North Central Thames Foundation School
Individual Placement Description - University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Placement
The
department
The type of
work to expect
and learning
opportunities
F2 Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery
Trauma & Orthopaedics
F2 duties, Ward based
The overall educational objectives of the F1 year are to provide the trainee with the
knowledge, skills and attitudes to be able to
 Take a history and examine a patient
 Identify and synthesise problems
 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 with general medical problems
 Educate patients effectively
Become life-long learners and teachers
Location
University College London Hospital
Supervisor(s)
Mr Sam Oussedik, Mr Mike Oddy, Mr Rahul Patel
Main duties of
 Day-to-day responsible for the medical care of the inpatients. Pre- and postthe placement
operative management.
 On-call – Monday day time – Clerk & admit patients from ED & fracture clinic
and prepare them for theatre.
 Part of Surgical SHO’ On-call rota, which involves evenings, nights & weekends,
when responsible for the assessment and admission of all surgical patients
(Orthopaedic, General
 Surgery & Urology) from the ED dept. Preparing patients for theatre and
assisting the surgical teams in theatre.
Typical
Daily:
trauma meeting in Fracture clinic
working
Mon:
Consultant/SpR WR, weekend on-take
pattern in this
Tues:
Consultant/SpR WR
placement
Wed:
Consultant/SpR WR
Thurs:
Consultant/SpR WR
Fri:
Consultant/SpR WR
Sat:
Nil
Sun:
Nil
It's 0800 to 1700 daily and on calls 0800 – 2000
On call requirements: On take with ward cover 1 in 5
Employer
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH), situated in the
information
West End of London, is one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom and
provides first class acute and specialist services both locally and to patients from
throughout the UK and abroad.
The new state-of-the-art University College Hospital which opened in 2005, is the focal
point of the Trust and is the workplace for this post. UCLH was one of the first trusts to
gain foundation status.
The Trust has an international reputation and a tradition of innovation. Our excellence in
research and development was recognised in December 2006 when it was announced
that, in partnership with University College London (UCL), we would be one of the
country’s five comprehensive biomedical research centres.
Alongside our relationship with the world leading UCL and Royal Free medical school,
we enjoy close links with London South Bank and City universities offering the very best
in training and education.
It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject
to change.