Medicine - Northern Deanery

TEMPLATEC- Individual Placement Description
Northern Deanery Foundation School (NDFS)
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Individual Placement Description
Placement
The department
The type of work to expect and
learning opportunities
F2 in Medicine
Medicine has a commitment on all three sites in
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
(Wansbeck General Hospital, North Tyneside General
Hospital and Hexham General Hospital). It includes
 Cardiology
 Respiratory Medicine
 GI Medicine
 Acute Elderly Medicine
 General Medicine (Hexham) – a separate sheet has
been prepared for this rotation
Educational opportunities
Specific Skills
 clinical method (history taking, examination and
differential diagnosis) and diagnostic testing
 acute and chronic management of patients with
medical problems including patient counselling,
therapeutics and appropriate use of the skills of
allied health professionals including specialist nurses
 clinical skills (e.g. lumbar puncture, chest and
peritoneal drains, central lines)
 longitudinal care of ill patients
 assessment of all patients arriving on the ward,
 arranging appropriate tests for the patients and
checking results
 co-ordinating treatment and investigative schedules
 working with and providing day to day supervision of
the F1 doctor on your team
 providing teaching for F1 doctors and medical
students and any other
 playing a central role in co-ordinating discharge
planning for the patient.
Generic Skills
 Team working including handovers and
presentations.
 Communication skills.
 Liaison with the wider hospital teams such
laboratories, pain team, infection control, palliative
care and oncology.
 Note keeping
 Medico-legal issues.
 Ethical issues surrounding treatment of disabled and
elderly, for example DNR orders, nutrition and end of
life issues.
Where the placement is based
Clinical Supervisor(s)
placement
NTGH, WGH
for
the (If information available at this time)
Cardiology: Sam Nath & Craig Runnett
Respiratory: Mark Weatherhead & David Cooper
Elderly:
Mark Sudlow, Tarquin Cross, Cath Huntley
GI Medicine: Anthoor Jayaprakash
Main duties of the placement
F2 will be based primarily on one ward with the
opportunity to spend two sessions a week in other
learning environments such as out-patients.
Typical working pattern in this Typical working pattern in this post e.g. ward rounds,
placement
clinics, theatre sessions
Daily/weekly/monthly (if applicable)
Each ward will have 2 – 3 consultant ward round per
week
AM
PM
Employer information
Monday
Ward
Work
Tuesday
Ward
Work
Wednesday
Ward Work
Thursday
Ward
Work
Friday
Ward
Work
Ward
Work
Clinic
Ward Work
Clinic
Ward
Work
On call requirements: 1:11 on call rota. Medical F2s
usually work 6 weekend days (0830 – 2100 or 0900 –
1700) and 9 weekdays (0900 – 2100) during the 4
month rotation. Standard working day 0900 - 1700.
There is no night-time commitment in this placement.
The employer for this post is Northumbria Healthcare
NHS Foundation Trust
North Tyneside is the largest of Northumbria's
Hospitals serving a population of 250,000. The hospital
is modern and well kept and has an ambitious building
programme. It has around 500 in patient beds.
Wansbeck is on the outskirts of Ashington and is a
modern hospital with a new wing recently opened. The
hospital serves a population of around 250,000 across a
wide geographic area. There are 384 inpatient beds.
It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject
to change.