SpR post details (August 2012 - July 2013)

Name of Supervisor: Dr CE Hyde
Location of the post: Laureate House,
Wythenshawe Hospital
Southmoor Road
Wythenshawe
M23 9LT
Telephone number: 0161 291 6925

1. DETAILS OF PLACEMENT (LOCATION, POPULATION, INPATIENT OR OUTPATIENT, BEDS)
Inpatient PICU, 8 bedded male and female ward

Core Placement: No
Endorsements: No
Supervisor: Part time

2. DETAILS OF ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXPERIENCE TRAINEE WILL GAIN
Inpatient experience, ward rounds, tribunal reports and attendance, management of acutely unwell patients including rapid tranquilization. Assessment of SMI, including referrals from prisons.
Inpatient Work: Activities include attending the regular weekly ward rounds and taking part in assessing and managing specific cases. This may also involve liaising with other services (like social services, occupational therapists, sheltered accommodation, day support, etc.) to enable patients integrate back into society.

Medico legal work: There are plenty of opportunities to do First Tier Tribunal reports and the trainee will be encouraged to prepare medico-legal reports and reports for MHRT and Manager’s Hearings under direct supervision of Dr Hyde. There will be also an expectation that the trainee will develop skills in presenting cases during these proceedings.

3. JUNIOR DOCTOR SUPPORT AND SUPERVISION
There is a locum SHO who works for 2 days in the week (Tuesday and Thursday)

4. ON CALL COMMITMENT AND PAY BANDING
Band 1B: 40% 1:17
Out of hour’s on-call: City-wide rota (covering MRI, Wythenshawe Hospital and NMGH). 1:17, covering MHA and Section 136 assessments.

5. TEACHING / SUPERVISION / ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
There are regular attachments from medical students along with students on SSC and Project Option modules. Provision of teaching is encouraged and PBL and OSCE training is provided to allow trainees to facilitate students PBL and OSCE groups.
There are ample opportunities to facilitate teaching sessions for medical students and core trainees (like video teaching, giving tutorials, small group teaching and case-based discussions).
Weekly in house academic meetings-Journal club and case presentation

6. AUDIT / RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
The educational supervisor will support research in the department and audit is an expected part of the attachment.
The trainee will be encouraged to develop or participate in research activity as part of postgraduate degree or as part of training programme research experience.

7. MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
There are a number of opportunities to take part in the managerial processes behind developing the services. The team focus is on streamlining and improving the efficiency of the services in all its aspects, to manage an area of high morbidity with a limited resource.
The trainee will be encouraged and supported to develop his/her own management project.

8. ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE AVAILABLE
Specialist experience etc

9. IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL DETAILS (FACILITIES etc)
Own office, staff car park, secretarial support- Helen Whittle (also works for Dr Khan)
This post is not a core training post, no endorsements, can opt for outpatient clinics with Dr Khan and 2 such sessions a week can make this a core training post.

10. TIMETABLE (EXAMPLE OF COMMITMENTS) – (FIXED COMMITMENTS IN BOLD)

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