This document contains two General Surgery placement descriptions:
North Central Thames Foundation School (NCTFS)
Individual Placement Description – West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Placement
The
department
The type of
work to expect
and learning
opportunities
Location
Supervisor(s)
Main duties of
the placement
Typical
working
pattern in this
placement
F1 General Surgery/ Colorectal Surgery
Surgical Department

To attend a generic, a departmental and a personal induction programme with your
consultant educational supervisor.
 To work to a timetable provided at the beginning of the 4 month period.
 To be responsible for producing and TTO’s to allow their receipt by GPs within 24
hours of the discharge of an inpatient.
 Although fairly heavily committed to the routine care of patients, the FHO1 is free,
after discussion with his/her consultant, to undertake any audit project as may be
appropriate.
 To attend the FH01 teaching programme on Tuesday, 1200 – 1400
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Watford General Hospital
Mr Rodney Hallan
Mr Alla Amin
Mr Ross Cheetham
Mr James Arbuckle
F1 duties – caring for patients on ward, performing ward jobs, attending F1 teaching.
Mon:
Ward round and jobs
Tues:
Ward round and jobs
Wed:
Ward round and jobs
Thurs:
Theatre, ward round, jobs
Fri:
Ward round and jobs
Sat:
Once a month, when on call
Sun:
Once a month, when on call
On call requirements: 1 week of on call per month,
alternating 7 days on call then 7 nights on call.
Employer
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust was formed on 1 April 2000 following the
information
merger of St Albans and Hemel Hempstead NHS Trust and Mount Vernon and Watford
NHS Trust.
The Trust is one of the largest organisations in West Hertfordshire, employing around
4000 members of staff, serving a catchment population of around 500,000 and
receiving over 1million visitors each year.
The Trust manages three hospitals:
 Hemel Hempstead Hospital
 St Albans City Hospital
 Watford General Hospital
We provide general healthcare and some specialist services and have close links with
specialist hospitals, such as Harefield.
It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject
to change.
04/03/15
Placement
The
department
The type of
F1 General Surgery/ Upper GI Surgery
Surgical Department
F1 work is concentrated on the Watford General Hospital site. The Surgical department
has three Consultants leading on GI Surgery. Upper GI has three F1s.
The F1s in surgery are responsible for their team’s ward patients during a normal
work to expect
and learning
opportunities
Location
Supervisor(s)
Main duties of
the placement
Typical
working
pattern in this
placement
Employer
information
working day. One week in four is spent on call (either days or nights) in which case the
work is based with the on call team looking after take patients only. There are many
opportunities for learning involving the recognition of the acutely unwell patient on call,
the development of communication skills and multi-disciplinary working while looking
after ward patients, prescribing skills and teaching medical students.
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Watford General Hospital
Mr.J.Livingstone
Mr A Al-Bahrani
The main duties of the placement are looking after the team’s patients on the ward or
looking after the take patients while on call. Opportunities to go the theatre do occur but
are based around having sufficient cover on the wards during this time. Teaching takes
place twice per week with an hour of surgical teaching on Mondays and two hours of
general F1 teaching on Tuesday.
On call requirements: 1 week in 4, including weekends.
Teaching available on Monday afternoon and Tuesday lunchtimes. Theatre time is
available during the week.
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust was formed on 1 April 2000 following the
merger of St Albans and Hemel Hempstead NHS Trust and Mount Vernon and Watford
NHS Trust.
The Trust is one of the largest organisations in West Hertfordshire, employing around
4000 members of staff, serving a catchment population of around 500,000 and
receiving over 1million visitors each year.
The Trust manages three hospitals:
 Hemel Hempstead Hospital
 St Albans City Hospital
 Watford General Hospital
We provide general healthcare and some specialist services and have close links with
specialist hospitals, such as Harefield.
It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject
to change.
05/03/15