Individual placement description

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Individual placement description
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Royal Oldham Hospital
Individual Placement Description
All information to be completed by the LEP.
Placement
F1 Medicine – Respiratory
The
department
The Respiratory department is run under two consultants and has 25
beds in total. The consultants each have a registrar and and/or
ST/FY2 trainee. They also provide outpatient clinics to and
bronchoscopy lists
All F1 Doctors in hospital posts will generally be ward based during
the ‘normal’ working day and expected to deliver the daily medical
care of all the patients on their ward irrespective of specialty. 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 synthesize 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
The type of
work to
expect and
learning
opportunities
Trainees are closely supervised and expected to adhere to high
standards of medical competence. Trainees are expected to follow
guidance on maintaining core medical knowledge and comply with
infection control and aseptic practices.
Trainees work closely with members the MDT.
Teaching will be provided during consultant ward rounds, and from other
more senior doctors.
Where the
placement is
based
Clinical
Supervisor(s)
for the
placement
Main duties
of the
placement
Typical
working
pattern in
this
placement
F7 Respiratory ward, The Royal Oldham Hospital
Dr W Thomas
Your role will be to ensure that all the ward jobs (created by the ward
round) are completed and recorded. These include writing blood
cards, taking difficult bloods (those the phlebotomists and nurses are
unable to do), cannulation, TTOs etc. You will assist the teams on
the ward rounds and write in the notes.
Am
Ward Round and Ward
Work
Ward Round/Ward Work
Pm
Ward work
Weds Ward Round/Ward Work
Ward Work
Thurs Ward Round/Ward Work
F1 Teaching
Fri
Ward Work
Mon
Tues
Ward Round/Ward Work
Ward Work
On call requirements: On the general medicine rota
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.
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