinical priorities effectively
 Communicate effectively with 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
 Educate patients effectively
Location
Microbiology department
Supervisor(s) Mr Soleimanian (Educational Supervisor)
Main duties
 Holding the microbiology bleep and receiving clinical calls from other health
of the
professionals
placement
 Attending daily bench rounds in the laboratory and liaising between laboratory and
clinicians
 Attending daily consultant led ITU-Microbiology ward rounds
 Reviewing patients on the ward usually with support from a senior but sometimes
independently with advice
 Keeping a detailed patient list to record the advice given by the microbiology team
 Organising handovers and keeping records
 Organising weekly departmental educational meeting with the support of the
registrar
 Preparing cases for weekly educational meeting between microbiology and HIV
teams
 Conducting an audit
 Opportunity to contribute to grand round presentations
Typical
This is an un-banded post and typical hours are 0900 – 1700. The mornings consist of
working
bench rounds, educational meetings, taking clinical calls and following up on blood culture
pattern in
results. The afternoons involve ITU ward round and reviewing patients on the ward. When
this
the registrar is available the F2 is able to attend activities with HIV and ITU teams.
placement
Meeting Schedule
Mon:
handover from on call Consultant to new consultant for the week
Tues:
Departmental educational meeting.
F2 or registrar presents a case or paper.
Wed:
HIV –Microbiology educational/ clinical meeting,
Infection Control meeting
Thurs:
Clinical work
Fri:
Clinical work
Employer
The North Middlesex University Hospital in outer London is looking forward to an exciting
information
future in our new £120 million hospital building that opened in June 2010 to house
inpatients and outpatients, Critical Care and Theatre Services, Accident and Emergency,
and Diagnostics. The Trust serves the boroughs of Enfield and Haringey but also draws
patients from Barnet and Waltham Forest. As part of multicultural London, the local
communities we serve are diverse and we provide a range of services to meet their health
needs. Following the recent announcement of the Secretary of State, the Barnet, Enfield
and Haringey Strategy is now entering an exciting phase of implementation with the North
Middlesex playing a central role as a major acute hospital.
It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject
to change.