Appendix C – Individual placement description
North Western Foundation School
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Programme
Individual Placement Description
All information to be completed by the LEP.
Placement
The department
FY1 General and Old Age Psychiatry
Psychiatry
The type of work to expect and
learning opportunities
Where the placement is based
Meadowbrook Unit
Clinical Supervisor(s) for the Dr Paul Strickland and Dr Jameel
placement
Hussain
Main duties of the placement
The doctor will be attached to clinical teams,
educational supervisor Doctor Paul Strickland
(General Adult) or Doctor Jameel Hussain
(Psychiatry of Later Life). The FY1 will have
day-to-day responsibility for the management of
patients under the care of the supervisors on
the relevant wards, including:

undertake assessments of newly
admitted patients including full
psychiatric history, mental state
examination and physical
examination

regularly review patients on an at
least twice weekly basis, including
mental state examination tests

arranging appropriate physical and
psychological investigations to
patients needs

performing routine physical
investigations including bloodtaking, blood gases and insertion of
IV cannula

accurate recording of information
using written and computer-based
systems

liaising with other medical
professionals, carers and relatives

prescribing of drug treatment

providing information to patients
about purpose of medication and
any possible side effects

providing discharge summaries
when individuals are discharged
from the unit

attendance at multi-disciplinary
team ward round which will include
presentation of case histories and
summarising case presentations
Typical working pattern in this Typical working pattern in this post e.g.
placement
ward rounds, clinics, theatre sessions
Daily/weekly/monthly (if applicable)
Mon: Ward Round all day
Tues: Ward work am/Teaching pm
Wed: Ward work/case conference/ward
work
Thurs: Ward work
Fri: ECT Clinic on occasion. Supervision
with Dr Paul Strickland. Ward work in
afternoon
Sat: Possible Medicine on call
Sun: Possible Medicine on call
On call requirements: SRFT Medicine oncall Rota
Employer information
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust is a large
teaching trust with approximately 850 in patient
beds, employing over 4,600 staff and treating in
the region of 400,000 patients per year. We
provide a comprehensive range of services to
the 220,000 population of Salford as well as a
wider range of services across Greater
Manchester, the North West and nationally. We
are proud to be recognised as one of the best
hospitals in the NHS and have clear plans to
become the safest. We aim to provide safe,
clean and personal care, to every patient, every
time. We have an excellent track record; having
the highest consistent rating for service quality
coupled with one of the highest sets of patient
and staff satisfaction scores.
It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and
may be subject to change.
Appendix D – Syllabus
(Individual placement format – Template)
North Western Foundation School
Foundation Placement Syllabus
Placement :
The activities in this matrix will enable the acquisition of curriculum competencies.
For this placement please indicate to what extent the following activities
can be experienced using the following key:
Red: Not at all
Amber: To some extent/ limited opportunities
Green: To a great extent/ ample opportunities
History taking
Examination
Diagnosis and clinical decision making
Safe prescribing
Medical record-keeping, letters, etc
Time management and organizational decision-making
Understanding and applying the basis of maintaining good quality care
Ensuring and promoting patient safety
Reducing the risk of cross-infection
Clinical governance
Quality improvement activities
Ensuring basic nutritional care
Effective education of patients for example:
Dealing with ethical and legal issues e.g. confidentiality, consent
Development of the skills to undertake self-directed life-long learning
Use of evidence and guidelines that will benefit patient care.
Involvement and use of audit to improve patient care
Opportunity to undertake teaching and presentations
Effective communication within a consultation
Breaking bad news
Dealing with complaints
Development of teamwork skills
Communication with colleagues and teamwork
Interface with different specialties
Interface with other professionals
G
A
G
G
G
G
G
G
R
A
A
A
A
G
G
G
A
G
G
A
A
G
G
G
G
Interface with external bodies e.g. police, social services
Understanding of the relevance of outside bodies
Development of the Doctor-patient relationships
A
G
G
G
Handling stress
Assessment of the acutely ill or collapsed patient
Identify and respond to acutely abnormal physiology
Delivery of a fluid challenge safely to an acutely ill patient
Reassessment of ill patients appropriately after starting treatment
Request senior or more experienced help when appropriate
Undertake a secondary survey to establish differential diagnosis
Obtain an arterial blood gas sample safely, and interpret results
Management of patients with impaired consciousness, including
convulsions
Use of common analgesic drugs safely and effectively
G
A
A
G
G
R
A
A
G
G
G
G
A
Management of a patient following self-harm
Management of a patient with an acute confusional state or psychosis
Handover between shifts, on call staff or with “hospital at night” team
Consideration of the
appropriateness of interventions according to
patients’ wishes, severity of illness and chronic or co-morbid diseases
Recognition of critically ill patients,
Take part in advanced life support
Initiation of ALS and leading a resuscitation team
Discussion of Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR)
Participation as part of an acute ‘take’ team
Discharge planning starting from the point of admission and taking into
account the effects of any chronic disease
A
A
A
A
G
G
For this placement please indicate whether there will be the opportunity to select,
appropriately request and accurately interpret reports of the frequently used
investigations listed below
Full blood count
Urea and electrolytes
Blood glucose
Cardiac markers
Liver function tests
Amylase
Calcium and phosphate
Coagulation studies
Arterial blood gases
Inflammatory markers
12 lead ECG
Peak flow, spirometry
Chest X-ray
Abdominal X-ray
Trauma radiography
Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Microbiological samples
G
G
G
A
G
A
G
G
A
G
G
A
G
G
R
G
G
Within this placement please indicate whether there will be the opportunity to
undertake the following practical procedures
Local Anaesthetics
Venepuncture and IV cannulation
Arterial puncture in an adult
Blood cultures from peripheral and central sites
Subcutaneous, intradermal, intramuscular and intravenous injections
IV medications
Intravenous infusions, including the
Prescription of fluids, blood and blood products
ECG
Spirometry and peak flow
Urethral catheterisation
Airway care, including simple adjuncts
Nasogastric tube insertion
Aspiration of pleural fluid or air
Skin suturing
Lumbar puncture
Insertion of a central venous pressure line
Aspiration of a joint effusion
G
A
G
G
G
G
A
A
G
G
A
A
R
A
R
A
A
G