TEMPLATE C- Individual Placement Description
Northern Deanery Foundation School (NDFS)
North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust
Individual Placement Description
Placement
Foundation 2 Paediatrics and Community Child Health, WCH
The department
The Department of Paediatrics comprises 5 Consultant
paediatricians of whom 2 are part-time. All do acute General
paediatric and neonatal on-call. There are interests in CFS/ME,
Gastroenterology, CF, Respiratory, Allergy, Asthma, Medical
Education. All paediatric and neonatal pathology is represented.
The department is closely linked with tertiary services in Newcastle
upon Tyne.
The type of work to expect and
learning opportunities
All F2 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. All F2
doctors will need to pass the NLS course (Neonatal Life Support
Course) in order to attend deliveries. There is always senior cover
provided and on nightshifts there is senior resident on-call cover.
The overall educational objectives of the F2 year are to provide the
trainee with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to be able to
 Take a history and examine a child of all different age
ranges
 Identify and synthesise 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 paediatric problems
 Educate patients effectively
 Become life-long learners and teachers
Where the placement is based
West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven
Clinical Supervisor(s) for the
placement
Dr Deb Lee, Dr Sarah Pennington
Main duties of the placement
The F2 will be responsible with other staff for the care of the
patients on the ward. They will be expected to participate in and
pass an NLS (neonatal life support course) in order to attend
deliveries. They will have the opportunity to work with consultants
in outpatient clinics and take responsibility for general paediatrics
and neonates on the ward.
They will participate in community child health clinics on a regular
basis. They are expected to attend the structured teaching
programme in the department.
Typical working
placement
pattern
in
this
Monday: Handover then ward round
Tuesday: ward round. clinic
Wednesday: admissions
Thursday: ward round ward duties
Friday: clinic
On call requirements
EWTD compliant rota with senior resident on call cover
Employer information
North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust was formed in April2001
and encompasses both the Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, which
was the first PFI Hospital in the UK, (comprising 444 beds), and the
West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven (which has 425 beds). The
Trust provides a wide range of Clinical support services and most
modern investigational methods are now available on site. The
hospitals primarily provide services for North Cumbrian residents,
but they also offer services to patients in Dumfries and Galloway,
the Borders and parts of Northumberland. Nearly all specialities are
represented; three are sub-regional and several others are supradistrict in nature.
The hospitals provide healthcare for a catchment area of around
300,000. A wide range of services are provided with visiting
Consultants from Newcastle
It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject to change.