Appendix C – Individual placement description
North Western Foundation School
Stockport NHS Foundation Programme
Individual Placement Description
All information to be completed by the LEP.
Placement
F2 Anaesthesia & Intensive Care
The department
The department comprises a 7-bedded
ICU and 4- bedded HDU staffed by 11
Consultants and some specialty
trainees. There are 11 theatres, a Day
Case Unit and Delivery Suite manned
by 26 Consultant Anaesthetists, 4
Associate Specialists and Specialty
trainees
 Good clinical care in ICU and HDU
with the admission and care of
patients.
 In theatre managing peri-operative
care and post-operative
requirements of surgical patients
 Role and limitations of protocols for
care can be explored. Role of
evidence based practice. Ethical
issues in the context of delivering or
withholding treatment
 Pre and post-operative care. In ICU
and HDU both with patients and their
relatives
 Working with colleagues in ICU and
HDU as part of a multi-disciplinary
team
 Importance of effective handover
 Ample opportunity to manage
patients who are critically ill at every
stage of their illness from
resuscitation to on-going care to
discharge from a critical care area.
 Educational opportunities at lunchtime meetings, Audit meetings, ward
based teaching/tutorials, one to one
teaching in theatre
ICU, HDU and Operating theatres
Dr L Evans
The type of work to expect and
learning opportunities
Where the placement is based
Clinical Supervisor(s) for the
placement
Main duties of the placement
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Post-operative care on the ICU and
HDU
Planning to ensure a safe step-down
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Typical working pattern in this
placement
Employer information
to ward environment
Assessment, resuscitation and care
of emergency surgical referrals
under Consultant supervision and
out of hours cover.
Attending elective theatre lists with a
Consultant Anaesthetist
Aims and Objectives
 Recognise and manage co-morbidity
and its impact on surgical patients
 Develop diagnostic and resuscitative
skills for acutely ill patients
 Promote communication skills:
within multidisciplinary team
with patients who are acutely ill or
suffering stressful illness
breaking bad news to patient /
families / carers
 To become skilled at methods of
post-operative analgesia
 Manage fluids and nutrition in
critically ill patients
 To become sensitive to patients’
needs and choices in a critical care
environment
 Exposed to clinical dilemmas about
withholding or withdrawing treatment
Special issues surrounding evidence
based medicine in critical care
Mon: ICU / TEACHING
Tues: HDU AM-Theatre PM
Wed: Theatre ½ day
Thurs: ICU / ICU
Fri: Post Call
Sat:
Sun: 12-12 ICU/HDU
On call requirements: 7 weekday O/C
and two weekends
The employer for this post is Stockport
NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust has
Associate Teaching Hospital status.
The post will be based in Stepping Hill
Hospital which provides health care
services to both the local population of
290,000 and to residents of several
areas on the periphery of the district
It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be
subject to change.