Individual placement description
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
North Manchester General
Individual Placement Description
All information to be completed by the LEP.
Placement
The
department
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
Track 26 FY1 HPB x 6
The largest tertiary HPB unit in North West providing care for both hepatic
and pancreatic diseases. The unit is multidisciplinary offering patients a
combination of medical, interventional radiology and surgical treatments in
a learning environment. There are 5 surgeons, 4 gastroenterologists, 6
radiologist and two oncologists providing treatment for a wide range of
conditions
The FY1’s are encouraged to work as a team providing both elective and
emergency surgical care. The unit is on-call for general surgery alternate
weeks and there is a high through put of complex HPB cases with daily
theatre lists. The FY1’s responsibility is to care for the ward based patients
undergoing both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Trainees are
encouraged to follow patients through their treatment to promote
understanding and encourage learning from clinical exposure. The
emergency surgery is covered by rota and trainees have the opportunity to
observe acute surgical admissions from presentation and follow the
patients through their treatment to encourage a more rounded surgical
education
HPB unit NMGH
Mr Sherlock, Deshpande, O’Reilly, DeLiguori, Prof Ammori
Typical ward round duties, carry out general ward work duties.
Typical
working
pattern in
this
placement
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thu
Fri
AM
ward round; assist in
theatre
ward round; may be on call
PM
ward round; time off for oncall
ward round; educational
session
ward round
On call requirements
40
Employer
information
The Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust serves the communities of North
Manchester, Bury, Rochdale and Oldham, along with the surrounding
towns and villages. This area is collectively known as the North-East
sector of Greater Manchester and has a population of around
800,000.
The Trust provides Accident and Emergency; Diagnostics; Medicine;
Surgery; Specialist Services (HIV/ AIDS) and Women and Children’s
services and operates from five sites:
Fairfield General Hospital, Bury;
North Manchester General Hospital;
Royal Oldham Hospital;
Rochdale Infirmary
Birch Hill Hospital
The Trust employs 8820 full-time equivalent staff and is the largest
non-teaching hospital Trust in England measured by full-time
equivalent staff. The Trust is proud of the career opportunities it
provides through first class education, links with universities, a wide
range of specialisms, cultural diversity and an environment of
continuous support.
It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and
may be subject to change.