SpR post details (August 2012 - July 2013)

Name of Supervisor: Dr. Paul Reed
Location of the post: Darwen ward (Pendleview unit)
Royal Blackburn Hospital, Haslingden Road
Blackburn, BB2 3HH
Telephone number: 01254 226 254 (Susan Kirtlan, Secretary to Dr. Reed)

1. DETAILS OF PLACEMENT
The post is based working on a male acute admission ward. The Post offers the opportunity to lead multidisciplinary Ward reviews semi-independently from the consultant. The post includes weekly supervision session and sessions for research and special interest. There is also allocated time for the weekly postgraduate educational meetings. The SpR has opportunity to supervise a junior trainee

Core Placement: Yes
Supervisor (Fulltime/part time): Full time

2. DETAILS OF ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXPERIENCE TRAINEE WILL GAIN
The trainee will gain experience working in Darwen ward as a member of a multidisciplinary team which has worked as a functional dedicated in-patient team since Dec 2006. The majority of patients are detained, so it follows that the trainee will gain supervised experience of assessments, hearings, and report writing for the purposes of the Mental Health Act. The Trainee will function as a quasi-consultant alongside the trainer.

Suitably experienced trainees will be encouraged to lead their own ward reviews on a weekly basis semi independently from the Consultant.

The trainee will have ample opportunity to clinically supervise the junior trainees. A ST1-3 doctor is a member of the acute ward team

The trainee will attend the weekly postgraduate educational meetings and will be encouraged to participate in the management of these meetings.

4. ON CALL COMMITMENT
The SpR participates in a 1:6 rota intermediate tier on call rota across East Lancashire. There is no day time on call in this post. Feedbacks from trainees suggest the on call experience is about right i.e neither too much nor too little experience.

5. AUDIT / RESEARCH/ SPECIAL INTEREST SESSION OPPORTUNITIES
The trainee will be encouraged and supported to complete audit projects of interest.
The trainee will be encouraged to use 2 sessions for research and or special interest sessions. Although the trainer has limited personal research opportunities, he does give practical support and guidance to trainees in this area.

6. MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
There are ample opportunities for management opportunities through groups such as the locality in-patient governance group and Locality consultant meetings.

7. TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES
Ample opportunities for teaching to the medical students posted to the inpatient unit.
Additional management experience can be obtained by organising the teaching programme to medical students posted to the Pendleview unit.

8. IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL DETAILS (FACILITIES etc)
The trainee will have their own personal office with computer and access to the team medical secretary.
The trainer recognises the importance of other training opportunities through the use of research time and special interest sessions. Because of the dedicated nature of the in-patient post, none of the time table is rigidly fixed for this post holder. They can therefore fit the work around their other commitments if necessary.