South Thames Foundation School Prospectus

Programmes Commencing August 2018 South Thames Foundation School

Introduction 1 Welcome 1 What is a foundation school? 3 The UK Foundation Programme Office (UKFPO) 3 Structure of foundation training 4 Overview of STFS 5 Applying for foundation training 5 Allocation to programmes within STFS 5 Purpose of the Foundation Programme 7 The foundation programme aims to: 7 Outcomes of foundation training 7 Broadening the Foundation Programme (BTFP) 8 Community Placements 8 Dr Toolbox 8 Safe prescribing 9 Doctors with disabilities 9 Map showing location of trusts affiliated to STFS 11 List of trusts affiliated to STFS 12 Glossary of trust staff 13 Educational supervisor 13 Clinical supervisor 13 Medical education manager (MEM) 13 Curriculum 13 Reference guide 14 e-Portfolio 14 Foundation key documents 14 Information about your training 15 Employment information 15 Time limit on provisional registration 15 Deferring the start of foundation training 15 Extended induction 16 General practice (GP) location and travel allowances 16 Shadowing 16 Transfer of information 16 Travel and relocation expenses 16 Tasters 17 Purpose of SLEs 17 SLE methodology 17 Careers 17 Supervised learning events (SLEs) 17 Educational and development tools 18 Assessment 18 Assessment 19 Self-assessment 19 Feedback and debriefing 19 Annual review of competence progression (ARCP) 19 Prospectus commencing August 2018

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Special circumstances 19 Maidstone Hospital 67 Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury 69 Training support 20 Medway NHS Foundation Trust 71 Inter foundation school transfers (IFST) 20 Medway Maritime Hospital 71 Less than full time training (LTFT) 20 Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation TRust 73 F2 abroad 21 Royal Surrey County Hospital 73 Time out of foundation programme (TOFP) 21 St George’s University Hospitals NHS foundation Trust 76 Leaving the foundation programme early 21 St George’s Hospital 76 STFS website 22 Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust 78 Email 22 East Surrey Hospital, Redhill & Crawley Hospital 79 Revalidation 22 Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 80 Communications 22 St Richard’s Hospital 80 Foundation doctor representation 22 Worthing and Southlands Hospitals 83 Appendix A2: Mental Health Trusts Affiliated to STFS 86 Appendix A1: Acute Trusts Affiliated to STFS 23 Kent and Medway NHS Social Care and Partnership Trust (Known Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as KMPT) 87 24 Inpatient and Community sites 88 Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals 25 Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust 89 Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust 27 Oxleas House, Queen Elizabeth Hospital 89 Royal Sussex County Hospital & Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath 27 Green Parks House, Princess Royal University Hospital 89 Croydon Health Services NHS Trust 29 Woodlands Unit, Queen Mary’s Hospital 89 Croydon University Hospital 29 South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust 91 Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust 33 Maudsley 91 Darent Valley Hospital 33 Bethlem Royal 91 East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust 36 Lambeth 91 Kent & Canterbury Hospital 36 Ladywell Unit, Lewisham 91 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital 39 Croydon University Hospital 91 William Harvey Hospital 42 St.Thomas’ Hospital 91 Conquest Hospital & Eastbourne District General Hospital 45 South West London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust 94 Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust 48 Hospital and Community sites across South West London St Helier Hospital & Epsom General Hospital 49 94 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust 51 Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 96 Frimley Park Hospital 51 Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 98 Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust 53 Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals 53 Appendix B: STFS Team 100 King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 56 King’s College Hospital 56 Princess Royal University Hospital 59 Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 61 Kingston Hospital 61 Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust 63 University Hospital Lewisham 63 Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich 65 Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust 67 South Thames Foundation School | Introduction

INTRODUCTION

Welcome

The South Thames Foundation School is large, with over 1700 programmes in 18 NHS acute trusts and 6 mental health trusts. Our prospectus aims to provide all the relevant information about foundation training in STFS for those considering their options. We hope that you find it useful.

Additional information is on our website: www.stfs.org.uk

Professor Jan Welch Director

Dr Mark Cottee Associate Director

Dr Udesh Naidoo Associate Director

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What is a foundation The UK Foundation school? Programme Office Foundation training is a two year programme (UKFPO) acting as the bridge between undergraduate medical education and further training to The UK Foundation Programme Office provides become a general practitioner or specialist. a central information point for medical schools, Foundation schools oversee the training of the foundation schools, foundation doctors and the foundation doctors (FDs) in that school. faculty involved in foundation training. They bring together local medical schools, local The aim of the UKFPO is to develop and education and training boards (LETBs), trusts and promote innovative training methods, such as other organisations involved in training doctors. e-learning and the electronic portfolio, as well as to develop and administer the recruitment and programme allocation system throughout England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland.

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STRUCTURE OF FOUNDATION TRAINING

FTP = Foundation training DME = Director of Medical Education FTPD = Foundation Training Programme Director

UKFPO Birmingham

HEE local team Medical School

Foundation School Director/Manager

FTP in NHS Trust FTP in NHS Trust FTP in NHS Trust FTP in NHS Trust DME/FTPD

Educational Supervisor Foundation Doctor

Clinical supervisor Foundation Doctor

Clinical supervisor Foundation Doctor

Educational Supervisor Foundation Doctor

Educational Supervisor Foundation Doctor

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OVERVIEW OF STFS

The South Thames Foundation School (STFS) was established Applying for Allocation to in 2007. It is a collaboration between Health Education KSS foundation training programmes within and Health Education England The national eligibility criteria and person south London and Brighton and specification together with a detailed applicant STFS Sussex, GKT school of Medical guide are available to download from: Once applicants have been successfully Education, King’s College www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/pages/ allocated to STFS, the next step is for them to London and St George’s home/how-to-apply be matched to a specific programme. University of London Medical schools See also Applying to STFS www.stfs.org.uk/applying-stfs Programme fair STFS invites medical students allocated to The school manages all F1 and F2 FDs STFS via the national recruitment process to in NHS trusts in the South London and attend a programme fair before they rank their KSS regions (about 1700) and is based preferences. Trusts from across the school in Stewart House, Russell Square, attend and each one has a stand to show what London, WC1B 5DN. their trust offers, and to answer queries.

Professor Jan Welch is the Director of The national F1 allocation system informs the South Thames Foundation School applicants which foundation school they have and is based at the London Bridge been allocated to in early March, and the Office. Two Associate Directors, Dr programme fair for applicants entering STFS Udesh Naidoo and Dr Mark Cottee in August 2018 will be held on Friday 16 March provide local leadership. 2018 at Glaziers Hall. See www.stfs.org.uk/student/programme-fair See Appendix B for details of the for more details. STFS team. F1 Students told us that they value the large size of STFS, but disliked ranking 800 programmes as it is time-consuming and tedious. STFS therefore now uses a two stage programme allocation process in order to minimise the number of programmes needed to be ranked to about 160.

Stage 1 Allocation into one of five programme groups – red (London Link 1), orange (Continuity [CT]), yellow (London Link 2), green (Coast and Country [CC]) and purple (London Link 3). Stage 2 Ranking of programmes within that group, followed by individual programme allocation. Programmes have been divided up into groups carefully, to try and make the groups as equivalent as possible. There is a geographical element to the groups, in that red is towards the west of the STFS area, yellow towards the centre and purple towards the east, but all the link groups comprised programmes containing a year in London.

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Group Name Group Description In line with national objectives, an increasing proportion of programmes include some Coast and Country Provides 2 years in trusts in Kent, Surrey and Sussex. Many programmes include a year at experience in / psychiatry and all programmes Brighton and Sussex University Hospital. now include a community placement.

Continuity Contains programmes in which both years are Unfortunately, sometimes programmes spent at one site or trust, or in two different but have to be amended after the allocation geographically close Trusts in London, Kent, process, for example because of service Surrey and Sussex. reconfigurations. If this is the case, applicants will be notified as soon as London Link 1 All programmes include at least one year in possible. London, mainly towards the west of the STFS area. Local Swaps London Link 2 All programme includes at least one year in Some FDs ask to swap some or all of their F1 or London, mainly towards the centre of the STFS F2 programme with someone else in the same area. trust. Within STFS this may be arranged subject to certain criteria. Full details are available at All programmes include at least one year in London Link 3 www.stfs.org.uk/doctor/local-swaps London, mainly towards the east of the STFS area. F2 Swap Shop Once allocated to a group, applicants rank It is possible for F1 doctors to swap their specific linked 2 year F1 and F2 programmes. provisionally allocated F2 programme via In order to provide a range of experience, the STFS swap shop which is usually held in the F1 and F2 years are often based in two February/March of the F1 year. Full details are different trusts. One may be in London and available at www.stfs.org.uk/doctor/swap-shop one outside, with generally no more than one year being spent in a teaching hospital. Some programmes, for example many of those linked Local Swaps to Brighton, are outside London for both F1 Some FDs ask to swap some or all of the F1 or and F2. There are in the Coast and County and F2 programme with someone else in the same Continuity groups. trust. Within STFS this may be arranged subject to certain criteria. Full details are available at www.stfs.org.uk/doctor/local-swaps

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PURPOSE OF THE FOUNDATION PROGRAMME

The foundation programme is part of the continuum of medical education. It is the The foundation Outcomes of only point in medical training which is common to all United Kingdom medical programme aims to: foundation training students and doctors and bridges the • Build on undergraduate education by Foundation Year 1 enables medical graduates ‘gap’ between undergraduate medical imbuing recently graduated doctors with to begin to take supervised responsibility for training and hospital or general practice the attributes of professionalism, and patient care and consolidate the skills learned specialty training. the primacy of patient welfare, which are at medical school. Satisfactory completion of F1 allows the relevant university, or their designated The foundation programme aims to ensure required to provide for safe and effective representative in a postgraduate local education that all doctors deliver safe and effective practice and the care of patients with acute and training board (LETB) or foundation school, patient care in accordance with GMC and long term conditions to recommend to the GMC that the FD be guidance. During the programme, FDs • Provide deliberately generic training ensuring granted full registration. work in a supportive environment where that FDs develop and demonstrate a range they are properly managed and supervised of essential clinical skills that are required of Foundation year 2 doctors remain under clinical enabling them to learn through service all doctors regardless of specialty supervision (as do all doctors in training) but delivery whilst ensuring that patients are take on increasing responsibility for patient care. not put at risk. FDs practise within their • Provide the opportunity to begin to develop In particular they begin to make management own level of competence and are provided leadership, team working and supervisory decisions as part of their progress towards with adequate supervision and feedback to skills in order to deliver care in the setting of independent practice. F2 doctors further reach higher levels of competence and to a contemporary multidisciplinary team and to develop their core generic skills and contribute acquire new competences. The foundation begin to make independent clinical decisions more to the education and training of allied programme builds on and develops the with appropriate supervision healthcare professionals, medical students responsibilities of clinical professionalism. • Provide opportunities for foundation doctors and less experienced doctors. At the end of Satisfactory progress indicates that a to experience a variety of career options in F2 they will have begun to demonstrate clinical doctor is moving towards independent order to inform career choice and ensure effectiveness, leadership and the decision practice. that whatever career path is subsequently making responsibilities that are essential for Throughout medical school and foundation entered, all FDs have experienced the hospital and general practice specialty training. training, students and graduates should provision of medical care in both hospital Satisfactory completion of F2 leads to the draw upon career information and and community settings. award of a Foundation Programme Certificate guidance and reflect on their abilities, of Completion (FPCC) which indicates that the interests, opportunities and service needs doctor is ready to enter a core, specialty or to make more informed choices about general practice training programme. their future career. Refer to the Career Management section in the Reference Guide and to www.healthcareers.nhs.uk

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BROADENING COMMUNITY DR TOOLBOX THE FOUNDATION PLACEMENTS PROGRAMME (BTFP)

Broadening the Foundation Programme (2014) There are excellent learning opportunities for STFS supports the Dr Toolbox website, emerged in response to recommendations in FDs to gain experience of general practice created and run by junior doctors to provide the following reports: Professor John Collins’ and community work. All of our clinical up-to date local information such as reference Foundation for Excellence Report, Francis supervisors have been trained to support the and handover guides, essential telephone and Report, Keogh Review and Berwick Review. needs of FDs and have developed a range of bleep numbers etc. The site has been created additional learning opportunities. to help doctors to collate local hospital It addresses the need for newly qualified doctors knowledge and pass it to their successors, so to be able to respond to the evolving needs of Previous FDs have commented positively on that they can ‘hit the ground running’, thereby the ‘whole patient’ and to be able to develop the different opportunities available in general improving efficiency and patient safety. The their capabilities across a range of settings. practice, such as being able to follow a Doctor Toolbox hub is available at patient’s care pathway and having autonomy The report put forward recommendations www.dr-toolbox.com and can be downloaded to work and make decisions, with of course as an app. including: the full support and guidance of a qualified • FDs should not rotate through a placement GP. They are included in all aspects of general Dr Toolbox is always looking for enthusiastic in the same specialty or specialty grouping practice from audits to clinical practice editors to update/maintain the site. Becoming a more than once, unless this is required to meetings and social activities. FDs are a fully Toolbox editor means taking an important role enable them to meet the outcomes set out in integrated member of the practice but work in a in a national patient safety project. It provides the curriculum. supernumerary capacity. significant opportunity to undertake a quality improvement project as well as developing • (a) At least 80 per cent of FDs should Previous FDs have been able to experience leadership skills. undertake a community placement or an not just a GP surgery but other areas such integrated placement from August 2015. as palliative care and clinical commissioning A representative from Dr Toolbox will be groups. available at the STFS programme fair for further • (b) All FDs should undertake a community information and queries. placement or an integrated placement from August 2017. Also included was a previous target to increase the numbers of psychiatry posts to 7.5% of F1 and 7.5% of F2 posts, so that 45% of FDs will have a psychiatry placement. Since 2017, FDs now undertake a minimum of one community or integrated placement during their two year foundation programme. This is to ensure that they receive a wider experience of working in community settings such as general practice, community psychiatry or community paediatrics to obtain a broader understanding of community care and the whole patient journey. Delivering this programme has necessitated changes in training delivery structures. Some specialties such as surgery experienced a reduction in posts while others such as psychiatry see an increase. There has been an increase in community posts.

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SAFE DOCTORS WITH PRESCRIBING DISABILITIES

Many risks to patient safety and a quarter STFS wishes to support FDs with disabilities of litigation claims in the NHS stem from which may affect their training, for example by medication errors. In order to address this facilitating reasonable adjustments to training STFS has introduced both a FD prescribing programmes. Additional careers support can assessment on local systems and an also be arranged where appropriate. FDs are e-learning tool – standard computerised welcome to make an appointment to see one revalidation instrument for prescribing and of the directors in confidence to discuss their therapeutics (SCRIPT). Both F1s and F2s are training further. required to complete a specific number of SCRIPT modules as prescribed by their trust. Further details are available at www.stfs.org. uk/safe-prescribing

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MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF TRUSTS AFFILIATED TO STFS

See www.stfs.org.uk/affiliated-trusts for the STFS interactive map

Enfield M25 M1 M11 14 Harrow 19 Basildon Maidenhead LONDON 15 Southend-on-Sea Slough 18 31 30 5 Tilbury Windsor 1 24 Sherness Gravesend Herne 7 22 Bay Bracknell 16 Margate Chertsey 17 12 4 Rochester Broadstairs M3 11 29 M20 Ramsgate 33 Croydon 32 6 13 M26 20 M2 Woking 26 Sandwich 23 Leatherhead M25 Sevenoaks Canterbury Reigate Maidstone Deal Guildford M20 Dorking Tonbridge Farnham 8 Godalming 21 25 East Grinstead Dover Crawley Ashford Royal M23 Tenterden Tunbridge Wells Hythe Folkestone Horsham 2 Midhurst New Romney Haywards Rye Uckfield Heath

34 9 3 Lewes 27 28 Hastings Bexhill Chichester Brighton 10 Worthing New Haven Bognor Regis Eastbourne

Health Education England, South London trusts Health Education England, KSS trusts Mental Health trusts

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LIST OF TRUSTS AFFILIATED TO STFS

Trust Site(s) Map ref Acute trusts Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals 1 Foundation Trust Brighton and Sussex University Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath 2 Hospitals NHS Trust Royal Sussex County Hospital 3 Croydon Health Services NHS Trust Croydon University Hospital 4 Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust Darent Valley Hospital 5 East Kent Hospitals University NHS Kent & Canterbury Hospital 6 Foundation Trust Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital 7 William Harvey Hospital 8 East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Conquest Hospital 9 Eastbourne District General Hospital 10 Epsom & St Helier University Epsom General Hospital 11 Hospitals NHS Trust St Helier Hospital 12 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Frimley Park Hospital 13 Trust Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals 14 Foundation Trust King’s College Hospital NHS King’s College Hospital 15 Foundation Trust Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington 16 Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Kingston Hospital 17 Trust Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust University Hospital Lewisham 18 Queen Elizabeth Hospital 19 Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Maidstone Hospital 20 NHS Trust Tunbridge Wells Hospital 21 Medway NHS Foundation Trust Medway Maritime Hospital 22 Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS The Royal Surrey County Hospital 23 Foundation Trust St George’s University Hospitals St George’s Hospital 24 NHS Foundation Trust Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS East Surrey Hospital, Redhill 26 Trust

Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Worthing Hospital 27 Foundation Trust St Richard’s Hospital 28 Mental Health Trusts Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust 29 South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust 30 South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust 31 Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust 32 Surrey and Borders Partnership Trust 33 Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 34

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GLOSSARY OF TRUST STAFF

Your training within trusts is Director of medical Educational provided by a number of people, some based in a postgraduate or education (DME) supervisor education centre. Their contact The director of medical education is a consultant details will be included in trust This may be the clinical supervisor for your in the trust and works for the LETB as well as first attachment or for another attachment induction packs but a summary of the hospital. They have managerial responsibility depending on local arrangements. They have their roles is given below. for medical education. They work closely with a particular responsibility for your education the clinical tutor/s and MEMs and can also be through the whole year. You will meet them at approached for formal and informal advice. regular intervals and they should generally be the first port of call for any concerns you may have about your training. Clinical tutor (CT) The clinical tutor is a consultant in the trust who is responsible for organising trust induction Clinical supervisor and general educational programmes. If you The clinical supervisor is normally the consultant have any problems with educational matters or you are working for in each attachment, and is supervision you can take them to the clinical responsible for your teaching and supervision. tutor. They can also help you deal with any You should have regular meetings with them problems concerning your career, as they have during your attachment. wide experience and specialist contacts.

College tutor (specialty Medical education programme director) manager (MEM) The medical education manager runs the The college tutor is a consultant with particular postgraduate centre and administers the responsibility for training in a specialty. They induction and educational programmes. They usually organise departmental teaching work closely with medical staffing and the programmes,and can be asked for advice clinical tutor. They are readily available for about the specialty, including careers. general advice and will be on hand to help you adapt to your new way of life in the Trust. Foundation training programme director (FTPD) The FTPD oversees the training of 20- 40 FDs, and organises their teaching programmes. They meet with new F1 doctors during their first attachment. In some trusts the foundation and clinical tutors are the same.

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FOUNDATION KEY DOCUMENTS

Curriculum Reference guide e-Portfolio The Foundation The Reference Guide FDs within STFS now use the UK Horus Programme Curriculum provides guidance to ePortfolio system developed by the HEE North sets out the framework LETBs and foundation West local team. F1s are issued with a user for educational schools about the name and password on entry to STFS. The progression that will structures and systems e-portfolio is a record of an FD’s progress and support the first two required to support development through the foundation years. years of professional the delivery of the Evidence of achievement of outcomes and development following curriculum. increasingly sophisticated performance will graduation from be recorded in the e-portfolio. The completed medical school. It is a companion e-portfolio contributes to the end of year report. document to the FP Elements of the e-portfolio may also be used The curriculum builds curriculum and should in specialty interviews by FDs to demonstrate on the competences, be used in conjunction competence and highlight achievements. attitudes and with it. behaviours acquired See www.nwpgmd.nhs.uk/horus-eportfolio- during undergraduate The reference foundation-training-england for further details. training. guide is available to download from www. The foundation foundationprogramme. programme curriculum nhs.uk is available to download from www. foundationprogramme. nhs.uk

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TRAINING VS DEFERRING SHADOWING EMPLOYMENT THE START OF (INC BANDING & FOUNDATION EWTR) TRAINING

Although STFS oversees foundation training, An applicant who has been accepted onto It is a mandatory requirement for those NHS trusts are the employing healthcare the Foundation Programme may only defer entering the foundation programme to organisations responsible for all contractual the start date of their training for a statutory undertake a paid period of four days’ issues including: reason (e.g. maternity leave, sickness). shadowing and induction with their first F1 employer immediately before the start of their • Pay Wherever possible, applicants are asked to employment. This provides incoming F1s • Rotas give their foundation school as much notice as with an opportunity to work closely with the possible of the need to defer the start date. This F1 doctor who is in the post that they will • Accommodation may allow the foundation school to offer the take up and to familiarise themselves with foundation placement to someone else. the department and hospital settings before starting their post. The shadowing placement Information on new should be paid on an unbanded F1 basic Time limit on pay basis. contract An F1s first day of work will be the first The new junior doctors’ contract came into provisional Wednesday of August however we suggest effect on 3 August 2016, so all doctors entering that FDs keep the 10 days before available for F1 training now start on this contract. registration induction and shadowing as starting dates can very between trusts. New F1 pay scale £26 614 (2017 figure). From 1 April 2015, the length of time doctors Additional supplements are payable for working will be allowed to hold provisional registration on-call rotas and there is also a weekend will be limited to a maximum of three years and allowance. 30 days (1125 days in total). After this their Extended induction provisional registration will expire. For further Further information is available on: details see www.gmc-uk.org STFS provides non-UK graduates and those who www.nhsemployers.org qualified more than 2-years before commencing F1 with the opportunity to undertake an The new contract also includes new features, additional 3-weeks of extended induction/ including work scheduling and exception shadowing in order to familiarise them with the reporting. NHS in advance of formally commencing F1. Work schedules provide information about Invitations to attend extended induction are sent the range and pattern of duties expected, as out shortly after allocation to programmes. well as intended learning outcomes, and are personalised once you are in post following discussion with your supervisor.

Exception reports enable you to raise issues if you feel that your work schedule does not reflect the reality of the post as regards service or training.

Each trust also has a guardian of safe working hours. This is a senior appointment made jointly by the employer and junior doctors. The role of the guardian is to ensure that issues of compliance with safe working hours are addressed.

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TRANSFER OF TRAVEL AND INFORMATION RELOCATION EXPENSES

See: www.stfs.org.uk/doctor/transfer- The reimbursement of travel and relocation information expenses is administered by the HEE London and South East team. Full details are available All STFS FDs are required to complete a transfer at: www.lpmde.ac.uk/training-programme/ of information (TOI) questionnaire before the training-matters/relocation-and-excess- travel- beginning of both their F1 and F2 years. The claims TOI process is supportive, and designed to allow FDs to highlight to their training programme director (FTPD) issues that might be relevant to their training, such as academic, health, social or psychological difficulties. General practice It is strongly recommended that the F1 form should be completed with the help and support (GP) location and of medical school advisors/tutors or another appropriate medical school member of staff, travel allowances and the F2 form with the FD’s F1 FTPD. Usually FDs are allocated to a practice within the area served by their current trust, but A medical school clinical advisor or official must occasionally, they may need to be placed in countersign the F1 form and the F1 FTPD the another trust’s area. Some trusts do cover a F2 form. wide area and so FDs may be expected to travel a reasonable distance from home or the trust to the placement. During the FDs’ time in GP it is not essential for them to do any out of hours working, although they may well be asked to carry out home visits. In most cases this will be alongside the clinical supervisor.

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TASTERS CAREERS SUPERVISED LEARNING EVENTS (SLEs)

See: www.stfs.org.uk/doctor/tasters See: www.stfs.org.uk/doctor/careers- Supervised learning events are an important Tasters provide an opportunity to experience guidance opportunity for learning and reflection on practice and are a crucial component of a specialty not included in a two year Good quality careers information and advice the curriculum. FDs must demonstrate foundation programme, and thereby develop can be invaluable in enabling doctors to make engagement with this process. This means understanding of that specialty to inform informed, pragmatic and realistic choices undertaking an appropriate range and career choices. Tasters can also benefit those throughout their careers. who have already made career decisions as it number of SLEs and documenting them in suggests to employers that they are dedicated Within STFS, trusts provide workshops to the e-portfolio. The clinical supervisor’s end and committed to their chosen specialty. introduce FDs to career planning tools, linked of placement report draws on the evidence of We encourage all FDs to arrange a taster into a four stage career planning framework: the FD’s engagement in the SLE process. Full during their first F2 rotation so that they have participation with reflective practice is the best • Stage 1: self-assessment e.g. skills, way to demonstrate progression towards the completed it before the recruitment process to interests, values specialty training programmes which usually outcomes expected of the programme, and starts in November of the F2 year. It is also • Stage 2: career exploration e.g. how to the competences specified in the curriculum. possible for FDs to “borrow” up to 5 days of research different career options their F2 study leave to use for a taster during the • decision making e.g. look at how second half of their F1 year. Stage 3: you have made decisions Purpose of SLEs • Stage 4: implementation e.g. application forms, CVs and interview preparation The purpose of SLEs is: For specific one-to-one advice the first point • To highlight achievements and areas of of contact for foundation doctors is their excellence educational supervisor. Educational supervisors • To provide immediate feedback and suggest are able to call on other resources both locally areas for further development. from the trust and from the local HEE office. A careers lead is also available in each trust. What you choose for the next stage of your career should be a personal decision, but you SLE methodology should ensure that you plan your approach and investigate career options fully before deciding. SLEs are designed to help foundation doctors The NHS national careers website is available develop their clinical and professional practice. at www.healthcareers.nhs.uk. It contains FDs are expected to demonstrate improvement information on all specialties including workforce and progression during each attachment statistics, real-life stories, videos and podcasts and, therefore, should arrange for SLEs to be and interactive tools to support career planning. evenly spread throughout each placement. Improvement in clinical practice results from regular SLEs leading to constructive feedback and subsequent review of progression. SLEs use the following tools: • Mini-clinical evaluation exercise (mini-CEX) • Case based discussion (CBD) • Direct observation of procedural skills (DOPS) • Developing the clinical teacher FDs should usually agree the timing and the clinical case/problem with their trainer, unscheduled interactions are also encouraged. The SLE should be used to stimulate immediate feedback and to provide a basis for discussion with the clinical and/or educational supervisor. A different teacher/trainer should be used for each SLE wherever possible, including at least one consultant or GP per four month placement.

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ASSESSMENT

The SLE must cover a spread of different • Different assessors should be used for each Several forms of assessment are used: clinical problems, sampling from acute encounter wherever possible care, management of long term conditions, i) Core procedures psychiatric care etc. (categories listed in • Each DOPS could represent a different syllabus and competences). Teachers/trainers procedure and may be specific to the The GMC requires demonstration of should have sufficient experience of the area specialty (NB: DOPS may not be relevant competence in a series of procedures in order under consideration, typically at least higher in all placements) for a provisionally registered doctor with a license to practise to be eligible for full registration specialty training (with variations between • Although DOPS was developed to assess specialties); this is particularly important for procedural skills, its purpose in foundation These must be recorded and signed off in the case based discussions. is to give feedback on the doctor/patient core procedures section of the e-portfolio interaction The core procedures from F1 do not need Supervised learning events which to be repeated in F2, but evidence for ARCP Educational and is required for successful completion of the take place remote from the patient foundation programme development tools It should also be recognised that with practice i) Case-based discussion (CBD) the FD is expected to improve their skills in Supervised learning events with This is a structured discussion of clinical cases those procedures which they perform. direct observation of doctor/ managed by the FD. Its strength is investigation of and feedback on clinical reasoning. patient encounter ii) Multi-source feedback • A minimum of six CBDs should be Two tools can be used to give feedback after Team assessment of behaviour (TAB) (previously completed each year with at least two CBDs observation of doctor/patient encounters: described as 360-degree assessment) undertaken in any four month period • Mini-clinical evaluation exercise (mini-CEX) • This comprises collated views from a range • Different teachers/trainers should be used for of co-workers. It is mapped to a self- • Direct observation of procedural skills each CBD wherever possible assessment tool with identical domains (DOPS). • There is no maximum number of CBDs • MSF should usually take place at least once FDs are required to undertake a minimum of and FDs will often achieve very high numbers a year. LETBs have the option of increasing nine directly observed encounters per annum of them. the frequency in both F1 and in F2. At least six of these • It is suggested that both F1 and F2 TAB be encounters, each year, should use mini-CEX. ii) Developing the clinical teacher FDs are encouraged to do many more than taken in the first four months of the year’s this minimum. This is a tool to aid the development of a FDs training. If there is a risk of ‘rater fatigue’, i.e. skill in teaching and/or making a presentation overburdening a small number of colleagues, and should be performed at least once a year. then F2 TAB could be undertaken in the i) Mini-clinical evaluation exercise The FD will be encouraged to demonstrate second four months of training. If there are (mini-CEX) skills in preparation and scene-setting, delivery significant concerns about any FD, TAB This is an SLE of a clinical encounter. of material, subject knowledge and ability to should be repeated in the last four months answer questions, learner- centredness and of training • FDs should complete a minimum of six overall interaction with the group. mini-CEX in F1 and another six in F2. These • For each assessment, the FD should should be spaced out during the year with at nominate 15 raters. A minimum of 10 returns least two mini- CEX completed in each four are required. month period The required mix of raters/assessors must • There is no maximum number of mini-CEX include at least: and good trainees will often achieve very high numbers of SLEs, recognising the iii) 3 doctors more senior that F2 at benefit they derive from them. least 2 consultants or trained GPs • 2 senior nurses (band 5 or above) ii) Direct observation of procedural skills (DOPS) • 2 allied health professionals This is a structured checklist for giving feedback • Other team members including ward clerks, on the FDs interaction with the patient when secretaries and auxiliary staff. performing a practical procedure. • FDs may submit up to three DOPS as part of the minimum requirements for evidence of observed doctor-patient encounters

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ASSESSMENT ANNUAL REVIEW SPECIAL continued OF COMPETENCE CIRCUMSTANCES PROGRESSION (ARCP)

Self-assessment The ARCP provides a formal process for See: www.stfs.org.uk/doctor/special- reviewing FDs’ progress which uses the circumstances evidence gathered by them and supplied by FDs have a personal responsibility to make A few F1 doctors have significant special their supervisors which is usually contained self-assessment an integral part of their circumstances. Provided they meet one of the within the foundation e-portfolio. The ARCP is professional life. It is good educational practice nationally agreed criteria STFS will endeavour not an additional method of assessment. for this to be stated clearly and discussed fully to allocate such doctors to a trust within a during induction. The ARCP fulfils the following functions: reasonable commuting distance (90 mins). FDs, with the support of their supervisor(s), are STFS is, however, unable to guarantee that this responsible for arranging appraisals, having • To document the judgement about whether will be possible. FDs with special circumstances the outcomes recorded and documenting a FD has met the requirements and has approved for their F1 year must reapply for F2. ways to improve. provided documentary support for the satisfactory completion of F1/F2 STFS can only consider applications from F1 doctors for allocation on the grounds of special • To document recommendations about circumstances if they can demonstrate that they further training and support where the meet at least one of the following: Feedback and requirements have not been met. Criterion 1: debriefing Full details of the process will be provided during the F1 year. The applicant is a parent or legal guardian of Feedback is a key component of the interactions a child or children under the age of 18, who between supervisors and FDs. Giving and The requirements for successful completion reside primarily with you and for whom you have receiving feedback and engaging in constructive of ARCP within STFS are higher than the significant caring responsibilities. conversations about learning, successes, minimum requirements specified within the FP difficulties and progress are all part of an reference guide. Criterion 2: effective professional learning environment. Details of all requirements to achieve a The applicant is the primary carer for Improvement in clinical practice will only satisfactory ARCP outcome are provided to FDs someone who is disabled (as defined by happen if regular review of that practice leads during their annual induction to STFS. Copies of the Equality Act 2010). to constructive feedback. As indicated above, the slides and an ARCP checklist are available unscheduled SLEs are a good opportunity for at www.stfs.org.uk/doctor/induction-stfs Criterion 3: immediate feedback. The applicant has a medical condition or This is particularly true of mini-CEX and DOPS disability for which ongoing follow up for the which may be opportunistic. It is essenti condition in the specified location is an absolute al that trainers provide, and FDs receive, requirement. structured feedback. FDs must learn to receive positive feedback and also how to accept constructive criticism aimed at targeting future development. Towards the end of both the F1 and F2 years, the local foundation training programme director, under the guidance of the foundation school, convenes an Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP) panel to review the progress of all FDs in their programme.

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TRAINING INTER LESS THAN SUPPORT FOUNDATION FULL TIME SCHOOL TRAINING (LTFT) TRANSFERS (IFST) also known as flexible training

See: www.stfs.org. Transfers normally take place either at the See www.stfs.org.uk/doctor/less- full- uk/doctor/trainees- start of the F1 or F2 year. Arrangements for time-training-ltft-0 IFSTs must be agreed between foundation difficulty Less than full time training is available to school directors on the basis of individual If an FD feels that s/ doctors and dentists in training who are unable FD requirements if there are special he is struggling/ to work full-time for “well founded individual circumstances. experiencing difficulties reasons” (European Union Council Directive s/he should contact Transfers will take place only if: 93/16-/EEC 1993). their foundation training FDs requiring LTFT Training must compete for programme director as • there are places available in the receiving entry into foundation training on an equal basis soon as possible so that foundation school with other applicants, ie. in open competition. appropriate support/ • the applicant has jointly satisfied both FDs also need to achieve the competences as advice can be provided. foundation schools that there are special well as the equivalent of two years whole time FDs may also self refer circumstances for doing so experience to meet the UK requirements for all to the Practitioner Health foundation trainees. Programme (PHP), a Guidance notes and an application form are free, confidential service, available on the UKFPO website Slot-sharing is usually the most effective for additional support. www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk means of meeting educational needs and See www.php.nhs.uk. must be explored before alternative options are considered. In slot-sharing two FDs share Trust foundation one full-time post and the out-of-hours is faculty groups meet managed between them. Each doctor is paid on a regular basis and as an individual trainee. LTFT FDs must work will update the STFS a minimum of 50% to ensure educational director on any FDs approval. It may be possible for STFS to review experiencing difficulties, other applications in order to identify a potential so that additional slot-share partner. support can be considered. Once successfully allocated to STFS, applicants considering applying for LTFT should contact Further information one of the STFS managers via London about the process and South East PGMDE Support Portal used to manage FDs lasepgmdesupport.hee.nhs.uk/support/home in difficulty is available in the first instance so that they can provide in “Support for trainees appropriate information/advice. in difficulty” available on the STFS website - Details of the LTFT arrangements can be found www.stfs.org.uk/doctor/ at the link below. trainee-support. lasepgmdesupport.hee.nhs.uk/support/home

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TIME OUT OF LEAVING THE REVALIDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATION PROGRAMME PROGRAMME (TOFP) EARLY

STFS will consider requests for time out of the The foundation programme is both time and Revalidation is the process by which licensed by foundation programme (TOFP) in accordance competency based. If you wish to leave before doctors are required to demonstrate on a regular with the ‘Time out of foundation programme the official end date of your F1 or F2 programme basis that they are up to date and fit to practise. (TOFP)’ entry contained within the foundation in order to take up other employment Revalidation aims to give extra confidence programme reference guide. opportunities, you will not be signed off as having to patients that their doctor is being regularly met foundation training requirements. checked by their employer and the GMC. Further details on the website: www.stfs.org.uk/doctor/time-out-foundation- In addition, you must give adequate notice to Licenced doctors have to revalidate, usually programme your employing trust. Failure to do so, could every five years, by having regular appraisals with have implications for patient safety and could their employer that are based on the GMC’s core therefore lead to a referral to the General guidance for doctors, good medical practice. Medical Council (GMC). For FD’s, the revalidation process will be incorporated within the ARCP process. For all STFS trainees (including those in South London trusts). • Designated body = HEE, KSS local team • Responsible officer – Postgraduate Dean • For further information see www.gmc-uk.org/doctors/revalidation.asp

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COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION DOCTOR REPRESENTATION

STFS is keen to ensure that the views of STFS website FDs are adequately represented at relevant www.stfs.org.uk local/national meetings. During July, FDs are invited to express their interest in being STFS is committed to fairness and a representative on various committees/ transparency. Our policies – for example for groups by submitting a 100 word statement flexible training, maternity leave etc. – are set explaining why they wish to take part and how out on the STFS website and if you have any they would ensure that they represented the queries, it is worth looking through these first, as views of their peers. well as the national information on the UKFPO website www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/ A list of FD representatives and guidance for pages/home. If not, one of our managers will be medical student and FD representatives is happy to advise you please email the London available at www.stfs.org.uk/doctor/foundation- and South East PGMDE Support Portal https:// doctor-representatives lasepgmdesupport.hee.nhs.uk/support/home

Email Although doctors are given email addresses by their trusts, audits have shown that doctors in training often do not use them, and have to discontinue them anyway when they move on. Hotmail and other accounts are not always secure or spam-free and are often changed, so it is very difficult to keep an up to date email list for hundreds of doctors. In addition, their spam filters may block emails from STFS or specialty recruitment. It is important for STFS to be able to email FD’s to provide information about specialty training applications, GMC registrations etc. Currently doctors.net is the default email address for correspondence unless you choose to use another email address, please ensure that it can receive messages from STFS.

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Currently a number of STFS linked trusts are undergoing reconfiguration which may result in changes to training programmes. STFS will endeavour to keep our foundation doctors informed. South Thames Foundation School | Acute trusts affiliated to STFS

ASHFORD AND ST PETER’S HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Overview of trust are schemes being developed by both local Ashford & St authorities and housing associations to tackle Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS the housing needs of key-workers. Peter’s Hospitals Foundation Trust is a medium sized district For more information on Key Worker Living, there general hospital service operating from two are details on the DirectGov Help to Buy website. St Peter’s Hospital, Guildford Road, sites – Ashford near Staines and St Peter’s near Chertsey. All F1s will be based at Chertsey. If you require an application form for any of the Chertsey, Surrey KT16 0PZ above accommodation, please contact: Further details including a list of programmes Trust Switchboard Tel no: and individual placement descriptions are Karen Cooke, Human Resources 01932 872000 available at: www.stfs.org.uk/trusts/ashford-st- Tel: 01784 884331 peters-hospitals-nhs-trust Trust web site: www.ashfordstpeters.org.uk Social activities

Trust foundation web page www.doctorsintraining.org.uk/ Facilities foundationyear.html Postgraduate Centre There are dedicated education and learning centres on each site – the Education Centre Key Personnel located at the heart of Ashford Hospital and the Oliver Plunkett Postgraduate Education Centre, Director of Medical Education located close to the Duchess of Kent Wing at St Dr Peter Martin Peter’s Hospital. Clinical Tutor and Careers Tutor The Post Graduate Education Centre Mr Arshad Khaleel Foundation Doctors at Ashford and St Peter’s Foundation Training Programme Hospitals enjoy an active social life. There are Director(s) frequent mess parties, a summer ball, winter Dr Michael Parris – F1 Lead ball, Christmas Party and various sporting Mr Nimalan Arumainayagam – F2 Lead activities organised by the doctors themselves. Head of Medical Education Doctors’ mess and Training The Trust has a doctors’ mess on the Mrs Angela Mongaudon St Peter’s site. Foundation Programme (PGEC), at St Peter’s Hospital Administrator/ Assistant Medical Accommodation Library facilities Education Manager The friendly library team are committed to Mrs Caroline Castro The Trust recognises that access to affordable accommodation is of importance to all members helping you find the best evidence to support Medical Workforce Advisors of staff, and has established partnerships with patient care. The two libraries are located next to the education centres at both hospital sites. Charlotte Turner the following Housing Associations to provide accommodation. Along with access to a comprehensive range Gold Mendel-Idowu of resources, they offer comfortable spaces to • A2 Dominion Group – Ashford Hospital, carry out group work or quiet study. Literature Stanwell search training is available on a monthly basis, • Genesis Key Places – St Peter’s Hospital, including sessions aimed at doctors carrying out Sandgates, Chertsey clinical audits. • Optivo – St Peter’s Hospital, Greenlands, Chertsey By working in partnership the Trust is able to offer a range of accommodation from single rooms in shared houses to 2 bed flats, (rarely is any of our accommodation suitable for families with young children), The accommodation is at different geographical locations, either on or close to both hospital sites. As with any resource it is limited, and certain groups have priority, for example student nurses, medical students and junior doctors. The Post Graduate Education Centre In addition staff may be able to register with the Library Facilities local authority for housing or private agents; and with the focus on keyworker housing, there 24 | www.stfs.org.uk South Thames Foundation School | Acute trusts affiliated to STFS

The Trust works in conjunction with Salary ASHFORD AND ST PETER’S Exchange to offer staff a more flexible way to meet the costs of childcare under which part of their salary can be given up or ‘sacrificed’ HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION in exchange for Childcare Vouchers. Within specified limits, these vouchers are non- TRUST taxable and exempt from National Insurance Contributions and therefore represent a saving for employees who receive them as part of their total employment package.

Employee Assistance Programme The Trust offers an Employee Assistance Ashford & St Programme which provides staff and their immediate family with access to independent Peter’s Hospitals advice, information and specialist counselling and support. The free confidential line is continued available 24 hours a day, 365 days per year, and an online service is also available.

Local amenities/attractions St Peter’s Hospital site Chertsey is situated with in the M25 ring around Full details of the services are available on the the London area. It has got a small number of award –winning KnowledgeNet website which nice pubs, a combined book café shop. There brings together information you will need to is a good sport centre (Riverbourne leisure support patient care. www.knowledgenet. centre) and access to Thames cycle path. ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk Woking (5 miles southeast) provides local theatre and large cinema facilities, leisure centre and other animations. IT facilities The Library and Knowledge Service provides Within a 10 mile range there are a number of computer rooms on both hospital sites and 24 sports club found including horse riding in the hour access is also available. rural area around Chertsey, rowing, canoeing, cycling and triathlon clubs. There are good rail/ bus links to international airport. Locally there are 3 train stations giving quick access to London (Virginia water, Chertsey, Woking). Within easy reach of London, as well as the smaller towns of Weybridge, Woking, and Virginia Water, the local area has excellent independent and state schools. Leafy Surrey offers a rounded life outside of work, and as an ambitious Trust, Ashford and St. Peter’s offers opportunities for individuals to try new things IT Facilities and to gain exposure, and a supportive and welcoming team in which to do this. Other facilities In addition to co-ordinating the regular internal Staff Benefits teaching programmes for our own doctors in A career at Ashford & St Peter’s offers you the training, the Centres at Ashford & St Peter’s opportunity to work for your local employer, provide facilities and administrative support develop your skills and build your career through for: Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS); our career structures. Advanced Life Support (ALS); Paediatric Intermediate Life Support (PILS); Royal College We have produced a booklet that gives you of Physicians MRCP Part II (PACES); GP access to the benefits and discounts available Intensive Course (GPIC); New born Life Support to you if you join us at Team ASPH. Course (NLS). • Click here to download the benefits booklet www.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/images/depts/ Childcare BenefitsBooklet2016b.pdf The Trust operates a nursery on both sites and Whichever department you join, you’ll become a play scheme on the St Peter’s site. The Day part of a skilled and talented team, committed Nurseries offer places for babies from 3 months to the care of patients in our hospitals. We have up to 5 years and are open 8.00am to 6.00pm been working with local companies to bring Monday to Friday. (7.00 am by arrangement). you benefits that you will only get by working The charges for the Day Nursery are dependent for ASPH. on salary banding. Please contact Dawn Hunt, Childcare Manager to ascertain current rates. Watch out for the latest Staff Benefits on: The play schemes are open during the main • Twitter: #staffbenefits school holidays and half terms for which a flat • Facebook: www.facebook.com/asphft rate is charged.

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Transport links To find out more about Ashford & St Peter’s NHS Trust, please visit their website at The two sites – Ashford Hospital, Ashford, www.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk Middlesex and St. Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey, Surrey – lie eleven miles apart separated by the River Thames and the M25 London orbital Terms and Conditions of employment motorway. All Foundation trainees are based at The post is subject to the Terms and Conditions St Peter’s Hospital. of Service of Hospital Medical and Dental The hospital hopper is our shuttle service Staff as modified from time to time. Current between Ashford Hospital and St Peter’s copies of these Terms and Conditions may be Hospital which operates Monday to Friday. It is seen in the Human Resources department. free to all staff, patients and visitors and takes All staff appointments are made subject to the in the Foundation Year training programmes, approximately 25 minutes outside of rush hour. receipt of satisfactory references and all initial directed by the Head of Medical Education, Dr appointments to the national health service Peter Martin and Foundation Year One Lead, Dr For more information about travelling to your are made subject to satisfactory medical and Michael Parris and Mr Nimalan Arumainayagam, hospitals, please check this page on our police clearance being produced. A medical Foundation Year Two Lead. These will include website www.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/patients/ examination may be necessary on initial formal teaching sessions, directed and self- getting-here appointment and periodically thereafter. directed personal learning, structured appraisals and assessments. F1s will have weekly Parking arrangements protected teaching and F2s fortnightly protected Car parks on both of the hospital sites are split Foundation teaching. between those reserved for patients/visitors and F2 posts are made up of posts in General those specifically for staff members. programme specific Medicine (4), Acute Medicine (3), Paediatrics Demand for car parking is high and at peak (3), Trauma & Orthopaedics (5), General Surgery times parking spaces can be difficult to find. information (2), Obstetrics & Gynaecology (5), Emergency Medicine (10), General Practice (7) and The Trust operates two types of patient/visitor Induction/shadowing arrangements Psychiatry (3) car parks; pay and display, where users pay All Foundation Doctors commencing at St upon entry, and pay on foot where users pay at Tasters the end of their visit. Peter’s Hospital are invited to attend a number of pre-employment screening days. F1s are F1 and F2 doctors are encouraged to undertake Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS requested to attend a period of extended “Taster” sessions in other specialties, up to Foundation Trust requires that any vehicle Trust Induction and shadowing of the out- a maximum of five days in the year. “Tasters” parking on the Trust sites in a staff car park or going F1 Doctors. Additional shadowing can in other Trusts will be considered when the parking area in an allocated parking space is to be arranged on request. In addition, an ILS Specialty is not available at the Trust. display a valid parking permit on the windscreen Course and an Acute Illness Management or dashboard of the vehicle. Study day are held for all the new Foundation Year 1s prior to their commencement. Simulation For more information on the types of permit, All F1 doctors take part in two Simulation charges and a map of the parking areas, please Training days and all F2s take part in one visit www.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/jointheteam/ Educational and clinical supervision Simulation Training day. There is also an why-choose-asph/parking-for-staff/546- An Educational Supervisor is allocated to each interactive psychiatry simulation half-day parking-for-staff Foundation Programme doctor for the whole for all F1s, where they will get an invaluable of their year here at the Trust to maintain an opportunity to develop and explore Accolades/achievements of the trust overview of development and progress of the communication skills – The focus is on complex doctor within the year of their training. A Clinical Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust patient interactions including (but not only) how Supervisor is also allocated for each four month is a medium sized district general hospital to talk to people with mental health issues. placement. For the first four month placement service operating from two sites, Ashford (near Foundation Programme doctors will usually have Staines) and St Peter’s (near Chertsey), serving a combined Educational and Clinical Supervisor. Foundation doctor forums a population of around 380,000. All F1 doctors are encouraged to contribute and The Trust employs over 3700 staff, making it take part in the following local forums: one of the largest employers in the local area • Foundation Local Faculty Group after Heathrow Airport, and has a budget of • Medical Junior Doctors Forum around £263m. The independent healthcare regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) • Surgical Junior Doctors Forum has rated Ashford and St Peter’s as ‘Good’ following their inspection in December 2014. Any additional information The Trust also provides specialist cardiovascular Over the past three years all Foundation Doctors services for a wide catchment across much have been given a one to one mid- term review of Surrey and specialist services for neonatal Accident & Emergency Centre with the Postgraduate Medical Education Team. intensive care (Level 3), bariatric surgery and The feedback from more than 99% of these trauma and orthopaedics across a wider area. has been very positive on the training received. Teaching programme An End of Placement survey is carried out after each four month post is completed. At Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital there are 47 Foundation Year 1 and 42 Foundation Year 2 posts. These posts are all approved by the Foundation School. F1 posts are made up of posts in General Medicine (22), Orthogeriatrics (3), General Surgery (8), Psychiatry with Surgical on-call (2), Psychiatry (2), Paediatrics (3), Palliative Care (2), General Radiology (2), Anaesthetics (3). All F1 trainees will on a one year programme in Chertsey made up of three Lecture theatre in the postgraduate centre four month placements. All trainees will take part

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BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST Royal Sussex Overview of trust Doctors’ mess County Hospital The doctors mess at RSCH is located at the BSUH operates on two sites (see below) and corner of Eastern Road and Bristol Gate, on & Princess Royal trainees may be required to work from either site. the Royal Sussex County Hospital site. Both Further details including a list of programmes facilities provide IT and kitchen facilities. Hospital, Haywards and individual placement descriptions are Heath available at: www.stfs.org.uk/trusts/brighton- Library facilities and-sussex-university-hospitals-nhs-trust The training programme is supported by excellent Library facilities on both sites. Addresses: Royal Sussex County Hospital: Eastern Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 5BE Facilities IT facilities Princess Royal Hospital: Lewes Road, Excellent IT facilities are available in the Health Haywards Heath, West Sussex, Postgraduate Centre Sciences Library at PRH and also in the Audrey RH16 4EX The Education Centre at the Princess Royal Emerton Building Library at RSCH on a Hospital is located on the second floor opposite 24-hour basis. Trust switchboard: the Library. The centre has two lecture theatres - Royal Sussex County Hospital: one seats 125 (and is divisible into two separate 01273 696 955 seminar rooms each fully equipped with state Princess Royal Hospital: 01444 441 881 of the art audio visual facilities) and an 80 seat lecture theatre. Each lecture theatre has a live Trust website: link to the operating theatres and two of the www.bsuh.nhs.uk lecture theatres have a live link to a newly built simulation suite with control/observation room. In addition there is a seminar room that offers video Key personnel conferencing facilities and remote operation of the recording equipment in the simulation suite. Director of Medical Education The Royal Sussex County Hospital & Royal Mr Varadarajan Kalidasan Postgraduate Centres are situated on both main Alexandra Hospital for Sick Children, hospital sites and are headed by the Director of Brighton Clinical Tutors Medical Education and supported by two Clinical Dr Andrew Elkins – Princess Royal Tutors. The role of the Euan Keat Education Other facilities Hospital Centre, based at the Princess Royal Hospital Dr Jeremy Tibble – Royal Sussex County (PRH) and The Sussex Postgraduate Centre (recreational or otherwise) Hospital based within the Audrey Emerton Building, There are good coffee shops and general Foundation Training Programme Brighton (AEB) is to ensure that the training shop facilities on the ground floor of both the PRH and RSCH, with good restaurant facilities Director(s) provided for postgraduate doctors working located on both sites. There is also a Costa Dr Philippa Hildick-Smith within the Trust meets the educational standards prescribed by the HEKSS and the GMC. Café on the ground floor of the Royal Alexandra Dr Tim Chevassut Children’s Hospital which is situated within the Mr Prodip Das The Postgraduate Centre, Brighton is located on RSCH. The AEB also enjoys a restaurant on the Mr Ketan Desai the ground floor of the AEB, which is opposite top floor with stunning views across to the sea. the main entrance to the Royal Sussex County Vending machines are also accessible outside Careers Tutor(s) Hospital (RSCH) and is a combined education the Library of the AEB 24-hours a day. Dr Philippa Hildick-Smith facility for the Trust and Brighton & Sussex Dr Tim Chevassut Medical School (BSMS). The AEB provides state Mr Prodip Das of the art teaching facilities with 16 teaching Local amenities/attractions Mr Ketan Desai rooms, 2 lecture theatres and a clinical skills lab. Haywards Heath is situated in the heart of the Sussex countryside with the town a short walk Medical Education Manager Accommodation from the Hospital. There are many restaurants Ms Nora Tester and bars, a leisure complex and a train station Accommodation is available but availability is with easy access to Brighton, Gatwick and Medical Staffing Manager limited. Charges are made dependent on room Crawley. Ms Clare Stankiewicz size and site. Brighton’s nightlife is legendary and boasts Foundation Programme Social activities over 200 bars and pubs. It has a thriving music Administrator(s) scene, the biggest arts festival in England and Denzil Roué (F2 Administrator) – based There is a junior doctors’ mess which holds an eclectic mix of shops and restaurants within at Royal Sussex County Hospital many social events. Trainees from all grades are this truly diverse cultural city. The beautiful South Bobby Woodrow (F1 Administrator) – encouraged to participate in events and in the Downs and stunning countryside that surround based at Princess Royal Hospital organisational responsibilities for these. Brighton are right on the doorstep.

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Transport links confident that BSUH can satisfy all your training BSUH teaching programmes for F1 and F2 needs. It is a great place to work and train in a doctors and the rest is provided by teaching Both hospitals are in easy reach of London stimulating and innovative environment. within departments. Trainees are allocated with frequent trains to London Bridge and dates to attend ILS, Simulation training or Victoria stations. We are fortunate in that both ALS as appropriate. The training programme Haywards Heath and Brighton enjoy close is supported by excellent Library facilities proximity to the beautiful countryside of the The 3T’s Redevelopment of the Royal Sussex on both sites with a dedicated Librarian to South Downs and a free bus service runs hourly County Hospital. The 3T’s stand for Teaching, support Foundation trainees. We take careers between each hospital site. Trauma and Tertiary Care. Teaching features in the title of the redevelopment, albeit in an advice and support very seriously. There is acronym because investment in education at well structured support of any trainees who Parking arrangements BSUH is one of the key strategic aims of the experiences difficulties, either personal or Limited pay and display parking is available project. Several features of the new buildings professional and we have been praised by at the RSCH, however Brighton has excellent have been designed to support our further the STFS in how we support trainees through public transport services. There is a bus service development as a teaching hospital, including: difficult times. for Trust staff operating between sites, and pay simulation suite, dedicated meeting and and display parking is available at PRH. teaching suite, enhanced IT with a wireless Tasters network throughout and improved access to Click here for additional information regarding There is an established policy for F2 study leave computers in clinical areas, plus a new doctors parking arrangements at BSUH. which works well. F2s are encouraged to take mess so our trainee doctors can access taster sessions between August and December purpose-built support accommodation on site. where possible. This year F1s have also been Accolades/achievements of the trust Further info on 3Ts at http://www.bsuh.nhs.uk/ allowed to take their taster sessions early, in the about-us/hospital-redevelopment. The Trust continues to achieve and provide last few months of their F1 year (in lieu of taking excellent standards of patient care and offers it in F2) if this is more convenient. exceptional teaching programmes delivered by highly skilled specialists. In 2011 the Library and Knowledge Service gained recognition Foundation Simulation through a national NHS innovation award from High fidelity training days are provided for all the Strategic Health Library Leads. The award programme specific F1 trainees. These take place on the university was for the Trust’s unique “Knowledge-Share” campus and all previous trainees have enjoyed service, which delivers highly targeted and information these tremendously. Other Simulation events are personalised notifications to local staff of all held regularly focusing on the learning needs of grades and professions about newly published Induction/shadowing arrangements F1s and F2s. evidence in their areas of interest. Knowledge- All incoming FY1 Trainees are invited to attend Share creates a personal connection between a four day Shadowing Week in the run up to Foundation doctor forums the library service and its users, leading to induction. Feedback received from trainees Two or three trainee reps are appointed for each increased opportunities to ensure that education who attend this Shadowing Week is always year group. Reps attend the foundation faculty and service improvement are informed by the very positive and we strive to make this time as meetings (quarterly) and bring feedback from latest evidence. interactive as possible. their peer group to these meetings. They also have a role in disseminating information to the Terms and conditions of employment Educational and clinical supervision wider group and hold informal discussions at The post is subject to the Terms and Conditions Every foundation trainee is allocated an intervals with other foundation trainees. of service of Hospital Medical and Dental staff educational supervisor for the whole year and a as modified from time to time. Current copies of clinical supervisor for each post. It is expected Any additional information these terms and conditions may be seen in the that each trainee will arrange to meet up with The Director of Medical Education is the Medical HR office. their educational supervisor within the first academic lead for postgraduate training within two weeks of August and then at intervals the Trust, and is supported by two Clinical throughout the year. Trainees should also Any additional information Tutors and four Foundation Training Programme arrange to meet their clinical supervisors within The Brighton & Sussex University Hospital Directors. Dedicated administrative staff are the first two weeks of each firm and again Trust is a major teaching hospital and works based within the postgraduate centres on both towards the end of each firm. Supervisors’ in partnership with Brighton & Sussex sites to support you during your Foundation names and contact details will be given out to Medical School (BSMS) which is one of four training. all trainees at induction. new medical schools created as part of the government’s strategy to increase the number It is the trainee’s responsibility to ensure that of qualified doctors from the UK working in the these meetings which are essential for sign-off NHS. BSMS continues to be one of the most take place at the expected/due times and that popular choices for medical students in the they are documented in the e-portfolio. UK and rated top Medical School for the last academic year in a student survey. Teaching programme There are 78 F1 posts and 69 F2 posts at BSUH. This includes 6 leadership posts and The Trust has two main hospital sites named 12 academic posts. Rotations are within the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) which Medicine, Surgery, Neurology, Orthopaedics, includes Hurstwood Park Neurological Centre in Neuro-Surgery, General Practice, Cardiology, Haywards Heath, and the Royal Sussex County Otolaryngology, Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Hospital (RSCH) which includes the Royal Elderly Medicine, Haematology, Obstetrics & Alexandra Children’s Hospital in Brighton. The Gynaecology , Paediatrics, Paediatric Surgery, Sussex Eye Hospital is also situated adjacent A & E, Nephrology, Psychiatry, Community to the RSCH campus. The Trust employs posts and Urology, ensuring Foundation Training approximately 6,000 staff, is the regional Programmes provide a wide range of clinical treatment centre for Nephrology, Neurosciences experience. We expect Foundation doctors to and Cardiothoracic Surgery and is recognized undertake on average three hours of education for providing a high standard of care within a per week. Part of this time is covered by the large range of specialties. Therefore, we are

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CROYDON HEALTH SERVICES NHS TRUST

Overview of trust Social activities Croydon University Summer & Christmas Ball and monthly pay Further details including a list of programmes day events organised by the Mess Committee. Hospital and individual placement descriptions are Information is advertised in the Centre and Mess available at: with electronic information sent to all trainees. 530 London Road, Croydon, Surrey, www.stfs.org.uk/trusts/croydon-health- CR7 7YE services-nhs-trust Doctors’ mess Switchboard: The MESS has recently been upgraded and 020 8401 3000 Terms and Conditions of employment decorated, with new lockers and a wide The post is subject to the Terms and Conditions screen television together with Sky TV. A full Trust website: of Service of Hospital Medical and Dental staff size snooker table and access to 2 PC’s, as www.stfs.org.uk/trusts/croydon- as modified from time to time. Current copies well as showers and changing facilities are health-services-nhs-trust of these Terms and Conditions may be seen on also available. Daily newspapers and breakfast NHS employers website. refreshments are available. The MESS president Trust foundation web page: is appointed on a yearly basis and they lead on www.croydonhealthservices.nhs.uk the recreational activities that include a Summer and Christmas Ball.

Key personnel Library facilities The newly refurbished Library is located in the Director of Medical Education PGMC, it provides the perfect space for you to Dr Gita Menon study and for quiet reflection. The Library has been developed with you in mind; equipped Foundation Year 1 Training with PCs, scanners, printing facilities and a Programme Director Creative Thinking Area. Mr David Rose Front entrance to hospital Deputy Foundation Year 1 Training Programme Director Dr Sri Akunuri Facilities Foundation Year 2 Training Postgraduate Centre Programme Director Dr Veni Pswarayi The centre has a total of seven teaching rooms; 4 with a full range of audio visual equipment & Careers Tutor(s) an X- The Conservatory is used for teaching and meetings but has limited equipment. There is Dr G Menon Library Miss S Vig also a newly refurbished state of the art Dental skills laboratory, which accommodates 14 Mr C Blakeley people. A four station internet café is available in A wide range of print and electronic resources Dr John Rendle the reception area. are available. The Library is also part of local Dr N Hashemi and national networks, with the ability to access Dr Arun Kumar and loan information and resources that you Dr Vanessa Cowie need in your role. Mr Wail Al Sarakbi Our qualified library staff are here to help Dr Karen Kee support Junior Doctors with their professional development, they offer information skills Medical Education Manager training and a literature search service. Mrs Nisha Patel Head of Medical Workforce Mrs Sally Lewis. PGMC entrance Head of Medical Workforce Mrs Ekua Sam Accommodation Foundation Programme Administrator Please contact the accommodation office on; Mrs Karen Bounds 020 8401 3377. All accommodation is subject to availability.

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Parking arrangements Trainee Voice There is limited on-site parking (first come first Foundation Celebration and Awards Day served); the cost is £25 per annum for a permit, and then you purchase scratch cards which We hold a number of meetings and events work out to be £2:00per day. There is also off- to help to engage trainees and give them the site parking in surrounding roads. opportunity to speak openly about their training; • Junior Doctors Forum (every 6 weeks) Accolades/achievements of the trust • Trainee Voice; an opportunity to speak Awards have been received for our work on the directly with the CEO and Directors on a Doctors in lecture theatre following projects: regular basis • Director of Medical Education Trainee Forum; The library is staffed from 9am- 5pm Monday to • An STFS award for helping doctors who are a dedicated meeting for trainees to speak Friday. Junior doctors can arrange to get 24/7 having difficulty reaching their goals. access to the physical library via their Intellikey. with the DME • An excellent report from the Foundation • South Thames Foundation School School Visit. IT facilities representative • STeLI ‘Excellence in Education’ award for The Internet café in the PGMC has 4 PC’s, IT the introduction of our bite size clinical skills room in the library has 14 PC’s, with access to 2 workshops that have been organised for PC’s in the MESS. lunchtime sessions. These allow access for Other facilities the use of our STeLI equipment provided by the London Deanery. (recreational or otherwise) • A number of bids have been awarded to Small staff gym that is accessible 24 hours a day with a small joining fee and £10 per month membership fee. This is in the process of being re-vamped and it is equipped with up-to-date training equipment that is just a year old. Foundation trainees

Spiritual Care Listening in Action The Trust has a variety of Faith Teams and a beautiful Chapel in a quiet garden that is Listening in Action (LiA) is a staff engagement available for quiet contemplation. The team and empowerment initiative which enables staff to identify and deliver change improvements includes all major faith communities, with Planned Emergency Unit provision of Muslim prayer mats and a regular locally and in an accelerated manner, as a result Christian Service is held each Sunday. A notice of listening to feedback at staff conversation board is located in the PGMC that publicises all the Trust for its impressive state of the art events. It provides an opportunity to have your religious events for all denominations. Simulation Centre and the promotion of voice heard and to be involved in influencing training. and driving changes across the organization. The main entrance has a small selection of • A successful Leadership course. Due to its shopping outlets together with ATMs and LiA fosters a collaborative approach to success this is being supported by the Trust post box. any challenges across the usual team and to run on an annual basis as a Foundation departmental boundaries. Above all it values the A PGMC website is available and presence of Leadership and Management course. passion, commitment, expertise and knowledge a webpage is on the Trust Internet. Details of of staff who are actually delivering the service training and courses can be obtained from here Events 2015 and empowers you to be innovative in delivering with links to all external medical agencies and Croydon Health Services NHS Trust held a Trust service improvements and then to get the other helpful sites. wide Learning Event chaired by the Director of recognition for what you deliver. There is also a doctor’s page that has valuable Medical Education and hosted by College Tutors information and is also used as form of and special guests from Health Education South Any additional information communication by trainees on the trust home London; Dr Andrew Frankel and Helen Massell. The Croydon University Hospital prides itself as page which had been established by junior This was a multidisciplinary event where medical a ‘Great place to train, great place to learn’. doctors as part of the quality improvement and other non-medical clinical staff participated project. to deliver shared knowledge. The core medical Croydon University Hospital is a 564-bedded trainees presented an audit on on-call handover District General Hospital (with 45-day case that identified a robust electronic handover beds) and a 24 hour Accident & Emergency Local amenities/attractions process. It also won the best prize at the Department. The hospital is based on a 19-acre Croydon University Hospital is the North end of Trust Research Day. “All of the presentations site in Thornton Heath and the earliest buildings Croydon and Central Croydon hosts two large were professional and well delivered. It was date from 1885. The Jubilee Wing, opened in shopping centres. There is a lively night life, encouraging to learn about so many positive December 2004 housing a state of the art day including a number of night clubs and cinemas, initiatives/ areas of improvement in one case facility. The Trust also provides services at and a variety of good restaurants to the south of afternoon, with a multidisciplinary audience”. Purley War Memorial Hospital. the borough. There is a good transport system in place with trams, train services and a 24 hour The new Edgecombe Unit opened in November bus service. 2015 and will revolutionise the delivery of urgent and emergency care at Croydon University Hospital. This unit will house four services in Transport links one; the new Rapid Assessment Medical Unit Easy access to Central London via train is (RAMU), COPD hot clinic alongside ambulatory approx.15 mins. Gatwick airport has a direct line care (outpatient medical care), Acute Care of from East Croydon with a similar journey time the Elderly (ACE) frailty unit, and ACE fast-track of 15 mins, and Brighton is on the same line. A clinic services. Edgecombe Unit will work with short drive out brings you to countryside and the support of community and mental health a further hour would bring you into the Sussex partners to create a first-of-its-kind ‘one stop’ Opening of new Edgecombe Unit Downs and of course Brighton seafront. for rapid medical care in the hospital.

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Teaching programme CROYDON HEALTH There is a well-supported teaching programme with protected hour slots twice a week for SERVICES NHS TRUST Foundation Year 1s and full study days for FY2s. All trainees are expected to be trainers and assessors for the years below and therefore the assessment of competencies is achievable as well as the development of a rounded portfolio. Although the learning in the Foundation Years is trainee led, we are not afraid to give you a helping nudge in the right direction to ensure Croydon University Hospital is currently that you complete the year successfully. undertaking a major refurbishment and A range of courses take place on site including: Croydon rebuild of a new A&E department which will cost £21.25million. This new department • Advanced Life Support (ALS); University will be open from Spring 2018. This is a major • Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS); logistical exercise, and one that has been • Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS); Hospital long in the planning. • Building Excellence in Surgical Teaching The hospital is a busy acute Trust which serves (BEST); continued from p38 a large and diverse local population. • Developing Excellence in Clinical Teaching The Croydon University Hospital offers excellent (DECT)Training and Assessment In Practice training opportunities with a very busy A&E (TAIP); department that sees an enormous variety of • Basic Orthopaedic and Trauma Skills pathology. This is supported by a full range of (BOATS); and teaching sessions, F1’s have protected teaching • Core Medical Procedures Skills course for twice weekly and the F2’s programme runs one Foundation Trainees. day a month the day is set up as a scenario taking in various curriculum requirements with Foundation trainees are given the opportunity simulation embedded learning. There are also to become involved with the ‘Foundation lunch time practical skills workshops that make Programme for Teaching Medical Students’, use of the wide variety of simulation equipment which, in the past, has been very well received that the Trust has acquired from bids made to by the target student groups from King’s and St and granted by the London Deanery. George’s. Trainees are also encouraged to be part of committee meetings such as; Foundation • Avoiding Prescribing Errors (APE) • Management Committees programme specific • Teaching information • Bedside • OSCE Induction/shadowing arrangements F1/2 trainees are invited to attend the week prior Tasters to the August start date and the programme is Croydon University Hospital and the PGMC set up to offer ALS training, Induction e Learning and shadowing with the outgoing F1 trainees. This has been very well evaluated.

Educational and clinical supervision Each trainee is notified of their Educational Supervisor prior to starting at the Trust. For the first placement the ES also undertakes the role of Clinical Supervisor. When the trainee rotates to the next placement they receive details of who their Clinical Supervisor is, 8 weeks Foundation trainees prior to rotating. Nomination of Educational Supervisors is, based on the achievements of encourage taster weeks and participation in the Supervisors the previous year and the role career development workshops to ensure you is evaluated regularly by appraisal process and have the facts before making future career trainee feedback. choices.

Simulation Croydon Healthcare Clinical Skills & Simulation Centre is one of the leading healthcare simulation centers in the South Thames region. Developing full immersion high-fidelity simulation training for inter-professional teams. To meet the safety needs of our staffing groups and our

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Any additional information We have now supported 10 years of Foundation Trainees through the Foundation Years to become competitive for entry into the core training programme of their choice. We try and ensure Foundation involvement in every aspect of the hospital environment and host a successful Junior Doctors feedback Forum where your voices are heard and evoke patient’s. Our Simulation Based Learning (SBL) change. The Foundation representatives sit initiatives are designed so that all healthcare on the Faculty Board and allow your views professionals can stretch their knowledge and to improve the Programme. The most recent application of clinical skills as well as their team- FY1s are involved in a service improvement working, communication and risk awareness programme to ensure training and service needs skills in realistic but safe simulated clinical are met despite EWTD. environments. With an overarching emphasis on improving Patient Safety and end patient outcomes through enhancing inter-professional team performances. Training is enhanced through a philosophy that those working together should also be training together allowing inter-professional teams the opportunity to enhance their team working skills in a safe and simulated environment. Within the Trust the Simulation team works within the local ward environments to provide Doctors in classroom Mobile In-situ Guerrilla Simulation (MIGS) training to the local inter-professional teams in their own ward environment. Often providing We have set up trainee led Teaching, Patient training unannounced to staff to probe the Safety, Leadership and Service Improvement system. Addressing the local training needs Committees. These have led to many of staff and of patient safety concerns to build presentations, posters and papers allowing a more robust local patient safety structure. trainees to evidence their skills. We have also set These programmes are design collaboratively up the Foundation Management and Leadership with local Practice Education, managerial and course which trainees find insightful and aids medical staffing teams to address identified towards developing their non-clinical skills which needs allowing all staff to train together, are also an essential part of development. generating a greater degree of team awareness, The Foundation Programme Directors, operate communication and cohesion. an open door policy and are available on request. Collaboratively working with local leads Dr Gita Menon (Director of Medical Education) within the Trust and within the South London and Nisha Patel (Medical Education Manager) Simulation Network, Croydon Clinical Skills & are also available for added support as and Simulation Centre provide an array of Simulation when required. Karen Bounds will ensure that based and Clinical Skills Courses that blend your portfolios are full of your reflections of your patient safety themes with practical reflective experiences at CUH. learning models in both uni-professional We hope that you will enjoy your year with us and inter-professional groups. Developing and encourage you to approach current FY1s for heightened team awareness skills and their experiences of a learning environment. understanding using simulation based training initiatives. While developing knowledge and We look forward to meeting you and hope you awareness of clinical assessment tools like EWS will enjoy your stay at CUH. and communication tools like SBAR.

Foundation doctor forums F1 Representatives are appointed to represent the group; this is a peer process. The named trainees will be invited to the Faculty meetings that take place 4 times a year. The Chief Executive has a monthly junior doctor feedback meeting and each quarter the BMA are invited to attend. The F1 reps are encouraged to join Management meetings and have access via the PA to the Director of Operations. Early Feedback meetings are set up with trainees at around the 3-month marker and again at 6 and 9 months.

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DARTFORD & GRAVESHAM NHS TRUST

Overview of trust Accommodation Darent Valley The accommodation provided is modern, Further details including a list of programmes comfortable and located within the hospital Hospital and individual placement descriptions are grounds. Rooms are available for staff at a available at: reasonable rate and may be booked from one Darenth Wood Road, Dartford, Kent, www.stfs.org.uk/trusts/dartford-and- night to the length of the placement at the Trust. DA2 8DA gravesham-nhs-trust The single rooms or apartments will suit staff looking for cost effective, well managed and Trust switchboard: close to the workplace accommodation. 01322 428100 Facilities Trust website: Social activities www.dvh.nhs.uk Postgraduate Centre Within the Trust there are a number of activities www.dgtclinicaleducation.nhs.uk The Philip Farrant Education Centre is a multi- including the Summer Ball, Summer Fetes, disciplinary Education Centre, which has a Sports Days, Consultant v Trainee cricket and number of well-furnished and equipped training football matches. rooms. The Medical Education Department is Key personnel located in the Centre and has an open door Doctors’ mess policy. The department works with College Director of Medical Education The Doctors’ Mess is situated near to the Tutors and Specialty Leads to ensure training Dr Ali Bokhari Education Centre, and Hospital Restaurant. provided meets the educational standards The comfortable sofas, kitchenette area, TV prescribed by the STFS, Royal College and Clinical Tutor and PC make it a great area to relax between Faculties, GMC and Health Education England. Dr Francoise Iossifidis shifts. The subscription fee is just £10 per The team will ensure all trainees always receive month, which is deducted from your salary, and Foundation Training Programme a warm welcome and the support required. this funds not only the mess amenities, which Director(s) include tea, coffee and seemingly unlimited Dr Mathias Toth FY1 Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has a purpose built Simulation Suite, which opened snacks – not forgetting Pizza Sundays – but Dr Shahinul Khan FY2 in 2012, with facilities to deliver simulation also activities arranged by the Mess Presidents such as special meals, and many evenings out. Careers Tutor(s) using a variety of high fidelity manikins including Dr Suresh Kumar SimMan 3G, SimMom, Sim Junior and Sim Baby. To facilitate effective learning, the Simulation Technician Education Centre’s training rooms are all able Patricia Dunmall to receive video links for observers and to video feedback to assist debriefing. Medical Education Manager We have also developed a Clinical Skills Lab, Mrs Helen Addison which opened in June 2015, providing learners Medical Staffing Manager with the opportunity to practice key clinical Miss Jade Bourne skills on purpose built task manikins in a safe environment. Foundation Programme In addition to the protected teaching sessions Administrator(s) for each training programme, trainees may Library facilities Mrs Kirsty Lang (FY1) book to attend a number of courses including Mr Callum Livermore (FY2) Basic Surgical Skills, Respiratory Training Series, The professional library is based adjacent to ALS and ILS. For a more extensive list please the Philip Farrant Education Centre and is contact the Education Centre. accessible 24 hours a day. There are also opportunities for the Foundation Services include: Doctors to join the Foundation Teaching, • Enquiries and literature searches Simulation and Leadership Faculties and work • Information skills training closely with the leads and participate in projects and training. • Electronic resources, including access to Up-to-date • Book, article and DVD supply • Computer access • Printing and photocopying • Postal services for staff in the community • Laptops and audio-visual equipment to loan

IT facilities The IT and AV facilities within the Trust are modern and allow trainees to access all appropriate sites for their training. PCs are available on all wards for educational use and there are a number of PCs within the library.

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IPods are used for handover and in-patient and the north M25 for travel to the North via the we encounter in A & E, such as an increasing tracking in Medicine and additional apps are M1 and M11. number of sickle cell disease patients and being considered. malaria cases, which allows trainees to The southern section of the M25 gives access experience a wider range of pathologies. to the M20 to Maidstone, Folkestone and Dover, Other facilities the M23 to Gatwick Airport and Brighton, the (recreational or otherwise) A3 to Guildford and Portsmouth, and the M3 to Within the hospital staff have access to Southampton. complementary therapy sessions, an on-site gym with a personal fitness adviser, healthy Parking arrangements eating and the award winning Occupational On-site parking permits may be applied for. Health Lifestyle Programme. Staff are able to attend jogging club, Zumba and Pilates classes. A full Hospital Chaplaincy Service is also Accolades/achievements of the trust available. • Investors in People Award • HSJ 100 Award • Excellent healthcare ratings • CHKS Top 40 Hospitals Award Foundation • Top quartile performer in staff survey programme specific Terms and conditions of employment information Hospital and Dental Staff (England and Wales). Induction/shadowing arrangements Foundation Year One Trainees commence in Local amenities/attractions post one week prior to the August ‘change- over’ date. Sessions are timetabled to allow Dartford has a range of attractions some of incoming F1 Trainees to work alongside the F1 which are very close to the hospital, such as: from whom they will be taking over and gain an insight into the role and responsibilities of Bluewater, one of the largest shopping centres a Foundation Trainee. The programme for the in Europe is a few minutes from the hospital and week includes Trust induction, which focuses provides over 330 stores of fashion, 40 cafes, on the needs of the F1 trainee, ILS training, bars and restaurants plus a Showcase cinema, and other mandatory topics. F1s have the boating lake, Gravity Trampoline Park and mini opportunity to meet the Foundation Leads, golf. Any additional information Director of Medical Education and the Medical David Lloyd Gym, with an extensive range of Education Team. This programme is subject state of the art facilities, including a swimming Darent Valley offers a comprehensive range to change based on the FY1 feedback. All pool and racket sports facilities. of acute hospital based services to around incoming F1 Trainees receive the full rate of pay 400,000 people in North Kent and South East for this period. Other attractions nearby include the Orchard London. The hospital opened in September Theatre, spa facilities, National Trust property, 2000 and now has 544 inpatient beds. We If incoming F2 trainees wish to complete a woodland walks and nature trails, museums, offer day-care surgery, general surgery, trauma, shadowing placement this can also be arranged motor racing venue (Brands Hatch), golf orthopaedics, urology, pain services, cardiology, through the Medical Education Department. courses, night clubs and bars. Kent’s beautiful diabetes and endocrinology, neurology, coast is also just a short drive away. gastroenterology, elderly care, general medicine, Educational and clinical supervision ITU HDU and level 1 care, an acute medical Every Foundation Trainee will be assigned an Transport links unit, a chemotherapy day unit, a breast unit, Educational Supervisor (ES) who will act as maternity, paediatrics and a special care baby Dartford has excellent transport links to London Supervisor and Mentor for the twelve months unit. ENT, ophthalmology and Maxfax surgery and the South Kent Coast. at DVH. The ES will provide regular feedback are provided on the site by other Trusts. Our and advice to ensure the necessary clinical and Dartford is currently served by several main train chest physicians have the first EBUS service educational progress is made throughout the stations: in KSS and we have just opened a combined Foundation year. nephrology/urology unit, which will provide all Dartford and Greenhithe Train Stations run care around acute renal disease, including acute In addition to the above, each trainee will be services to all London main line stations, dialysis and advanced renal stone treatments. assigned a Clinical Supervisor (CS) for each with the journey time taking between 30 – 40 Thus DVH offers a very comprehensive range of placement. The CS is responsible for day-to- minutes. The North Kent Line also runs to the services as a District General Hospital. day clinical progress and advice relating to the Medway towns and the Kent coast. There is a particular specialty. Fastrack bus service from the hospital to the Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust is a growing station, which only takes 10 minutes. business and has taken over the running of The ES and CS communicate to ensure you are outpatient, imaging, therapies, elective day progressing satisfactorily and information is fed Ebbsfleet International Station runs Eurostar care and inpatient services at Queen Mary’s into the Foundation Faculty Group Meetings, services to Paris and Brussels and high-speed Hospital, Sidcup and outpatient, radiology and which are chaired by the Foundation Leads. services to London St Pancras, Faversham, physiotherapy services at Erith Hospital. In Margate and Dover. The Fastrack bus service addition, we have acquired a ward at a local Teaching programme again links Ebbsfleet to Darent Valley Hospital. nursing home, the ‘Elm Court Unit’ enabling us Formal protected teaching specifically for For the motorist, Dartford is linked to London to transfer selected patients out of the hospital Foundation is delivered at set times. Each via the A2. The A2 links Dartford to the Kent into a community setting awaiting placement or Specialty also provides regular weekly lunchtime Coast via the M2 motorway, which leads to further rehabilitation in specialist units. meetings and monthly half day training/teaching Canterbury, and Dover. With the provision of emergency medical programmes, which Foundation Trainees are expected to contribute to by either presenting Access to the M25 London Orbital Motorway is services in South East London changing and our new services, Darent Valley Hospital is cases or audits. Specific gaps in a trainee’s skills just 5 minutes away and the Dartford Tunnel / such as insertion of chest drains and lumbar Queen Elizabeth II bridge gains access to Essex seeing an increasing number of their residents. This has a knock on effect on the pathology punctures can also be addressed by the trainee

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Foundation doctor forums DARTFORD & GRAVESHAM Darent Valley encourages all Foundation Trainees to contribute to and participate in the NHS TRUST delivery of medical education. To ensure that communication channels are in place, each cohort of trainees are formally represented by two trainee elected representatives all trainees are welcome at the Foundation Faculty Group Meetings where training is discussed and decisions made.

attending the Trust’s Acute Medical Unit or ITU Any additional information where these procedures are regularly performed. F1 and F2s are nominated each year for the Darent Valley South Thames Foundation School awards During their stay at DVH, the trainee is expected scheme which offers merits in teaching, audit, to enrol in the SCRIPT e-learning programme and Hospital portfolio and leadership. In addition, Darent complete a set number of modules. Following Valley offers a number of local awards for completion of each module, the trainee will be outstanding achievements in areas such as continued awarded a certificate. Further details on SCRIPT audit and teaching. can be found on the STFS website. The Trust is fully committed to the training and F2 Trainees have the opportunity to receive ALS development of its entire staff and has strong training within the Trust, if required. The Trust is links with King’s College London Medical also prepared to offer F2 Trainees appropriate School, the Universities of Greenwich and study leave to further their future careers, Canterbury, and the South Thames Foundation provided the trainee has shown commitment to School. It takes medical students from the the Foundation Programme and is completing GKT/KCL campus and nurse students from the required assessments etc. Greenwich University, offering foundation The Trust’s library, besides having a good stock trainees teaching opportunities. of journals and textbooks, offers regular courses in critical appraisal and literature search, and PCs for internet access. The Trust is also committed to research and, for those trainees who wish to participate, our Research and Development Committee and its manager would be happy to advise.

Tasters Foundation Year One and Two Trainees may apply for “taster” periods in other specialties provided they have support from their Educational Supervisor and the Foundation Faculty Board. Tasters are a good opportunity to try specialties that are not included in their rotations. F1 doctors can ‘borrow’ 5 days’ study leave from their F2 year to undertake tasters.

Simulation Participants in simulation at DVH are able to access a wide variety of simulation activities. For Foundation Year Trainees and Core Medical Trainees we provide a multi-professional simulation (MPS) programme with preceptor nurses, focussing on core healthcare topics. This training is built into the protected teaching programme for all Foundation Trainees. For further exposure and to help identify human factors in practice an In Situ simulation programme is provided with the simulation team bringing the simulation to the clinical environment where care is delivered. There are also a variety of simulation based specialist courses delivered with the assistance of clinical specialities such as ED, Diabetes and Endocrine teams and Respiratory teams. The Clinical Skills Lab is ideal for small group teaching and is designed to support learners with the development of a variety of clinical skills and is supported by part task simulators such as catheterisation, IV insertion and ophthalmology simulators, allowing practice of technique prior to applying skills in supported practice.

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EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

us/accommodation/kent-and-canterbury. All Overview of trust accommodation has built in Wi-Fi Kent & Canterbury East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (EKHUFT) is one of the largest hospital Hospital trusts in the country, with more than 6,000 staff serving a population exceeding 700,000 and Ethelbert Road, Canterbury, Kent, provides integrated patient care in East Kent CT1 3NG with over 80 clinical specialties. Established Trust switchboard: on 1st April 1999, EKHUFT has three acute hospitals at Canterbury, Margate and Ashford, 01227 766877 with smaller hospitals in Dover and Folkestone. Trust website: Further details including a list of programmes www.ekhuft.nhs.uk and individual placement descriptions are available at: www.stfs.org.uk/trusts/east- kent- hospitals-university-nhs-foundation-trust Social activities Key personnel Canterbury is a beautiful historic city, with the Postgraduate Centre main attraction being Canterbury Cathedral. Director of Medical Education The Education Centre at Kent and Canterbury It has a large student and tourist population, Dr Prathiba Bandipalyam Hospital is a large, proactive centre, supported with a huge variety of attractions, restaurants, by a friendly, helpful team. Facilities and pubs and indoor and outdoor activities to suit Clinical Tutor resources in the Centre include a lecture theatre all tastes and interests including Whitefriars Dr Martin Mayall which holds 87 people, a number of teaching shopping area, cinemas, theatres, river tours, nightclubs, wildlife parks, sports facilities Foundation Training Programme rooms/classrooms, and video conferencing video, data and slide projection equipment and including Kent County Cricket ground at the Director(s) back of the Hospital. For more information visit Dr Gwenno Batty other educational aids which can be used in each room. There is also a large lounge area www.canterbury.co.uk Careers Tutor(s) which includes an informal ICT (cybernet) area There is plenty to do in and around Canterbury Dr G Batty with 6 PCs. in the evenings. As a city with two universities, The Centre also has a multi-professional Canterbury offers a lively night scene and a Medical Education Manager wealth of cultural activities and events. The Mrs June Toms Clinical Skills Laboratory, offering skills training opportunities to all clinical staff and various Doctors’ Mess arranges regular nights out including quiz nights, meals and end of year ball. Medical Staffing Manager clinical skills training models are available for Ms Kim Fishlock training/practice. The beautiful coast of East Kent, with its sandy beaches, areas of outstanding scientific interest Foundation Programme The Education Centre also has Wi-Fi access and has a very pleasant dining room with its and beauty and wide range of water-based Administrator(s) own caterers providing freshly prepared food sports and activities is only 20-30 minutes away Mrs Diane Gosbee Monday to Friday. by car or by train/bus. Canterbury is surrounded by beautiful countryside and villages too. Visit www.visitkent.co.uk for more information. The high speed train runs a regular service which provides a fast link to London and Dover and Folkestone are not too far away for visits into France and the rest of Europe. It takes under an hour from St Pancras to Canterbury.

Accommodation Each flat has 2 bathrooms, a kitchen and 3 bedrooms, of which each has its own lounge. There is also a common room which has a TV and sofas. The accommodation is on-site at The Orchards residences and a two-minute walk to all areas of the hospital. Please contact [email protected] for all enquiries and information on rooms or go to our accommodation website – www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/ patients-and-visitors/work-here/working-with-

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assisting and advising with the preparation of EAST KENT HOSPITALS content for publication. See www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/libraries for further UNIVERSITY NHS information and contact details.

FOUNDATION TRUST IT facilities There are 16 work stations that are available in the Education Centre 24 hours a day. Wi-Fi access is now available. A Key fob can be issued if you wish to have out-of-hours access. Doctors’ mess The Directorate of Medical Education is actively involved with innovative work in which Kent & Canterbury This small comfy room is based on the 2nd foundation doctors have been instrumental in Floor, 1937 building. The mess has lots of being involved with. Hospital couches, tea and coffee, pool table and whatever food the mess shop has to offer Other facilities continued for that week (provided you have paid your subscription fee – £10 per month, deductible (recreational or otherwise) from your salary). Large TV with subscription See social activities. to Sky Sports is available and newspapers are delivered daily. Users are required to keep the mess tidy. Local amenities/attractions Canterbury offers you so much to see and do during your stay with a huge variety of attractions and indoor and outdoor activities to suit all tastes and interests (see social activities).

Library facilities There is a well-stocked multi-disciplinary library with 8 open access PCs available for use together with printing, copying and scanning facilities. The library is staffed from 9.00 am to Transport links 5.00 pm, Monday to Friday. There is a high speed train with regular trains running every weekday, which makes travel 24-hour access to the library is available with a between Kent and central London faster than key fob from the main office or the Library in the ever. Travelling time is from Canterbury West postgraduate centre at a charge of £3.00. Station to St Pancras is 56 minutes. Using your NHS OpenAthens account (the Coach and bus service is also available. Visit libraries are the Athens administrators for the hospital website for travel details to Kent the Trust) you can access powerful clinical & Canterbury Hospital – www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/ knowledge tools such as Up-to-date, BMJ Case patients-and-visitors/kent-and-canterbury- Reports and Elsevier’s Clinical Key. We are part hospital of the Kent, Surrey and Sussex (KSS) network of Healthcare Libraries which provides extensive resources, both printed and electronic. You Parking arrangements can access the main healthcare databases and Parking permits are available on application for also search thousands of full-text journals and all members of staff who park within the hospital hundreds of eBooks both on and off site. We grounds. This is currently deducted from your can track down journal articles, request books salary monthly. from other libraries and run literature searches. Accolades/achievements of the trust Kent & Canterbury (and East Kent as a whole) has a tradition of being a popular and friendly hospital (and Trust) for trainees, and 3rd year medical students from King’s College London Medical School come on rotation to the hospital, as well as students from overseas including St George’s University Medical School, Grenada. In recognition of the excellent educational experience that medical students benefit from at EKHUFT, the Trust was awarded Our qualified staff can provide support for university status in 2008. research, appraisal, career planning and other academic and professional activities as well as

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East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Tasters Trust Foundation Tasters are available for F1s and F2s to do Information on the Trust: programme specific during their year at Canterbury. This is a good • it employs nearly 8000 staff opportunity for trainees to try the speciality which is not within their rotations. Tasters are • serve a local population of almost 670,000 information often taken in specialities such as GP which are • it has 94,000 inpatients a year Induction/shadowing arrangements not always covered in the 2-year rota. Various • 727,000 outpatient appointments a year specialty tasters can be arranged. All F1s are invited to attend a week long • 200,000 A&E attendances induction which includes shadowing of the • The Trust is one of the largest in England current F1 whose job they will be taking over. Simulation • It’s motto is ‘We care’ and everything we do There will be a small honorarium for attending East Kent runs its own simulation training days is guided by our vision, mission and values. this induction. which are mandatory to F1 and F2 doctors at the Simulation Suite, William Harvey Hospital or • It’s vision is ‘great healthcare from great There is also an active Social Induction Devon House in Margate, which includes the people’ Programme organised to further enhance their latest SimMan 3G training model. • It’s mission is our reason for being here: orientation. ‘Together we care: improving health and www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/ lives’ Educational and clinical supervision services/simulation-services The Trust values are: All foundation doctors are allocated an Canterbury also offers ILS, ALERT and ALS on site, this is also mandatory. • Caring – people feel cared for as individuals Educational Supervisor at the beginning of their year. The Educational Supervisor works closely • Safe – people feel safe, reassured and with the foundation doctor and has regular Foundation doctor forums involved meetings throughout the foundation year and The Education Centre holds Trust wide • Respect – people feel teamwork, trust and is able to offer careers support and advice Foundation Faculty meetings and foundation mutual respect sit at the heart of everything as needed. For the second and subsequent trainees are encouraged to become trainee we do rotations, each trainee has a Clinical Supervisor representatives for this and be integral for day to day supervision and educational • Making a Difference – people feel confident members. Trainee representatives are actively meetings. All Educational and Clinical we are making a difference encouraged to be a trainee representative on Supervisors are accredited as a supervisor or the Local Academic Board too. The Trust’s strategic priorities are: patients, working towards it. people, partnerships and provision EKHUFT have a national and international Any additional information reputation for delivering high quality specialist MedStart is an initiative where Foundation care, particularly in urology, kidney disease, Doctors can become involved in with teaching stroke and vascular services. It also values and and planning OSCE style stations to local school pursues excellence in research and innovation students interested in a career in medicine. and EKHUFT has been ranked first in Kent for The Medical Education Directorate host an clinical research studies. annual Oscar-style Health Education Awards For more information on the Trust go to – evening. We recognise that our transient www.ekhuft.nhs.uk population of medical students and training doctors do not always receive sufficient Additional, useful information on the Medical Foundation programme recognition for their contribution to the Trust Education website – http://meded.ekhuft.nhs.uk In Foundation Year 1 (FY1) at K&CH there during their placements/posts. An enjoyable and https://view.pagetiger.com/junior-doctors/ are 8 posts, comprising of Vascular and evening in the Gulbenkian Theatre in Canterbury welcome/page2.htm Urology Surgery, Renal, Anaesthetics and provides us with the opportunity to celebrate Psychiatry. Geriatric Medicine will be based professionalism, teaching excellence, leadership at QEQM hospital, Respiratory Medicine, with a range of awards and with an overall Gastroenterology and Cardiology placements award for Junior Doctor of the Year. Dr will be on The William Harvey Hospital site. Prathibha, Director of Medical Education, has commented ‘Our junior doctors contribute a Teaching for F1 doctors is on Thursday great deal while they are with us and we hope 2-4pm and is protected (bleep free) with lunch that East Kent has a real role to play in helping provided. to shape them as the professional, competent In Foundation Year 2 (FY2), at K&CH there and compassionate doctors of the future.’ are 12 posts comprising of, General Practice, The evening is a lot of fun and the awards, Urology, Vascular Surgery, Intensive Care, Renal, both physical and in certificate form, are great Haematology and Psychiatry. additions to any portfolio/CV. Terms and conditions of employment Teaching for F2 doctors is every Thursday from www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce 2pm-4pm protected (bleep free) with lunch provided. Any additional information K&CH also nominate F1s and F2s each year for the South Thames Foundation School’s award The Directorate actively encourages trainees scheme which offers merits in teaching, audit, to be involved as trainee representatives, to portfolio and leadership. We are also able to be a proactive postgraduate doctors’ voice, nominate any candidate who we feel has made on specialty local faculty groups and Local an outstanding contribution during the year. Academic Board.

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in the induction week evenings/weekend that allow new FP doctors to socialize with those whose jobs they are taking and with consultants Overview of trust and other key members of the teams in which Queen Elizabeth they will be working. East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation the Queen Mother Trust (EKHUFT) is one of the largest hospital trusts in the country, with more than 6,000 staff Hospital serving a population exceeding 700,000 and provides integrated patient care in East Kent St Peter’s Road, Margate, Kent, with over 80 clinical specialties. Established CT9 4AN on 1st April 1999, EKHUFT has three acute hospitals at Canterbury, Margate and Ashford, Trust switchboard: with smaller hospitals in Dover and Folkestone. 01843 225544 Further details including a list of programmes Trust website: and individual placement descriptions are www.ekht.nhs.uk available at: www.stfs.org.uk/trusts/east-kent- hospitals-university-nhs-foundation-trust Doctors’ mess The Doctors’ mess at Queen Elizabeth the Postgraduate Centre Queen Mother Hospital is spacious, lively and Key Personnel The Education Centre offers a lecture theatre, well supported. Located close to all wards and a number of teaching and seminar rooms and the Seasons restaurant, it is a focal point for Director of Medical Education the doctors to relax, study in and gather before Dr Prathiba Bandipalyam a dedicated clinical skills lab with a wide range of equipment, models and facilities. There are mess-organised events. In the mess, there is a pool table, table football and Sky TV. The mess Clinical Tutor projection and video conferencing facilities subscription fee is £10 per month. Miss Elizabeth Sharp throughout the centre. The Centre administrative staff are extremely helpful and knowledgeable Foundation Training Programme and are heavily involved in providing the Library facilities Director(s) essential support that Foundation Programme There is a well-stocked multi-disciplinary library Dr Christopher McGettigan doctors require. There is a skilled Audio Visual located in a convenient central location within Mrs Keyuri Shrotri Technician who is able to provide support. The the hospital. The friendly team staff the Library Education Centres across the Trust also have between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday, with Careers Tutors Wi-Fi access. More information can be found at 24 hour access available outside these core Mrs Keyuri Shrotri – http://meded.ekhuft.nhs.uk hours via a library security key fob, obtainable Dr Christopher McGettigan from library staff for a charge of £3.00. Medical Education Managers There are 16 open access PCs available for use Mr Rags Subramaniam (Operations) together with printing, copying and scanning Mrs June Mossop-Toms (Quality facilities, as well as a separate Library Quiet Study room. The Library is also able to offer Medical Staffing Manager) Wi-Fi access as part of the Trust’s free internet Ms Kim Fishlock facility. Education Centre Supervisor Using your NHS Open Athens account, you Mrs Karen Nicholson can access powerful clinical knowledge tools Foundation Programme Administrator such as UpToDate, BMJ Case Reports and Mrs Dawn Warren Elsevier’s Clinical Key. We are part of the Kent, Accommodation Surrey and Sussex (KSS) network of Healthcare Libraries which provides extensive resources, QEQMH has high standard, on-site, modern both printed and electronic. You can access accommodation blocks that are available to the main healthcare databases and also search F1 Doctors. These blocks have been very well thousands of full-text journals and hundreds received and a second phase was completed of eBooks both on and off site. We can track in early 2010. Situated 2 minutes away from down journal articles, request books from other the main hospital building, they are perfect libraries and run literature searches. for young, busy doctors. Please contact [email protected] for all Our qualified staff can provide support for enquiries and information on rooms. research, appraisal, career planning and other academic and professional activities, as well as Social activities assisting and advising with the preparation of content for publication. This support is delivered The Medical Education Directorate at EKHUFT as part of the teaching programme for both has seen other Trusts adopting its innovative students and trainees but ad hoc sessions can Social Induction Programme for Foundation also be arranged. Doctors. Organised by the outgoing FP doctors, this sees a programme of events and activities See www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/libraries for further information and contact details.

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IT facilities Foundation Open access computers are available in the library providing access to Microsoft Office programme specific products and internet access via the hospital network. The teaching rooms and lecture theatre have Wi-Fi internet access. information Induction/shadowing arrangements Local amenities/attractions All F1 doctors are invited to attend an extended Margate itself is a popular, up-and-coming town week long induction with a varied programme, with plenty of nightlife, a multi-million-pound which includes shadowing of the incumbent casino, cinemas, theatres and an enviable F1 whose job they will be taking over. There coastline, some of which is perfect for water is also an active Social Induction Programme sports such as surfing and jet-skiing. Any additional information organised to further enhance their orientation. Shopping and recreational facilities attract EKHUFT provides a popular and friendly Useful information can be found on the new people from across the area. In 2011, the destination for training doctors and medical junior doctor starter portal – https://view. Turner Contemporary, a multi-million-pound students. There is a growing trend in the pagetiger.com/junior-doctors/welcome gallery designed by award-winning architect Trust for medical students to return to us David Chipperfield, has opened in Margate as Foundation Programme doctors, such Educational and clinical supervision has attracted many national and international has been the quality of their experience in visitors. The UKs original Dreamland East Kent. The Trust takes Years 3, 4 and 5 All foundation doctors are allocated an Amusement Park has now reopened after an medical students, predominantly from King’s educational supervisor at the beginning of their £18m restoration. College London Medical School. We also year. The educational supervisor works closely now train Medical Students from St George’s with the foundation doctor and has regular meetings throughout the foundation year and Transport links International School of Medicine. In recognition of the excellent educational experience that is able to offer careers support and advice Transport links to London are quick, direct medical students benefit from at EKHUFT, the as needed. For the second and subsequent and frequent. The new high-speed rail service Trust was awarded university status in 2008. rotations, each trainee has a clinical supervisor means that journey times to St Pancras have for day to day supervision and educational been cut to 1 ¼ hours. There are also ferry Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital meetings. All educational supervisors have services to Europe from the ports of Ramsgate undertaken an educational supervisor Based in the seaside town of Margate, The and Dover, both a short distance from Margate. accredited course or are working towards it. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen mother Hospital Travelling to Ramsgate, Canterbury, Ashford (QEQMH), provides the full range of accident, and West Kent is also straightforward, allowing emergency and elective services and district Foundation Programme you the freedom to explore more of Kent at general hospital services. In Foundation Year 1 (FY1) at QEQMH there your leisure. It is easy to see why East Kent Recent developments have included new are 30 posts. The majority of trainees will is becoming so popular – all the attractions operating theatres; ITU facilities; children’s undertake 12 months at QEQMH, mainly split without the London prices or stress. inpatient and outpatient facilities; a cardiac into 3 x 4 month rotations comprising of Surgery, catheter laboratory; outpatient department Geriatric Medicine, Acute medicine, Cardiology, Parking arrangements and a cancer unit. There have been extensive Diabetes, Paediatrics, Respiratory medicine, Gastroenterology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, The parking is permit based which can be improvements to staff accommodation. Gynaecology and Intensive Medical Care. applied for prior to starting. Additional diagnostic capacity is currently Trainees undertaking posts in Vascular & Urology being installed and the A&E facilities have been and Psychiatry will be off-site. upgraded. Teaching for F1 doctors is on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1-2pm and is protected (bleep free) with lunch provided. In Foundation Year 2 there are 25 posts comprising of Emergency Medicine, General Practice, Acute Medicine, Ambulatory Care, General Surgery, Geriatric Medicine, Cardiology, Intensive Care, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Psychiatry. Also Ophthalmology which is off site. Accolades/achievements of the trust Teaching for F2 doctors is every Thursday • EKHUFT have a national and international afternoon which includes the Trust Grand reputation for delivering high quality specialist Round followed by dedicated FY2 teaching. In care, particularly in urology, kidney disease, addition you are invited to the Medical Half Days stroke and vascular services. The Trust once a month. values and pursues excellence in research and innovation • EKHUFT has been ranked first in Kent for Tasters clinical research studies. Tasters are available for F2 doctors and trainees are encouraged to undertake them. They are Terms and conditions of employment a good opportunity to try specialties that are not included in their rotations. In the past these www.nhsemployers.org/SiteCollection have been taken in such areas as Public Health, Documents/Hospital_MedicalandDental_Staff_ Anaesthetics, Palliative Care, Paediatrics. TCS_March_08_cd_160209.pdf In line with STFS recommendations, F1s can ‘borrow’ 5 study days from their F2 year to undertake tasters in order to help inform their career choices.

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Simulation Queen Elizabeth EKHUFT runs its own simulation training days, which are mandatory for F1 doctors. The Trust the Queen Mother also offers ILS, ALS and Foundation Realistic Hospital On Call Simulation Training.

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Foundation doctor forums The Education Centre, QEQMH has an active Junior Doctors Forum and trainees are an essential part of this meeting. There is free and open discussion between the trainees, Education Specialty Leads and leads from other multi-disciplinary teams within the hospital. There is also a Trust wide Foundation Faculty and again trainee representatives are integral members of this. Trainee representatives are actively encouraged to be a trainee representative on the Local Academic Board too.

Any additional information The Medical Education Directorate hosts an annual Health Education Awards event, which celebrates and acknowledges the hard work and success of our junior doctors, medical students and other involved and who support education and training.

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Doctors’ mess William Harvey Hospital boasts an extremely Overview of trust active mess that is popular with all Doctors William Harvey including medical students. With plush leather Further details including a list of programmes sofas and a full-sized pool table, it is busy at Hospital and individual placement descriptions are all times of the day. Mess events are regularly available at: organized and the committee is very pro-active in providing entertainment. The mess is located Kennington Road, Willesborough, www.stfs.org.uk/trusts/east-kent-hospitals- university-nhs-foundation-trust next to the hospital restaurant and is easily Ashford, Kent, TN24 0LZ accessible. The mess subscription fee is £10 Trust switchboard: per month. 01233 633331 Facilities Trust website: Library facilities Library and Knowledge Services www.ekhuft.nhs.uk Postgraduate Centre A modern and well equipped Education Centre There is a well-stocked multi-disciplinary library is based on site with a well-equipped Clinical located within the WHH Education Centre. Skills Lab, Seminar Room for teaching and The library is staffed between 9am and 5pm, Key personnel Tutorial Room all with dual screen projection Monday to Friday with 24hr access available and facilities for power point. There is an air outside these core hours via a library security Director of Medical Education key fob, obtainable from library staff. There are 9 Dr Prathiba Bandipalyam conditioned Lecture Theatre which seats 96 people with facilities for a full range of media open access PCs available for use together with Clinical Tutor and a visualizer for projecting images of printing, copying and scanning facilities, as well Mr Jalal Maryosh transparencies, documents and objects and as a separate Library Quiet Study room. video conferencing facilities. There is also a Using your NHS OpenAthens account (the Foundation Training Programme large Conference room which can be used libraries are the Athens administrators for Director by individuals and groups for meetings and the Trust) you can access powerful clinical Dr Joanna Davis teaching sessions, a projector screen and audio knowledge tools such as Up-to-date, BMJ Case system are also installed in this room. Reports and Elsevier’s Clinical Key. We are part Medical Education Manager of the Kent, Surrey and Sussex (KSS) network Rags Subramaniam Accommodation of Healthcare Libraries which provides extensive June Toms resources, both printed and electronic. You Accommodation is on site with both single can access the main healthcare databases and Medical Staffing Manager and married accommodation available. also search thousands of full-text journals and Accommodation is charged at current rates. Ms Kim Fishlock hundreds of eBooks both on and off site. We Please contact accommodation.whh@serco. can track down journal articles, request books Foundation Programme com for all enquiries and information on rooms from other libraries and run literature searches. Administrator or visit our accommodation website at Abbie Denning www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/work- Our qualified staff can provide support for here/working-with-us/accommodation/william- research, appraisal, career planning and other harvey-hospital academic and professional activities as well as assisting and advising with the preparation of Social activities content for publication. The Medical Education directorate at EKHUFT See www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/libraries for further has seen other Trusts adopting its innovative information and contact details. Social Induction Programme for Foundation Doctors. Organised by the outgoing FP doctors, IT facilities this sees a programme of events and activities in the induction week evenings/weekend Open access computers are available in the that allows new FP doctors to socialize with library and resource area for junior doctors those whose jobs they are taking over. The providing access to Microsoft Office products. programme of social events includes a trust- Wi-Fi is available for Trust devices to connect wide social evening to enable new doctors to to the NHS network. There is also a separate meet up with the F1s from all 3 sites. system for Public Internet access. The teaching rooms and Lecture Theatre also have Internet The Education Centre organises ad-hoc events access. The Medical Illustrations department including days out of local interest in conjunction is available to support doctors in producing with Mess Doctors. posters, storing images and using more sophisticated technology.

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Parking arrangements There are several staff car parking areas EAST KENT HOSPITALS around the hospital close to the main reception as well as pay and display car park. It is UNIVERSITY NHS the responsibility of staff members to apply for a parking permit prior to commencing FOUNDATION TRUST placements. This can be done via the website.

Other facilities William Harvey (recreational or otherwise) The William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent, Hospital is one of three acute hospitals forming the East Kent Hospital Trust covering a catchment area with a total population of approximately Terms and conditions of employment continued 670,000. The Trust provides a comprehensive range of acute and specialist services to the www.nhsemployers.org/ local area and works in partnership with Mid SiteCollectionDocuments/Hospital_ Kent Healthcare NHS Trust for provision of MedicalandDental_Staff_TCS_March_08_ oncology services. The William Harvey Hospital cd_160209.pdf is a modern district general hospital undergoing continual expansion as it is sited within a Any additional information designated growth area. The hospital is located East Kent Hospitals University Foundation on the outskirts of Ashford close to the Ashford Trust, established in 1999, is one of the largest International Station and adjacent to the M20. hospital Trusts in England, with five hospitals It has 488 beds and covers General Medicine and several outpatient facilities across East Kent (including Coronary Care Unit), General and Medway. For more information, please go Surgery, Trauma & Orthopaedics, Paediatrics to our website – www.ekhuft.nhs.uk. (including 2 HDU beds) offering a special care and a neonatal intensive care unit, Obstetrics William Harvey Hospital includes robotic & Gynaecology, ENT and Ophthalmology. A facilities both in the Pathology department as new Maxillo Facial Centre has recently located well as Pharmacy. William Harvey Hospital to William Harvey. There is an x-ray and new has a dedicated stroke unit, which undertakes MRI department and the East Kent Pathology thrombolysis for acute stroke. There is a recently Department and Microbiology department is expanded cardiac catheter laboratory which based here. undertakes therapeutic interventions including angiograms and angioplasties, permanent pace Local amenities/attractions maker insertions and intraventricular defibrillator insertions. Cardio-thoracic Surgeons visit the Ashford is a growing town which is within a few hospital every fortnight to hold joint meeting Dr Prathibha miles of some of the most beautiful countryside in with cardiologists and discuss cases. The Kent the South of England and also within easy reach Cardiac Centre is also based at William Harvey of the sea. The hospital is close to the M20 with Hospital. very convenient access to Dover, Folkestone and the Channel Tunnel (for the car shuttle). A satellite Renal dialysis centre is also on site There are many attractive and interesting places and the hospital has the single Head & Neck to visit, including Canterbury, Tenterden, Rye, unit which includes ENT, Ophthalmology and Dover Castle, Leeds Castle and many unspoiled maxillo-facial services. There is a dedicated villages and areas of interest such as Romney Day surgery unit (Channel day surgery), as well Marsh. The town itself has a recently extended as dedicated Endoscopy and Chemotherapy Leisure Centre, 18-lane bowling alley, a bustling (Celia Blakey) units. The intensive care unit has high street and a newly built shopping centre with dedicated intensivists and is accredited for department store and a good range of shops. A specialist intensive care training. cinema with parking for 600 cars is situated just a few minutes away from hospital off junction 9 East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust Mr Jalal Maryosh of the M20 with a variety of places to eat, a gym Information on the Trust: and a night club. Ashford Designer Outlet mall is within walking distance of Ashford International • it employs nearly 8000 staff station. See www.visitashfordandtenterden.co.uk • serve a local population of almost 670,000 for more information. • it has 94,000 inpatients a year • 727,000 outpatient appointments a year Transport links • 200,000 A&E attendances The hospital is located on the outskirts of Ashford not far from the Ashford International • The Trust is one of the largest in England Station (less than 40 minutes from London) and • It’s motto is ‘We care’ and everything we do adjacent to junction 10 of the M20. Transport is guided by our vision, mission and values. links to London are quick, direct and frequent • It’s vision is ‘great healthcare from great and travelling to Paris takes just over two hours people’ or to Lille in one hour by Eurostar. Travelling to • It’s mission is our reason for being here: West Kent, Canterbury and the coast is also ‘Together we care: improving health and Dr Joanna Davis FTPD straightforward, allowing you the freedom to lives’ explore more of Kent at your leisure.

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The Trust values are: There are 24 F2 posts which form eight different doctors do not always receive sufficient • Caring – people feel cared for as individuals rotations involving Medical sub specialities, recognition for their contribution to the Trust Surgery, ENT, Trauma & Orthopaedics, during their placements/posts. An enjoyable • Safe – people feel safe, reassured and Ophthalmology, Obs & Gynae, Microbiology, evening in the Gulbenkian Theatre in Canterbury, involved A&E, Psychiatry and General Practice. provides us with the opportunity to celebrate • Respect – people feel teamwork, trust and Placements for GP can be located up to 25 professionalism, teaching excellence, leadership mutual respect sit at the heart of everything miles apart due to rural location; however, all are with a range of awards and with an overall award we do easily reached by public transport. These posts for Junior Doctor of the Year. Dr Prathibha, • Making a Difference – people feel confident provide valuable experience for wide ranging Director of Medical Education, has commented we are making a difference interests and complement each other well. ENT ‘Our junior doctors contribute a great deal while and Ophthalmology boast of very good and well they are with us and we hope that East Kent has The Trust’s strategic priorities are: patients, organised teaching and training programmes. a real role to play in helping to shape them as people, partnerships and provision The F2 doctors have protected teaching every the professional, competent and compassionate EKHUFT have a national and international Thursday p.m. There is F2 representation at the doctors of the future.’ The evening is a lot of fun reputation for delivering high quality specialist Foundation Faculty. Careers advice ranges from and the awards, both physical and in certificate care, particularly in urology, kidney disease, one-to-one to group advice about planning the form, are great additions to any portfolio/CV. stroke and vascular services. It also values and applications to arranging mock interviews to pursues excellence in research and innovation improve interview skills. and EKHUFT has been ranked first in Kent for clinical research studies. Tasters For more information on the Trust go to – The Taster session is an opportunity to gain www.ekhuft.nhs.uk experience in a specialty to which the F2 may not otherwise gain exposure and would require Additional, useful information on the Medical the F2 to demonstrate a pro-active approach Education website – http://meded.ekhuft.nhs.uk towards planning and arranging their time and https://view.pagetiger.com/junior-doctors/ and learning in the specialty in order to gain welcome/page2.htm maximum benefit. Taster sessions must also clearly relate to the individual’s PDP and career aspirations. Foundation Simulation programme specific Simulation based learning can provide junior doctors with a unique insight into their own information behaviours and non-technical skills when dealing with complex clinical situations. Here in Induction/shadowing arrangements East Kent you will be given the opportunity to All new F1 doctors are invited in prior to starting experience simulation based learning as part their contract in August to undertake a week of the weekly teaching programme as well as of shadowing the existing F1 doctors. This is a on formally organised study courses. We have full programme to orientate new trainees and a dedicated simulation faculty who will support includes a FROST course (Foundation Realistic you during the simulated scenario sessions Oncall Simulation Training) to assist with being and provide a structured educational debrief. on call. A variety of emergency ward based situations can be replicated allowing foundation doctors to rehearse their crisis management skills and Educational and clinical supervision reinforce their clinical knowledge. A wide range All Foundation doctors are allocated an of simulated clinical encounters are used to educational supervisor at the beginning of build confidence and self-awareness for your first placement. The ES works closely with the future roles. F1 doctors are expected to attend Foundation doctor and has regular meetings one whole day simulation day and F2 doctors throughout the year and is able to offer careers are invited to sign up for the ‘Managing the support and advice as needed. For the second and subsequent rotations, each trainee has a clinical supervisor for day to day supervision and educational meetings. All ES and CS are accredited as supervisors or are working towards it.

Teaching programme There are 21 F1 posts forming different rotations involving Medicine, Surgery, Care of the elderly, Critically Ill Patient Course’ which takes place in ITU, A&E, Paediatrics, Anaesthetics and April each year. Psychiatry. Almost all the posts rotate through the Clinical Decisions Unit to give experience in assessing and managing acutely unwell patients. Any additional information Rotations involving ITU and A&E provide good MedStart is an initiative where FD’s can become experience in not only dealing with acutely ill involved in teaching and planning OSCE style patients but also in improving procedural skills stations to local school students interested in a and learning new ones. The F1 doctors have career in medicine. protected teaching times on Tuesday and Thursday. One of the F1 doctors is voted to be The Medical Education Directorate host an the representative at the Foundation Faculty. annual Oscar-style Health Education Awards evening. We recognise that our transient population of medical students and training

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EAST SUSSEX HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST

Overview of trust Conquest Hospital Facilities & Eastbourne General Surgery Team Education Centres East Sussex Healthcare Trust provides acute Modern, up to date learning resource centres District General hospital and community health services are available on both hospital sites along with for people living in East Sussex and the many other training opportunities including well Hospital surrounding areas. equipped skills laboratories at both sites. A planned upgrade and expansion of our facilities Our services are mainly provided from two is in hand. Conquest Hospital district general hospitals, Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne DGH. Both of which have The Ridge, St Leonard’s On Sea, Accommodation East Sussex, TN37 7RD Emergency Departments and provide care 24 hours a day. They offer a comprehensive range Accommodation is available on both sites. Eastbourne DGH of surgical, medical and maternity services. We Rooms are fully furnished and each flat has a Kings Drive, Eastbourne, East Sussex, have 1000 beds cross site. shared kitchen. Utensils are provided. Laundry BN21 2uD services are available on both sites. For further We also provide a minor injury unit service from information, please contact Medical HR. Crowborough War Memorial Hospital, Lewes Switchboard Victoria Hospital and Uckfield Community 01424 755255 – (C) Hospital. A midwifery-led birthing service, along 01323 417400 – (E) with outpatient rehabilitation and intermediate care services are provided at Crowborough War Trust web site: Memorial Hospital. www.esht.nhs.uk At both Bexhill Hospital and Uckfield Trust foundation web page Community Hospital we provide outpatients, www.esht.nhs.uk/medical-education/ day surgery, rehabilitation and intermediate care foundation/ services.

Follow us on Twitter at: @ESHTNHS The Trust is keen to develop its staff and Welcome event – BBQ at Cooden Beach postgraduate medical and nurse training Hotel Follow us on Facebook: ESHTNHS takes place on both the main sites. We have medical students from Brighton & Sussex Social activities Medical School, from Kings and elsewhere, and Both Conquest and Eastbourne hospital have Key personnel encourage you to develop your teaching skills. an on-site nursery and the Eastbourne DGH Director of Medical Education We want to harness your commitment, energy has asocial club/bar. The Eastbourne DGH also benefits from an outdoor heated swimming Mr Salim Shubber (cross site) and care to become an organisation that focuses on quality, safety and continuous pool. Various social events are held over Clinical Tutor improvement. We know we need to deliver the year, such as the welcome event for our Dr Mark Whitehead (cross site) for today and ever push our standards and new FY1s during their shadow week and our expectations higher for tomorrow. We know Careers evening. This gives the junior doctors Foundation Training Programme we all have a shared ambition to deliver the an opportunity to network with their future Director(s) quality of services and care we would want for colleagues, education and clinical supervisors, Dr Mohammad J H Rahmani ourselves and our families and friends. And we their medical education team, medical HR and (FY1 cross site) want you to enjoy working in an organisation existing FY1/FY2 doctors and other support Mr Michael Williams (FY2 cross site) we can be proud of. This remains our goal. staff relevant to their training needs. Further details including a list of programmes The trainees put together a Summer Ball and Careers Tutor winter celebrations, amongst other informal get Dr Umesh Dashora (Cross Site) and individual placement descriptions are available at: www.stfs.org.uk/trusts/east- togethers, such as curry nights, bowling and Medical Education Manager sussex-healthcare-nhs-trust trainees are encouraged to get involved with our legendary trust Christmas show. Mr Mike Dickens (cross site) Deputy Medical Education Manager Mrs Christina Morphew (cross site) Medical Staffing Manager Mr John Holland Foundation Programme Administrator(s) Mrs Harriet Catt (Conquest) Mrs Anita Todd (Eastbourne) Eastbourne DGH Annual Summer Ball – Powdermills Hotel, Battle

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Doctors’ mess The Doctors’ Mess on both sites have both been refurbished recently and are very popular. Foundation doctors both at Eastbourne and the Conquest hold dinners, balls, curry nights and other events. Your membership includes access to the mess day and night, with daily newspapers, SKY TV, snacks and drinks, as well as discounts on social events during the year.

Library facilities Beachy Head - Eastbourne The Jevington Ward Team celebrating the opening of the Ambulatory Respiratory www.esht.nhs.uk/library two acute hospital sites. A number of new build Care Space housing estates are springing up in the area. IT facilities Bus travel – www.stagecoachbus.com and Foundation Both libraries have internet access 24/7 in their www.traveline.org.uk PC rooms. Wi-Fi is also available. Train travel – www.nationalrail.co.uk programme specific Eastbourne Rail Station is approximately 1.5 miles from the Hospital. Main line trains from information London Victoria run regularly to Eastbourne. Trains from London Victoria are fast and Induction/shadowing arrangements frequent, taking just 80 minutes. At the Eastbourne DGH and Conquest we arrange a formal induction and shadow period for the new FY1s. This helps our trainee doctors Parking arrangements to settle in and get used to the hospital. We There is on-site parking at both hospitals and now also provide the opportunity for our staff pay £1.00 per day when displaying a staff overseas doctors to benefit from an extended Hastings castle permit. Monthly (with tax relief) and annual additional shadowing period, prior to taking payments can be arranged. part in formal shadow/Induction at the Trust. Local amenities/attractions Our overseas doctors can also benefit from our East Sussex is so much more than a great place Accolades/achievements of the trust Cultural Support Workshops to help them adjust to work — it’s a stunning place to live and visit. to working in a UK Hospital. Hastings is a famous, historical town and Our trust website provides full and current seaside resort situated on the south east coast information – www.esht.nhs.uk. Please also of Britain. Hastings has a castle built by William note our dedicated Medical Education website the Conqueror in the 11th Century, an attractive pages www.esht.nhs.uk/medical -education old town, fishing harbour and seafront. The west which hold specific information relating to our of Hastings is modern and lively with a theatre, Foundation Programme and more details on the cinema, many restaurants, bars and clubs, as individual specialities you might be interested well as a shopping centre with many well-known in, and the types of support you can expect to shops. There are also many places of interest to receive from us, such as Careers advice and visit in the town. More information can be found at Annual Award Event pastoral support. www.1066country.com and www.hastings.gov.uk STFS awarded East Sussex Healthcare NHS Educational and clinical supervision Eastbourne has many restaurants, pubs and Trust a citation for exceptional work in the clubs. Famous for its tennis and stunning scenery remediation of Foundation doctors in difficulty. We realise that it can be hard to make the used in many films. Other picturesque spots transfer from medical student to doctor and include Beachy Head and The Sovereign Harbour. For information relating to Medical Education endeavour to support our FY1s as much as We have 2 cinemas, 10 pin bowling, yachting events and promotions – please check out our possible with this transition. We have a trainee and surfing clubs, sports centres and theatres. A website and dedicated twitter page: support process in place to ensure that help is new shopping centre is currently being built with provided as soon as it is needed. Website: www.esht.nhs.uk/medical-education the addition of another state of the art cinema in You will be supported during your 4-month the main town. More information can be found at The East Sussex Medical Education team host rotation in your specialty of choice, learning www.eastbourne.gov.uk. an annual awards event on each site. This gives key skills that can then be utilised for the rest the opportunity of recognising the achievements of your career. Support will be provided by of the FY1 and FY2 Doctors and the contribution Transport links your dedicated educational supervisor, clinical of their Supervisors and Colleagues, and to thank supervisors, your programme lead as well as the The Conquest Hospital (Hastings) is around both groups for their hard work throughout the larger specialty team. All of whom will give you 60 miles south of London with good transport year. The event is also held to formally recognise regular constructive feedback on your progress links with access to Europe via the Eurostar and the achievement of all the Foundation Doctors and what you can do to improve. This will better Channel Tunnel. Regular trains run to London, with merit certificates from South Thames enable you to deliver core competences from with an average journey time of 1½ hours. Foundation School. These are awarded to the Foundation curriculum. Hastings main rail station is approximately 3 trainees who as well as having successfully miles from the Hospital. completed their training year at ESHT have done Government regeneration plans are underway particularly well in the areas of Audit, Learning for the Hastings area, and plans are in place for Portfolio, Teaching and Leadership. the implementation of a high speed rail network to extend through Hastings from Ashford in Kent, meaning a journey from Kings Cross to Hastings would be reduced to only 68 minutes. A new link road has opened which has reduced traffic congestion and travel time between the

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Trainee progress is reviewed via the Horus progress and ask for feedback. This trainee ePortfolio, requiring the trainee to complete set feedback is consistently taken into account modules by way of: when we are looking to make improvements Conquest Hospital to our Foundation Programme. Our aim is • Observation to provide a supportive environment where & Eastbourne • Direct supervision trainees can gain experience through facilitation District General • Independent practice and encouragement. • Attendance at relevant training courses and Our respective sited Medical Education Team Hospital events encourage an “open door” policy where trainees are welcome to come and discuss anything continued Teaching programme relating to their training and post. The programme includes FY1 and FY2 formal weekly teaching sessions, monthly afternoon Any additional information workshops, directed and self-directed personal During the FY1 year we arrange for you to attend learning, structured appraisal and assessments. ILS and Simulation Training. The teaching programme covers all aspects of In FY2 we arrange for you to attend ALS and the Foundation Curriculum. Foundation doctors Simulation Training. Study leave for FY2s is are encouraged to participate in all learning available and details will be provided on starting. opportunities both in the Education Centres and in clinical settings. There are 35 Foundation Year 1 rotations (FY1). Each rotation comprises 3 x 4-month posts. FY1 All Foundation Year 1 trainees are attached to a doctors may do night shifts, and are rostered for one-year programme. Our Foundation Programme weekends and long days/evening shifts in the management team consists of two Foundation acute specialties. Training Programme Directors, the Deputy Medical Education Manager who co-ordinates efforts and FY1 rotations include General Medicine, Urology, two Foundation Programme Administrators. Diabetes, Respiratory, Rheumatology, Cardiology, T&O, General Surgery, Gastroenterology, ITU and Psychiatry. Some posts also include time in the Tasters Acute Assessment Unit. All FY1s are required to These are arranged through the Foundation work nights in surgery. Administrators and all Foundation Doctors are encouraged to take up the opportunity to FY1s (dependent on their rota and subject to participate in taster time in their speciality of change for each new intake) can be on call. FY2s Trainee review with clinical supervisor interest. in ENT on both sites work a 1:3 on call for ENT 0900 – 1700hrs, but at weekends work in the FY1s can request taster sessions during the final Emergency Department 0830 – 2030hrs. rotation of the year. FY2 rotations include General Medicine, ENT, Palliative Care, Public Health, GP, Paediatrics, Simulation Urology, Psychiatry, Ophthalmology, T&O and We have fully equipped clinical skills rooms Cardiology, Elderly Medicine, Respiratory, including Simulation suites in both Education Diabetes and Emergency Medicine. Centres and plans are underway to expand our Simulation Programme and facilities. The FY2s in ENT are part of the Hospital@Night team in Surgery doing 1:7 nights. FY2s work in Both sites run FY1 Simulation Training sessions ENT from 0900 – 1700hrs and then any out of (a requirement of the curriculum), which have hours is with the Hospital@Night team. been well received by the FY1 Doctors. FY2 Skills room simulation sessions are also run on both sites. All community placements include a day or half a day attachment per week in Emergency Medicine, ITU, MAU and AAU. Foundation doctor forums (It is essential that you have a car for FY2 We encourage FY1s and FY2s to provide placements in Public Health (Lewes), Palliative feedback throughout the year both formally and Care, Psychiatry and some General Practice informally. surgeries, which range from urban to rural or Trainee representatives for each year are more coastal areas. nominated and they attend the Foundation Due to reconfiguration of our service provision, Faculty Group Meeting as representative of their T&O, Paediatrics and all of our Surgery rotations year group. are based at the Conquest site. The FTPDs and Deputy Medical Education ENT team Manager also hold individual meetings with the FY1s and FY2s throughout the year to discuss

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EPSOM AND ST HELIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST

Overview of trust The Hirson Library is open from Monday to St Helier Hospital Friday from 8.30am to 5pm and the Sally Howell Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Library is open from Monday to Friday 9.30am & Epsom General NHS Trust was formed in 1999 when Epsom to 4.30pm. Outside of the opening hours library Health Care NHS Trust and St Helier NHS users can get out of hours access to one Hospital Trust merged. The trust owns and runs four or both libraries by paying a £20 refundable hospitals: St Helier Hospital, Epsom Hospital, deposit for the fob to access the libraries. Sutton Hospital and Queen Mary’s Hospital for All doctors in training can become members of St Helier Hospital Children. Most foundation trainees are based at both libraries by filling in a membership form and Wrythe Lane, Carshalton, Surrey, Epsom and/or St Helier hospitals. showing their Trust identification. The Library SM5 1AA Further details including a list of programmes does not issue library cards which makes it and individual placement descriptions are easier to borrow books; all trainees need to Epsom General Hospital Dorking available at: www.stfs.org.uk/trusts/epsom- remember to have is their ID. Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 7EG and-st-helier-university-hospitals-nhs-trust Upon joining, library members can borrow up Switchboard to six books from either library. Journals are not 020 8296 2000 (St Helier Hospital) available to borrow but can be photocopied. 01372 735735 (Epsom General A literature searching service is available as Hospital) well as training on how to effectively search the Trust web site: healthcare databases. www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk Books and journal articles are sourced from other libraries if they are not available in either library. Key personnel Self-service terminals will be available within St Helier Hospital the first few months of 2018. Currently Associate Medical Director of photocopying, printing, scanning and binding Education And Training Facilities facilities are available. Photocopies cost 5 pence Dr Steve Hyer a page or 170 units photocopying card for £5 Postgraduate Centre or a 30 units photocopying card for £1 can be Director of Medical Education purchased from a card dispenser near each of There is a well-equipped postgraduate medical Dr John Clark the copiers. Photocopying services are available centre on each main hospital site (Epsom and 24 hours a day seven days a week. Printing Foundation Training Programme St Helier) with videoconferencing facilities for costs 5 pence a copy. This facility is only Director(s) cross site teaching. available during library opening hours. Ms Tharani Nitkunan (F1) Dr Emma Jones (F2) Accommodation The Library website address is as follows: www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk/lis. It shows all Careers Tutor(s) Accommodation is available on site. For the services and resources such as electronic Ms Tharani Nitkunan (F1) information contact the Accommodation journals and books including the ‘Oxford Departments: St Helier Hospital 0208 296 3693. Dr Emma Jones(F2) Handbooks’ that are available from the library. Medical Education Manager Social activities To access the electronic resources, doctors in Ms Martina Yanga training can register for an NHS OpenAthens The mess president for both the Epsom and username and password. Foundation Programme St Helier sites organise a lively programme of events. Resources that are available with an Epsom Administrator(s) and St Helier OpenAthens account include Mrs Karen Saridis UpToDate Anywhere, electronic books and the Doctors’ mess medical health databases. In addition if trainees There is a comfortable well-equipped doctors’ join the library they can get request a free two mess centrally located in the hospital, adjacent month OnExamination voucher. Free access to to the postgraduate centre. Medical Masterclass is available for up to five trainees. Other resources available include BMJ Library facilities Quality. Both libraries have free WIFI access for use by up to ten concurrent users. Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust has two physical library sites, the Hirson Library and the Sally Howell Library. The Hirson Library is situated on the first floor in St Helier Education Centre. The branch library in Epsom Hospital which is called the Sally Howell Library is located on the second floor in the Wells Wing.

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IT facilities of the key standards that the government sets for hospitals and the feedback we receive from St Helier Hospital Junior doctors have access to 10 PCs and patients is very positive. 4 laptops in the Hirson Library 7 PCs and 3 & Epsom General laptops in the Doctors’ Mess computer room. Scanning facilities are also available for scanning Terms and conditions of employment Hospital documents into e-portfolio. Contracts are issued before the Trust Induction event. They incorporate Terms and Conditions continued of Service of Hospital Medical and Dental staff as modified from time to time. Current copies of these Terms and Conditions can also be obtained from the Personnel Office. All staff appointments are made subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and all initial appointments to the National Health Service are made subject to satisfactory medical and police clearance being produced. A medical examination may be necessary on initial One of the main analysers in Chemical appointment and periodically thereafter. Pathology at Epsom Hospital Other facilities Any additional information (recreational or otherwise) Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals St Helier is situated opposite St Helier Open NHS Trust was formed in 1999 when Epsom Space, 11.6 Ha. of open green with three Health Care NHS Trust and St Helier NHS Trust football pitches and a ball park. merged. It provides services to approximately 420,000 people in southwest London and north east Surrey and provides more specialist Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children - St Local amenities/attractions services, in particular renal and neonatal Helier St Helier is very close to Sutton, a busy town intensive care, to a wider area. We cover with excellent shopping, a cinema and theatre, some of the most prosperous postcodes in and fast trains to London. the country as well as some poorer areas and together with our colleagues at Surrey PCT and Transport links Sutton and Merton PCT strive to deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve. A short bus ride will take you to Morden tube station on the northern line (fare zone 4) or The trust operates on two sites: St Helier to Sutton station which provides the easiest Hospital incorporating Queen Mary’s Hospital access, with frequent buses to the hospital. for Children and Epsom Hospital. We also It has direct rail services running to and from provide services from a number of other local Epsom, Croydon, London Bridge, London hospitals. We have 11 renal centres throughout Accident and Emergency Department Victoria, Clapham Junction and Wimbledon. the area and the Elective Orthopaedic Centre (A&E) (EOC) at Epsom which is operated by the Trust Also running through Sutton is the Sutton in conjunction with neighbouring trusts on a Loop Thameslink line which links Luton and St partnership basis and has grown to become Pancras International directly with the stations the largest hip and knee replacement centre in on the loo. St Helier is approximately 8 miles the UK and one of the largest in Europe. The from London. EOC is also rapidly becoming a major centre There is also a black cab rank outside Sutton for shoulder surgery and hip arthroscopies as station and the taxi journey takes about 5 well as undertaking more than 1,000 minor minutes. The trust also operates a free hourly orthopaedic procedures, most as day cases or (Monday to Friday only) Shuttle service between short stay. the two main hospitals and Sutton Hospital. Most foundation trainees are based at Epsom and/or St Helier hospitals. Epsom Hospital The Elective Orthopaedic Centre Parking arrangements serves the southern part of the catchment (EOC, formerly known as SWLEOC) Staff parking is available on all sites. There is area and provides an extensive range of an annual permit costs and the daily charge is inpatient, day and outpatient services. It has an dependent on salary. Accident and Emergency service with 54,000 attendances per year. It also undertakes all elective (pre-booked) inpatient surgery within the Accolades/achievements of the trust Trust. There is an extensive range of diagnostic We are one of the best performing trusts and supporting services, including pathology, in south west London and one of the most radiology (including CT, MRI and ultrasound) improved in London overall. We are meeting all and vascular diagnostic services, and a busy

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modern purpose-built day care and day surgery Teaching programme unit. The site also includes an acute psychiatric F1s have three hours of protected teaching each facility operated by Surrey and Borders week on a Tuesday afternoon run at St Helier Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Hospital and video linked to Epsom Hospital. St Helier Hospital is the largest site within the F2s from all sites (including those in general trust and shares its site with Queen Mary’s practice) have their teaching all together on Hospital for Children. The hospital has a Wednesday mornings usually at St Helier this is comprehensive range of diagnostic facilities also video linked to Epsom Hospital for those within pathology and radiology (including MRI On call. All foundation doctors are allocated an and CT scanning, ultrasound and vascular educational supervisor for the whole year and a diagnostic services), a busy Accident and careers adviser. Emergency department dealing with 80,000 attendances per annum, and a range of outpatient facilities. It undertakes all the Tasters emergency surgery in the Trust. The renal unit A good selection of tasters are available provides acute renal care and dialysis and including: Ophthalmology is integrated with the St George’s Hospital transplantation programme. Microbiology, Chemical Pathology, Dermatology, GU Medicine, Immunology, Radiology, O & G, For more information about the Trust see the Diabetes, A & E, Renal Medicine, Paediatrics, website www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk. Anaesthetics, Cardiology, Neurology, Psychiatry, Palliative Care, Respiratory Medicine and Gastroenterology. Each taster is arranged collaboratively with the trainee and the programme outline is designed around the individual trainee’s needs.

Simulation The trust boasts a well equipped Simulation centre on the Epsom hospital site and also has mobile Simulation equipment.

View of the new building from Wrythe The trust runs an extensive programme of Lane - St Helier Simulation courses including a good variety of Resuscitation based courses.

Foundation Junior doctor forums programme specific Junior doctors’ representatives are elected for each year. They represent their colleagues at the information Foundation Programme Faculty Group meetings and Junior Doctor Forum meetings. Induction/shadowing arrangements The Preparation for Professional Practice is Any additional information organised via the Foundation programme The trust has 38 foundation year 1 administration team (see contact details below). programmes in general medicine, general For F1’s there is a week of clinical induction surgery, haematology, orthopaedics, urology, training events and opportunities for shadowing. palliative care and psychiatry. There are F2’s are inducted as part of the general August 42 F2 programmes, covering trauma and induction intake. orthopaedics, general surgery, A&E, paediatrics, general practice, general medicine, renal Educational and clinical supervision medicine, ITU and obstetrics and gynaecology. Most programmes involve rotations on both The Foundation Programme supervision main sites, Epsom General Hospital and St team is comprised of 100 clinical supervisors, Helier Hospital. 25 educational supervisors and nine careers advisors. For more information about the Trust see the website www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk and for Foundation trainees are allocated a clinical information on any aspect of foundation training supervisor for each four-month post and an at Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals educational supervisor for the year they spend NHS Trust please contact: with us. The clinical supervisor will supervise the trainee (in consultation with their educational Mrs Karen Saridis supervisor and the programme director) to 020 8296 4010 / 01372 735175 maintain an overview of development and [email protected] progress of the foundation doctor within the training programme. An educational agreement will be agreed at the initial meeting within each post. Mid-point reviews are also required in each post.

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FRIMLEY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Overview of trust Other facilities Frimley Park (recreational or otherwise) Further details including a list of programmes A newly equipped gymnasium is also situated Hospital Trust and individual placement descriptions are adjacent to the mess. A small monthly fee is available at: www.stfs.org.uk/trusts/frimley- payable. Portsmouth Road, Frimley, Surrey, park-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust GU16 7UJ Local amenities/attractions Switchboard: Frimley is a small town 5 minutes’ walk away with 01276 604604 the usual local amenities including a supermarket, Restaurants and Public Houses. Camberley, Trust web site Guildford and Windsor are easily accessible with www.fhft.nhs.uk more nightlife and cultural activities.

Trust foundation web page There is a fast train service to London Waterloo www.fhft.nhs.uk from nearby Farnborough Main Station which takes under 40 minutes.

Transport links Key personnel Facilities The hospital is situated just off junction 4 of the Director of Medical Education M3 with quick and easy access to London. The Professor Geeta Menon Postgraduate Centre south coast is just a one-hour drive away. There is an excellent purpose built Postgraduate Clinical Tutor Parking arrangements Mr David Jonathan Education Centre which is the hub for Clinical Staff. The PGEC has its own restaurant which There is limited on-site parking with priority Foundation Training Programme is well used by all medical staff in the Trust and given to clinical staff. A small monthly charge Director(s) local General Practitioners. All of the seminar is made for parking, which is deducted directly Miss Harriet Patmore rooms are well furnished and equipped. The from staff salaries. Dr Georgia Tunnicliffe (FY2) Centre also has a purpose built simulation suite. The lecture theatre, skills room and seminar Accolades/achievements of the trust Careers Tutor(s) rooms all have live links to theatres, endoscopy Mr David Jonathan and radiology. Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the first in the country to be rated Medical Education Manager as ‘Outstanding’ overall by England’s Chief Accommodation Vacant Inspector of Hospitals, Sir Mike Richards. The Trust has a limited amount of The report published on 26 September 2014 Medical Staffing Manager accommodation on site for medical staff. Miss Alison Ball follows a thorough inspection of all areas of the Trust by a team of inspectors from the Care Foundation Programme Social activities Quality Commission in November ’13, July and Administrator(s) These are mainly organzied through the Doctor’s August ’14. The report can be viewed in full Mrs Emily Cahalane Mess and include events like balls. on the following link www.cqc.org.uk/location/ RDU01 or www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/ new_reports/AAAA2970.pdf Doctors’ mess There is a well-equipped, purpose built doctors’ There has been an extension at Frimley Health mess in the middle of the hospital grounds. This Foundation Trust which includes an emergency is opened up for events regularly. department (ED) with 25 separate rooms for the sickest patients and one of the biggest resuscitation areas in Europe. It is part of a Library facilities £22m extension which includes a large day The Health Services library is situated above the surgery unit and air ambulance helipad. PGEC. It provides a wide range of services and FHF was delighted to be awarded the title Trust also houses a PC suite. There is 24-hour access of the Year for the South of England in the to the HSL and its IT. new Dr Foster Hospital Guide. FHF was also named in the top five in the new MHP Health IT facilities Mandate quality index rating based on what Wi-Fi is installed across the Trust. matters most to patients, our Board was named Kent, Surrey and Sussex Board of the Year, we achieved a prestigious ‘Bronze’ accolade when we regained Investors in People status, and the Care Quality Commission gave us the best

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possible risk rating when assessing trusts for their new inspection regime. In national surveys published by the CQC in 2014, cancer patients, adult inpatients and maternity patients, adult inpatients and maternity patients rated our services very highly and we fared very well in the new Friends and Family tests and with online patient feedback.

Terms and conditions of employment All doctors are employed under the BMA Code of Conduct terms and conditions which can be found on link below: www.bma.org.uk/employmentandcontracts/ index.jsp FY1 have an hour’s lunch time teaching on each • Freedom to Stand Up Tuesday and a full day curriculum based teaching • Doctors’ Toolbox Any additional information session every month from September to May. All • Medical Student Teaching Co-Ordinators On the 1st October 2014 Frimley Park acquired trainees undertake an ALERT course during their Wexham Park Hospital in Slough to become induction and ILS during their F1 year. A trainee representative workshop is held each autumn. ‘Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust’. This does FY2 have a monthly curriculum based study not affect the Foundation Programme which we day and all need to undertake an ALS course maintain in the 2 hospitals separately. Frimley during their F2 year. Foundation trainees are Any additional information offers 5 Innovative Posts (2 years 1 Trust). encouraged to begin audit presentations and The outgoing Foundation Doctors prepare are well supported in this work by the Clinical information for the new arrivals in August each Audit Department. There is an annual Regional year. Here are some of the entries: FY2 Quality Improvement Competition held in the PGEC in November of each year. There is “Have fun! Consultants are really supportive and also a full day of clinical procedure exposure at there is lots of help if you need it.” both FY1 and FY2 level. “Frimley Health Foundation Trust is friendly, supportive and a fun place to work. It is an ideal Tasters place to start your medical career.” Tasters are available to FY1’s, on a first come “In summary, good variety, busy, good learning first served basis, for up to 5 days, although opportunities and most of all fun!” this study leave will be deducted from the F2 allowance. FY2’s may apply for 5 day tasters You will find that you are very well supported Foundation up to twice in their placement, as long as they and there is always plenty of lunchtime teaching have not used up their taster weeks during their happening. Never be afraid to ask for help and programme specific F1 year. have a great time in the department.” information Simulation All FY1’s & FY2’s will be offered 2 simulation Induction/shadowing arrangements training sessions using a combination of a Induction begins with a validation meeting high fidelity adult sized manikin, a high fidelity after appointment in May/June. Shadowing baby manikin and actors in our purpose-built starts for all FY1s on Monday 23 July 2018 simulation suite which consists of three rooms: and includes an introduction to key Foundation a sim-theatre, a control room and a teaching personnel, Corporate Induction, ALERT Course room. The sim-theatre is equipped with multiple & ward shadowing. ceiling mounted cameras and microphones, both to allow viewing of the sim-theatre from the Educational and clinical supervision teaching room on the screen as the simulation unfolds, but also to aid in debriefing. All Foundation trainees will be allocated an Educational Supervisor in the first specialty they work in. Consultants in subsequent specialties Foundation doctor forums will act as Clinical Supervisors. You will also All foundation doctors are involved in be offered regular meetings with the TPD and election of trainee representatives to the Careers Lead during your year. following committees: • Foundation Faculty Teaching programme • Leadership The Trust currently has 35 FY1s and 37 FY2s • Clinical Governance which includes several fully integrated military • Clinical Audit posts. All will rotate through 3 specialties for a period of 4 months each. • Clinical Risk • Safe Medicines Foundation trainees have individual appointments with the FY1/FY2 Programme Directors in each • Doctors’ Mess rotation and also meet with the trust Careers • Complaints and Patient Experience Advisor. Trainee input to the Foundation Faculty • Surgical Governance meetings is encouraged and 2 FY1 and 2 FY2 representatives attend each meeting. • Informatics Operations • Quality

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GUY’S & ST THOMAS’ NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Overview of trust video-conferencing facilities, two seminar rooms Guy’s & St Thomas’ and a meeting room. The weekly F1 teaching Further details including a list of programmes and Medical Grand Round are video-linked to Hospitals and individual placement descriptions are Sherman lecture theatre to allow trainees based available at: www.stfs.org.uk/trusts/guys-and- at Guy’s Hospital to attend more easily. st-thomas-nhs-foundation-trust There is also a simulation training space in Guy’s Hospital Sherman Centre at Guy’s Hospital which includes Great Maze Pond, London SE1 9RT a simulation training lab and a large surgical simulation room. St Thomas’ Hospital Lambeth Palace Road, London Accommodation SE1 7EH On-site hospital accommodation is available Switchboard: for F1s and F2s subject to availability. The 020 7188 7188 accommodation for Foundation Doctors is mainly located at St Thomas’ hospital: Website: www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk Current rates* Room in shared flat – from £500 Facilities Room in refurbished flat – from £800 Key personnel Postgraduate Centre All tenants share a communal kitchen & Director of Medical Education The Postgraduate Centre is located on both the bathroom. Rent includes all utility bills but Dr Claire Mallinson Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital sites. doesn’t include TV licence or Wi-Fi. (*subject to Clinical Tutor change) St Thomas’ Hospital We have a dedicated education centre based Social activities Foundation Training Programme on York Road just a few minutes from St • Monthly mess parties Director(s) Thomas’ Hospital. The foundation programme • Annual Review at Christmas administration team are based in the centre Dr Shumontha Dev • Summer ball Dr Leila Frodsham where the trainees are welcome to pop in to • Doctors’ mess Dr Sarah Wheatstone discuss queries. Dr Cheng Ong The majority of foundation programme Mess facilities are available on both St Thomas’ Hospital and Guy’s Hospital site. The mess is Dr Cindy Sethi educational events are held at the education centre. very active and organises monthly mess parties, Dr Anna Goodman Christmas “House Officers Review” and a The education centre has a number of seminar Careers Tutor(s) summer ball. Subscription is £15 per month. and training rooms of various sizes catering for Foundation Directors a variety of training needs including video- . Raj Nair (GP Careers) conferencing, phone conferencing, SMART board technology, Blu-ray and DVD. There are Medical Education Manager also three training rooms set out like wards for Mr Rob Godfrey (Head of Medical scenario based training. Education Programmes) Mr Paul Bennett (Manager PGME) Simulation and Interactive Learning Centre Medical Staffing Manager We have a state-of-the-art dedicated patient simulator training facility at St Thomas’ Hospital. Mr James Galer (Senior Medical HR The centre hosts a mock consulting room, a Officer) six-bedded ward/clinical skills training space, an operating theatre/2-bedded ICU ward, a home Foundation Programme Library facilities Administrator(s) environment and a surgical simulation room. Miss Caleo Lindo Library facilities are located on both hospital sites The simulation facilities offer the use of several and are part of the King’s College London (KCL) computer-controlled whole body manikins system. Once registered you have access to: which breathe, talk, have audible heart and lung sounds, a measurable pulse rate and can even All KCL libraries be given drugs and fluid. Using these excellent • Borrow books and reference only items facilities, trainees have the unique opportunity to experience real-life healthcare scenarios. • KCL computers • Onsite access to many of the college’s Guy’s Hospital e-journals The Sherman education centre is based at • Printing, photocopying and scanning Guy’s Hospital. There is a lecture theatre with

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At the same time as competing on the international stage, our focus remains on providing local people with the very best that the NHS has to offer. King’s Health Partners will bring real and lasting benefits to the communities of south London. Local people will continue to benefit from access to world-leading healthcare experts and clinical services which are underpinned by the latest research knowledge. There will also be benefits for the local area in regeneration, education, jobs and economic Immediate vicinity – Shard, Borough Market, • Individual and group study areas growth. • Print and electronic document delivery / River Thames, numerous restaurants, bars and inter-library loans shops. Our partnership brings together: • Help desks with qualified staff who offer St Thomas’ Hospital: • three of the UK’s leading NHS Foundation advice and assistance Trusts; On site – M&S food, WH Smith, chemist, several • a university ranked in the top 20 in the world; Opening hours: restaurants/cafeterias and a gift shop. • services provided across central and outer St Thomas House: Monday – Friday 9:30am – Immediate vicinity of: Big Ben, London London locations, including seven mental 5:30pm Eye, Southbank, River Thames, numerous health and physical healthcare hospitals and restaurants, bars and shops. New Hunts House (Guy’s): Monday – Friday many community sites; 8:30am – 01:00am*; Saturday 10am – Transport links • 4.2million patient contacts each year; 01:00am* • 36,000 staff; Both hospitals have excellent transport links (*manned until 8:30pm Monday – Friday and within London and surrounding counties, the • 25,000 students; 6pm Saturday and Sunday. After these times, whole of the UK and the continent. There is a • a combined annual turnover of £3.1billion.. open for self service and reference use only.) regular shuttle service connecting Guy’s with St Please see the following website for further Thomas’ Hospital. Any additional information details: www.kcl.ac.uk/iss/library Guy’s Hospital: easy access to underground The Guys & St. Thomas’ Foundation Trust is and over ground via London Bridge as well as one of the largest Trusts in the NHS with an IT facilities bus routes. annual turnover of £1.24 billion and 2 million Junior doctors have access to Trust computers patient contacts per year; including 866,000 St Thomas’ Hospital: easy access to in most clinical departments and wards. There in community services, 83,000 inpatients and underground (via Westminster, Waterloo and are also computers available for use in the 1.03 outpatients. Lambeth North), over ground (via Waterloo and postgraduate centres, doctor’s mess, libraries Waterloo East) and bus routes. The Trust comprises two of London’s oldest and the Knowledge and Information Centre and best known teaching hospitals, which have (KIC) in St Thomas’ Hospital. Some clinical a long history dating back almost 900 years. areas, Sherman education centre and the Parking arrangements libraries have access to KCL computers. Limited parking facilities are available on both We provide a full range of hospital services for sites. Parking permits can be applied for. our local communities in Lambeth, Southwark Trust emails can be accessed from home via and Lewisham, as well as specialist services webmail. Accolades/achievements of the trust for patients from further afield, including cancer, cardiothoracic, women’s and children’s services, Wi-Fi access is available throughout Guy’s In 2013 the Dr Foster Hospital Guide named kidney care and orthopaedics. We have one of Hospital and St Thomas’ Hospital. us Trust of the year for Safe Care. We are also the largest critical care units in the UK and one in the top three Trusts for research; with 422 of the busiest A&E departments in London. Other facilities research studies in 2013-14. We have a strong track record for clinical (recreational or otherwise) We have one of the largest capital investment excellence, teaching and research, and financial There are fitness centres at both Guy’s Hospital programmes in the NHS and are making management. Our Fit for the Future programme and St Thomas’ Hospital. Both offer excellent significant investments in our buildings, IT and aims to improve further our efficiency without equipment combined with knowledgeable medical equipment, for the benefit of patients. compromising quality and safety. staff able to advise you on your own personal programmer. There is also a 25m swimming King’s Health Partners pool at Guy’s Hospital. Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust There is a range of classes available including: is one of the three NHS Foundation Trusts Foundation functional training, jitsu, abs and stretches, yoga, which form King’s Health Partners (KHP). KHP abdominal blast, circuit training and qi gong. is one of only six Academic Health Science programme specific Centres (AHSCs) in England designated by the Membership prices start at £15 per month Department of Health. information There is also access to KCL Medical School We bring together a world-leading research led sports grounds by arrangement. university (King’s College London) and three Induction/shadowing arrangements successful NHS Foundation Trusts (Guy’s and All F1s will be employed from Monday 25th July Local amenities/attractions St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital and South 2016. You will receive approximately two and a half days of a useful and relevant Trust induction Guy’s Hospital and St Thomas’ Hospital are London and Maudsley). which includes practical scenario training, both located at the heart of central London Our aim is to create a centre where world-class electronic patient records training, workshops with easy access to restaurants, bars, theatres, research, education and clinical practice are and talks from a variety of people relevant to cinemas, clubs, museums, shops, parks and brought together for the benefit of patients. being an F1. The induction is well evaluated. much more! We want to make sure that the lessons from In addition to this there is an online induction research are used more swiftly, effectively and specifically designed for junior doctors. Guy’s Hospital: systematically to improve healthcare services On site – several AMT coffee shops, canteen for people with physical and mental health care You will also have approximately 4.5 days and a well-stocked hospital shop. problems. to shadow the current F1 and meet with the clinical team.

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GUY’S & ST THOMAS’ NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Tasters Tsakok (named New Educator 2012 by the Association for Medical Education in Europe), Foundation doctors are allowed to use up to 5 with two overarching aims: days for a Taster. Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust offers a full range of hospital 1. Strengthen rapport between medical services as well as specialist services, so our students and junior doctors foundation doctors are usually able to find a 2. Place increased importance on the value of suitable taster. As a foundation doctor within the bedside teaching Guy’s & St Trust you can really make the most of a taster as you can usually get involved with the patients A pair of foundation doctors’ tutors is assigned Thomas’ and the clinical team. a group of 4-6 students via the King’s College Hospitals London Virtual Campus. Each week they meet Simulation and practice basic clinical examinations on ward patients. The program officially incorporates six • GSTT has a state-of-the simulation centre continued sessions, and hundreds of Phase 3 students and • All FY1&2 receive interprofessional high junior doctors have participated thus far. A key fidelity simulation training emphasis is on two-way individualized feedback • All FY2s receive simulation faculty training – summative reports on each student can be to teach on the undergraduate simulation sent to Firm Heads at the end of the programme. courses for final year medical, nursing and Conversely, students are able to nominate their midwifery students. tutors for Tutor of the Term Awards, whereby the best testimonials are posted up on a public • There are usually other optional simulation hospital noticeboard and a prize is usually given events that foundation doctors are allowed to the Best Tutor of the Year and a runner up. to attend for free. More than 90% of students consistently report Foundation doctor forums improved examination skills and confidence In August we invite F1s and F2s the opportunity with patients. 80% of tutors report increased to apply to become a Foundation Programme confidence in teaching and for those seeking rep. Due to our large cohort of F1s and F2s we more formal training, a full-day course (Preparing usually have at least 6 F1s and 6 F2 who are for Clinical Teaching) has been developed allocated a smaller number of foundation doctors specifically for Foundation Year 1 (FY1) doctors to represent. The reps are responsible for: participating in MedEd. This utilises the expertise of ‘patient educators’ with real physical signs, • Gaining feedback from your foundation who provide invaluable feedback to both FY1 doctor colleagues tutors and medical students. • Being a contact point for your small group of foundation doctors “The MedEd course has rapidly become absolutely crucial to the Yr. 3 experience.” - • Working with the specialties to address Dr David Treacher, Sub-Dean KCL School of issues raised from trainees. Educational and clinical supervision Medicine and Consultant in Intensive Care at All F1s are assigned an educational supervisor • Attending a foundation programme reps Guy’s & St Thomas’. for the full year. This is usually a consultant who meeting you will be working with in your first placement. • Attending the Foundation Faculty Meeting You will also be assigned a clinical supervisor (3 per year) to feedback trainee issues and in each four-month placement. In addition to engage with developing the foundation this you will be assigned a Foundation Training programme at GSTT Programme Director who will meet with you at • Attend ad hoc meetings as requested least twice during the year to check you are on • Allocated projects to be involved with i.e. track and discuss careers. teaching programme design, IT projects, community involvement etc. Teaching programme • Providing foundation doctor views on F1s receive 1.5 hours weekly teaching which is potential changes usually presented from St Thomas’ Hospital but is video-linked to Guy’s Hospital (occasionally Any additional information vice versa). The format is designed to be case based and interactive. We have 59 F1s and 73 F2s at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital. The placements include F1s are also expected to attend: a variety of medical, surgical, psychiatry and • ALERT community placements. We are currently engaging with community services to offer • Simulation for Foundation Doctors foundation doctors the opportunity to attend • Quality and Improvement half day workshop meaningful placements in line with Broadening • Medicine and the Law half day workshop the Foundation Programme. • Leadership half day workshop and e-learning The MedEd programme at Guy’s and St • Equality and diversity e-learning Thomas’ Hospitals brings foundation doctors and undergraduates together for mutual benefit. • Prescribing e-learning This highly successful initiative was set up in • F2s receive a half day themed training 2010 by a GSTT foundation doctor, Dr Teresa session every month as well as a variety of mandatory courses.

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KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS

FOUNDATION TRUST Social activities We have a very pro-active Doctors MESS Committee who are keen for those subscribing Overview of trust to have plenty of opportunity to socialise and King’s College unwind, including a football society and monthly Further details including a list of programmes evening events. Hospital and individual placement descriptions are available at: www.stfs.org.uk/trusts/kings- Doctors’ mess college-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS The Doctors’ MESS at King’s provides a Switchboard Telephone number: relaxing environment for our doctors, with SKY, 020 3299 9000 a kitchen regularly stocked with fresh fruit, bread and milk and newspapers. A number of Website: social events throughout the year. There is also www.kch.nhs.uk an opportunity for junior doctors to be members of the MESS Committee. Trust Foundation web page: www.pgmde.kch.nhs.uk Library facilities As an employee of King’s College Hospital you will have access to the Information Services & Key personnel Systems (ISS) at King’s College London. This service provides integrated IT and information Director of Medical Education Facilities services enabling access to an extensive range Mr Tunji Lasoye of tools and research and teaching resources. Clinical Tutor Postgraduate Centre Within the Weston Education Centre, we have one of the five Information Services Centres and Mr Tunji Lasoye There is a purpose-built Postgraduate Conference Centre providing a venue for libraries, which are located across the five main Foundation Training Programme postgraduate medical and dental activities within campuses offering subject-specific resources Director(s) the Trust. The Centre comprises a fully equipped with help and advice from qualified staff. Mr Tunji Lasoye lecture theatre and three seminar rooms: Information Specialists work to ensure students Ms Avril Chang Bill Whimster lecture theatre – Seats 80 people, and researchers can locate the most up to date resources available – either online or in print. We Careers Tutor(s) equipped with latest audio-visual equipment and video conferencing. aim to provide a world-class e-research service Mr Tunji Lasoye and 24/7 access to e-resources. Dr Catherine Bryant Jan Welch teaching room Underpinning this drive towards 24-hour access Dr Simon Broughton Seats 40 people with audio-visual equipment is the College’s IT infrastructure. ISS maintains Ms Avril Chang available and video conferencing. the desktop network and telephony system Dr Jackie Gilbert throughout the College. Audio Visual services Mr Simon Calvert Clare Vaughan seminar room are also part of the portfolio. Through the Seats 60 people with audio-visual equipment three year Connected Campus project, now Senior Medical Education Manager available. There is an acoustic partition dividing in its second year, ISS are facilitating greater Miss Maxine Owen the area into 30/30 seating capacity. connectivity across campuses to offer increased Medical Staffing Manager access to research resources and enhanced Ms Anamika Dwivedi Simulation Facility opportunities for collaboration. Seats 15, audio-visual facilities available. Foundation Programme IT facilities Administrator(s) The Buttery Ms Emma Jones Within the MESS there is a separate room Refreshment area, seats 35 at small round where there are 5 web-enabled PCs and a Mrs Ifeoluwa Suleiman tables. Catering is supplied by King’s networked printer. College London. Local amenities/attractions Accommodation Close proximity/easy access to Central London The accommodation office can assist FY1 and Dulwich Village. trainees in sourcing housing association properties and should contact the accommodation office with their requirements. Transport links King’s is located in Camberwell in central Accommodation Team telephone number – London, with good public transport links. 020 3299 3400.

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Terms and conditions of employment KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS The post is subject to the terms and conditions of employment as set out by the Trust and FOUNDATION TRUST can any clarification can be obtained from the Medical Staffing department at the time of appointment.

Any additional information King’s College Hospital is a large Teaching Hospital and NHS Foundation Trust situated in South Central London. It provides healthcare for Parking arrangements residents of a densely populated surrounding King’s College Demand for car parking spaces at King’s locality, as well as many tertiary services for greatly exceeds supply and you are strongly South-East England and beyond. urged to use public transport where possible. Hospital Our Department is based within the Weston Demand for staff parking permits greatly Education Centre, situated next to King’s exceeds supply and we have a strict points College Hospital, Denmark Hill. This affords continued system for awarding permits to those members us the luxury of a well-equipped Postgraduate of staff who require them. Conference Centre, within close proximity of the library facilities of Kings College London as well as the King’s Hospital.

Foundation programme specific information Accolades/achievements of the trust Induction/shadowing arrangements King’s College Hospital is part of a pioneering At King’s we provide the FY1 trainees with global collaboration, King’s Health Partners a 7 days of shadowing and key Induction Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC). This elements. The week long experience provides collaboration between one of the world’s leading the opportunity for trainees to work alongside research-led universities, King’s College London, the FY1 from whom they will be taking over and three of London’s most successful NHS from and gain an insight into the role and Foundation Trusts, King’s College Hospital and responsibilities of a junior doctor. To have first- Guy’s and St Thomas’ is an exciting opportunity. hand experience of working with other members The driving purpose of which is to continually of the multidisciplinary team, communicating seek and bring about swifter and more effective with patients and developing an understanding improvements in health and well-being for our of how the NHS generally works. They also patients in London and people everywhere. have key induction training on ILS, ALERT, EPR, Combining the best of basic and translational EPMA, Infection Control and e-Portfolio. research, clinical excellence and world-class teaching to deliver ground breaking advances in physical and mental healthcare. Educational and clinical supervision Trainees are allocated an Educational Supervisor King’s College Hospital has become the first for the year and for each placement they are major acute hospital in the UK to be awarded placed with the lead consultant of their team for the Investors in People (IIP) Gold Standard Clinical Supervision. award. Investors in People is a national quality standard awarded to well-run organisations which demonstrate good management practice Teaching programme with a high emphasis on best practice people We have had 51 FY1 and 40 FY2 trainees at management and development. King’s. Both F1 rotations and FY2 rotations consist of three 4 month placements. All FY2 King’s first achieved Investors in People status rotations include an Emergency Medicine in 1999, but this is the first time it has been placement. recognised with the Gold award – a significant achievement. The Gold award is only given There is protected, bleep free teaching for all to those organisations which are able to FY1’s at lunchtime once a week, in addition there demonstrate a degree of excellence in the way are several half-day workshops along the year. they develop and support their staff. Executive The FY2 teaching programme includes ALS, a Director for Workforce Development at King’s two day ‘FY2 Professional Development’ course, commented; “Achieving Gold standard is a specialised career sessions, interactive clinical tremendous achievement for the Trust. Our teaching and access to a multitude of specialty people are at the heart of everything we do for teaching programmes across the Trust. our patients at King’s. Their individual skill and commitment are crucial in delivering quality Trainees also can access our more generic services; we want our staff to continue to feel courses like Teaching the Teachers. There is supported and valued, whatever their role, a substantial team within the Department of and we will continue to help them develop Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education their potential.”

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(PGMDE), several of whom work almost Audit, Teaching and Leadership and an exclusively for the Foundation Training Outstanding Trainee of the year. Trainees were Programme. Although we have a large number also awarded by King’s for their leadership skills, of Foundation Trainees, we pride ourselves on leadership projects and for those who were truly looking after the individual needs of each of them. outstanding. Alongside these merits the trainees acknowledged the hard work of the Trainers; With the connection to KCL, trainees have the awards were also presented to those Trainers opportunity to participate in Undergraduate who have provided teaching and support to teaching as both teachers and organisers. the foundation trainees throughout the year. Frequent formative OSCE’s also take place There was also an impressive display of Audit on site and trainees are invited to examine and Leadership project posters and everyone throughout the year. was awarded a prize. These merits/ awards are agreed by the Foundation Training Faculty who works hard to ensure that trainees progress and are given the right support and wish to acknowledge outstanding trainees.

Tasters All Foundation trainees have the opportunity to do a ‘taster’ of their choice in any specialty within the Trust, or outside the Trust if necessary. For further information and guidance please see the STFS website.

Simulation Simulation training is provided at King’s College Hospital in a dedicated simulator training facility, simulation training sessions are mandatory for all FY1 and FY2 trainees. Trainees will also be given the opportunity to become involved as part of the faculty.

Foundation doctor forums Quarterly foundation forums are held for the FY1 and FY2 trainees and Representatives from both years are asked to attend. Trainee representatives are also invited to attend the Medical & Dental Education Committee meetings, which are held on a quarterly basis.

Any additional information PGMDE held their recent annual Foundation Training Programme Awards Ceremony in July 2017for the FY1 & FY2 trainees and incoming FY1. We were proud to have amongst us distinguished guests who gave inspirational talks to the Foundation trainees. These included the Chief Executive and Executive Board Members. Certificates of merits were awarded from South Thames Foundation School for contribution and progress in Learning Portfolio,

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KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Social activities We have an active Mess Society which hosts monthly events at a variety of nights out, either Overview of trust locally or in London. Previous nights out have Princess Royal included hiring booths / tennis tables at Bounce, Further details including a list of programmes Holborn, and an end of year Masked Ball on University Hospital and individual placement descriptions are a hired boat along the Thames. Attendance at available at: www.stfs.org.uk/trusts/kings- these is very high and welcomed by the doctors Farnborough Common, Orpington, college-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust who are here for long term. BR6 8ND Switchboard: Doctors’ mess 01689 863000 The Doctors’ MESS at PRUH provides a relaxing environment for our doctors. A number Website: of social events through the year. There is also www.kch.nhs.uk an opportunity for junior doctors to be members of the MESS Committee. Trust Foundation website: www.kch.nhs.uk IT facilities The Cyber Café is located in the Education Centre and the computers in the library are Key Personnel available for use by all staff and students. We Facilities: also have an Information Skills Trainer who is Director of Medical Education available for teaching sessions in our IT Training Mr Tunji Lasoye Postgraduate centre Suite. Associate Director of Medical The Postgraduate Centre and Annex is located Education opposite the main hospital. The centre has a Local amenities/attractions Dr Belinda Kessel large lecture theatre and a seminar room which The hospital backs onto a large Sainsbury’s Dr Miranda Selby is used for our educational activities. There is a which can be reached by walking through Library facility within the centre which has quiet Dr Preeti Chopra a direct cut-through into the car park. study areas and is open 24/7 providing out of Dr Sam Thenabadu Locksbottom High Street located by Sainsbury’s hours access. There is a Cyber Café with 15 contains a variety of small shops, cafés and computers which is open from 9 – 5pm Monday Foundation Training Programme restaurants including a Michelin Star Restaurant to Friday and is open to all staff and students. Director(s) – Chapter One. Bromley High Street is a bus The “Sanctuary” restaurant is a great facility Dr Belinda Kessel ride away with an array of shops and the serving hot food and snacks with ample seating Glades Shopping Centre. Dr Miranda Selby area. The Annex has a number of training rooms, an IT suite and a dedicated simulation Careers Tutor(s) facility. Transport links Dr Belinda Kessel The Hospital is located near a vast number Dr Miranda Selby Accommodation of Bus Routes that can reach the majority of the surrounding areas (Croydon, Bromley, and Medical Education Manager The hospital has two accommodation sites. Orpington). Orpington station is 24mins from Mrs Sheinaz Mahomedally On site is Clarence Lodge which contains Charing Cross and 17min from London Bridge, the Doctors Mess. The Hospital also has while Bromley Station is 17min from London Deputy Medical Education Manager accommodation at Bertha James Court, which Ms Christine Nurthen Victoria. Both stations are a bus ride away, is located 5min walk from Bromley Town Centre. and commuting from Central London takes Medical Staffing Manager Numerous Bus routes go via Bertha James 40-50min. Court to the Hospital taking 15-20mins in rush Anamika Dwivedi hour and are approx. 1 every 5-10min. Parking arrangements Foundation Programme Administrator(s) Please refer to Trust Policy. Demand for car Kisha Lyn parking spaces greatly exceeds supply and you are strongly urged to use public transport Constantin “Daniel” Boureanun where possible.

Accolades/achievements of the trust King’s College Hospital is part of a pioneering global collaboration, King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC). This collaboration between one of the world’s leading research-led universities, King’s College London, and three of London’s most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, King’s College Hospital and Guy’s and St Thomas’ is an exciting opportunity.

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The driving purpose of which is to continually ILS, ALERT, EPR, EPMA, Infection Control and seek and bring about swifter and more effective e-Portfolio. improvements in health and well-being for our patients in London and people everywhere. Educational and clinical supervision Combining the best of basic and translational research, clinical excellence and world-class Trainees are allocated an Educational Supervisor teaching to deliver ground-breaking advances in for the year and for each placement they are physical and mental healthcare. placed with the lead consultant of their team for Clinical Supervision. King’s College Hospital has become the first major acute hospital in the UK to be awarded the Investors in People (IIP) Gold Standard Teaching programme award. Investors in People is a national quality There is protected, bleep free teaching for all standard awarded to well-run organisations F1’s at lunchtime once a week. The F2 teaching which demonstrate good management practice programme includes ALS, ‘F2 Professional with a high emphasis on best practice people Development’ course, specialised career management and development. sessions, interactive clinical teaching and access to a multitude of specialty teaching programmes across the Trust. FY2 Trainees also can access our more generic courses like Teaching the Teachers. There is a substantial team within the Department of Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education (PGMDE), several of whom work almost exclusively for the Foundation Training Programme. Although we have a large number of Foundation Trainees, we pride ourselves on looking after the individual needs of each of them. Terms and conditions of employment The post is subject to the terms and conditions of employment as set out by the Trust and can any clarification can be obtained from the Medical Staffing department at the time of appointment.

Any additional information King’s College Hospital is a large Teaching Hospital and NHS Foundation Trust situated in South Central London. It provides healthcare for residents of a densely populated surrounding locality, as well as many tertiary services for Tasters South-East England and beyond. We offer a taster week to our F2’s in their first rotation or to the F1’s in their last rotation. Taster weeks can be completed in all major specialities, as well as some more obscure Foundation ones such as Radiology, Dermatology, O&G and Psychiatry. Trainees are also welcome to programme specific arrange their own Taster Weeks off site as long as it is all confirmed with a Consultant at a information receiving organisation.

Induction/shadowing arrangements Simulation At King’s we provide the FY1 trainees with Simulation training is provided at King’s College a mandatory week of shadowing and key Hospital in a dedicated simulator training facility, Induction elements which is fully funded. The simulation training sessions are mandatory for week long experience provides the opportunity all F1 and F2 trainees. Trainees will also be given for trainees to work alongside the FY1 from the opportunity to become involved as part of whom they will be taking over from and gain the faculty. an insight into the role and responsibilities of a junior doctor have first-hand experience of working with other members of the team, Foundation doctor forums communicating with patients and developing Quarterly foundation forums are held for an understanding of how the NHS generally the F1 and F2 trainees and Representatives works. They also have key induction training on and both years are asked to attend. Trainee representatives are also invited to attend the Foundation Faculty and MEC meetings, which are held on a quarterly basis.

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KINGSTON HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Overview of trust Kingston Hospital Further details including a list of programmes Galsworthy Road, Kingston-Upon- and individual placement descriptions are Thames, Surrey, KT2 7QB available at: www.stfs.org.uk/trusts/kingston- hospital-nhs-trust Switchboard: 020 8546 7711 Website: Facilities www.kingstonhospital.nhs.uk Doctors’ mess Trust foundation website Postgraduate Centre The Doctors’ Mess is located on Level 2 http://education.kingstonhospital. The Postgraduate Medical Centre (PGMC) of Kingston Surgical Centre. There is a nhs.uk/foundation_programme/ is purpose built and is located on Level 5 of large seating area with SKY TV, a kitchen foundation_training_programme Kingston Surgical Centre. (microwave, toaster, panini maker), 8 computer stations toilet, shower separate male/female The centre has audio-visual facilities. There are and locker facilities. two Lecture Theatres which can be opened up into one room holding up to 150 people and eight Subscription is £10 per month. Fees are used Key personnel other Seminar Rooms of different sizes. All rooms to cover the SKY subscription and to provide Director of Medical Education have AV equipment and Smart Boards. There are tea, coffee, bread and jams/spreads, biscuits, Dr Gill McCarthy also video-conference facilities available. ham/cheese for members use. There are three Clinical Teaching rooms – a Clinical Tutor Resuscitation room, Mock Ward and Clinical Library facilities Dr Gill McCarthy Skills room. Stenhouse Library is located on Level 5 of Foundation Training Programme Kingston Surgical Centre and is open Monday Director(s) Accommodation to Friday between 9am and 5pm, with 24-hour access to a Study Room. Dr Anne Blyth (F1) All accommodation is situated on the Hospital Dr Helen Draper (F2) campus and includes 78 rooms, of which 60 are Members of the library can access a wealth of en-suite. The accommodation blocks are Averill medical and health information from the books, Careers Tutor(s) House, Burley House and Cecil House. journals and databases available at the facility. Awaiting appointment – to be confirmed Averill House and Cecil House offer en-suite In addition, and to help with the needs of clinical rooms sharing kitchen / diner facilities with 4 governance and evidence based medicine, the Medical Education Manager other bedrooms. librarians are able to: Arvind Chessman – acheesman@nhs. Burley House offers 18 bedrooms in shared • conduct literature searches with you or on net accommodation – 6 bedrooms per flat –with your behalf, Medical Staffing Manager shared bathroom and kitchen / diner facilities. • provide training on retrieving medical and Frank Ajoku – Interim Head of Medical Laundry facilities are available on-site. health information from the internet, HR ([email protected]) • hold workshops on database searching (eg Daniel Topping – Medical HR Manager Charges are as follows: MEDLINE, CINAHL). ([email protected]) Burley House – £538.54 per calendar month (Non-En-suite Single Rooms) Averill House and IT facilities Foundation Programme Cecil House – £600.61 per calendar month Administrator(s) Kingston Hospital has an excellent IT department (En-suite Single Rooms). We do not charge a and provides both online and telephone support Michelle Clayton – Foundation deposit for our accommodation. Programme Co-ordinator (michelle. for all the Trusts’ IT needs. Kingston Hospital [email protected]) The accommodation is managed by Viridian uses the Cerner Millennium Care Records Housing from their offices at St Peter’s Hospital Service solution with electronic ordering/results in Chertsey (tel: 0203 202 0335, 8.30am– for Pathology and Radiology tests. 4.30pm Mon – Fri). Staff are available on-site at Kingston approximately one day per week. Other facilities Further information about Viridian Housing is (Recreational or otherwise) available via www.viridianhousing.org.uk * Honey Bees Nursery Staff Nursery is the Trusts Prices correct at Dec 2017 on-site day nursery. This offers places for up to 81 children between the ages of 3 months and Social activities 5 years. The nursery is open 7am and 5.30pm. Various social activities are arranged via the It is Ofsted registered and was awarded an Doctors’ Mess, including nights out and the Outstanding rating at the last inspection in 2011. annual Hospital Ball. The Nursery follows the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum and also accesses the

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government funding to ensure your child The Hospital is the first acute Trust to be Educational and clinical supervision receives the 15 hours free education the term licensed since April 2012 and the first to Each rotation has an overall Educational after their 3rd birthday. Staff who are paid by become a Foundation Trust (FT) in South West Supervisor and each placement within the Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust can London. Becoming an FT is a seal of approval rotation has a Clinical Supervisor. All supervisors join the Salary Sacrifice Scheme which enables for the high quality patient care we are all have received appropriate training and them to save up to 38% on their fees. Fees are committed to delivering at Kingston Hospital education and are approved assessors for currently £55* per day or £27.50 per ½ day. and we are now looking forward to planning supervised learning events (DOPS, mini-CEX * an exciting future for the Trust. Our Council of Prices correct at Dec 2017 and CbD). Governors is now fully established and we are particularly looking forward to working with Local amenities/attractions them to ensure we listen to the needs of the Teaching programme Kingston Hospital is in an attractive part of communities and patients they represent when In addition to departmental teaching, F1 trainees Surrey and is within easy reach of Central planning our future and developing our services. receive 1 to 2-hours bleep free teaching per London, Richmond Park, the river Thames, week covering an extensive range of topics and We are proud of our reputation as the largest the historic Royal Borough of Kingston-upon- F2s attend 5 mandatory Study Days. single site District General Hospital with the Thames, and open countryside. second largest Maternity Unit in London and All trainees have opportunities to develop their the Hospital’s Emergency Department is one of teaching skills through peer teaching which is the busiest in the country seeing over 110,000 formally assessed by Educational Supervisors. patients per year. Tasters Any additional information Guidance about arranging a taster is provided to Kingston Hospital NHS Trust is approximately foundation trainees as part of their Foundation 12 miles from central London and provides a Induction information. All trainees are strongly full range of diagnostic and treatment services encouraged to arrange a taster in a specialty of to approximately 320,000 people on behalf of their choice. commissioners within South West London and North Surrey. Kingston Town Centre has a large shopping Simulation area and plenty of restaurants some of which We have approximately 500 beds and directly are located by the river Thames. There are The Trust has an established state of the art employ around 2,700 across all groups Simulation Centre and has been successfully two or three nightclubs and plenty of pubs including nursing and midwifery, medical and and wine bars. providing simulation training for foundation dental, administrative and clerical, ancillary and trainees since 2010. All foundation trainees are Richmond Park is opposite the Hospital and management. required to attend a Simulation Training day. you can get to Richmond, Ham and Training takes place in the Simulation Suite, Roehampton through the park. located on Level 5 of Kingston Surgical Centre.

Transport links Foundation doctor forums Transport and travel information is available on Both F1 and F2 doctors choose two the Trust website. representatives at the beginning of their rotation. Representatives attend Foundation Faculty Parking arrangements Group Meetings, Trust Educational Faculty meetings on a quarterly basis as well as the A managed car parking scheme operates at Junior Doctors’ Forum. Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The number of car parking spaces on site is limited Foundation Trainees are able to express their so eligibility criteria are in place. There are views and/or suggestions for improvement two main types of staff permit available: Red Foundation via the annual National GMC Survey and also Permits and Yellow Permits. Red Permits allow through local Trust surveys. access to the Essential Users Car Parks and programme specific are available to staff who undertake three or Any additional information more off-site commitments per week. Yellow information Permits are available for staff living more than Foundation doctors are actively involved in 50 minutes from the hospital by public transport Induction/shadowing arrangements Trust and national audits. There is a Trust Audit seminar each year and Foundation doctors have (according to Transport for London website). The 2018 F1 induction/shadowing will take been involved in prize-winning audits. Daily parking permits are also available for place from Monday 23rd to 31st July, paid at occasional car park users as well as off peak basic rate. This includes time shadowing the permits for weekend workers. outgoing F1, training on the use of the Care Record System (CRS), Hospital Induction and Terms and conditions of employment Foundation Induction with the Foundation Training Programme Director. For terms and conditions, please click on the link www.nhsemployers.org/case-studies-and- ILS and ALERT training for F1s takes place resources/2017/04/terms-and-conditions-of- during the shadowing/induction period prior to service-for-nhs-doctors-and-dentists-in-training- the F2 and Specialty Trainee intake. england-2016-version-3 F2s attend a Hospital Induction on their first day, including training on the use of the Care Accolades/achievements of the trust Record System (CRS). A half-day Foundation Kingston Hospital became an NHS Foundation Induction with the Foundation Training Trust on the 1st May 2013 and is now known as Programme Director takes place on the Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. morning of the following day.

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LEWISHAM & GREENWICH NHS TRUST

Doctors’ mess The Doctor’s mess is located close to the Staff Restaurant. It has a wide-screen television with Overview of trust access to Sky, comfortable sofas and 4 wall University Hospital mounted computers. Tea and coffee facilities Further details including a list of programmes are all provided. Free takeaway dinner is Lewisham and individual placement descriptions are provided at the weekends for the on call teams available at: www.stfs.org.uk/trusts/lewisham- in the Doctor’s mess. Lewisham High Street, Lewisham, healthcare-nhs-trust London SE13 6LH Library facilities Trust Switchboard: The library is located in the Education Centre. 020 8333 3000 We have a wide range of e-journals and books Facilities and several online exam revision packages. We Trust website: provide critical awareness and database training Postgraduate Centre www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/ and support all aspects of research and learning The postgraduate centre is situated in the both in the workplace and in the library. There is Trust foundation website: Education Centre and shares an office with also free access to Up-to-date, and free access www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/ Medical Staffing. The Postgraduate Medical to a variety of electronic journals and books via education Education department has overall responsibility Athens account. This can be requested through for ensuring the provision of education and the library. training for Postgraduate doctors. The trust continues to meet the educational standards IT facilities Key personnel set by the GMC and HESL. We have a major commitment to the development of Research The Learning Resource Centre houses 16 Director of Medical Education and Education. The trust has a highly dedicated computers with internet access. There are Dr Mehool Patel Director of Medical Education and Education allocated rooms in each specialty/dept., which Team which supports the learning needs of all provide great IT facilities only accessible to Deputy Director of Medical medical staff. We aim to provide a consistent, doctors. Education reliable high quality administrative service to Dr Catherine Mathews the trust. On-going medical education activities Foundation Training Programme have included comprehensive induction, career counselling, supported educational supervision Director(s) and assessment provision of an ‘information Dr Teresa Sealy supported’ learning environment. Dr Pamela Lutalo The Foundation Programme at Lewisham has Careers Tutor(s) an excellent reputation and we continue to Dr Mehool Patel attract high calibre trainees at F1 and F2 levels. The innovative education week for F2 trainees Head of Medical Education & once again registered over 95% attendance Medical Staffing and this model is being copied by other Trusts. Other facilities Suzanne Faulkner We have on site Clinical Skills laboratory and (recreational or otherwise) Resuscitation Training facilities which is housed On site bar – The Lewi Club holds many social Medical Education Manager in our state of the art new Simulation Suite Annette Cooke events throughout the year. Mess parties are often held there, opening hours are Monday to Medical Staffing Manager Accommodation Friday 10am to 11pm - drinks are inexpensive. There is the Ravensbourne Restaurant on site Kelly Stannard No on or off site accommodation but The which serves excellent hot food at reasonable Lewisham Site do provide an extensive list of all Foundation Programme prices. There is a recently opened café local letting agencies. Our communication team ‘Muffin Break’ which serves muffins, salads, Administrator(s) also offer advice on any local flat/house rentals sandwiches, and hot and cold drinks. There is Sally-Ann Maher in the area. Ayesha Mansuri also a McColls shop located in the yellow zone opposite Boots pharmacy which sells common Sarah Leigh Social activities household items, sandwiches, and a selection Out of hours there is a lively and vibrant social of snacks and drinks. There is an on-site Boots network including a Christmas and Summer pharmacy which provides a staff discount. Ball organised by F1 Mess President. Five a Lockers available to all juniors. Allocated bike side football and many other social events. Also storage area within the trust. Consultants from both sites contribute to a yearly summer ball which takes place each June to say Local amenities/attractions thank you to all Juniors for their hard work. Located 12 minutes train ride from London Bridge. Plenty of local attractions walking distance to/from Lewisham DLR. Blackheath Village and Greenwich Park are tourist areas.

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Transport links rated Stroke Unit linked to the Hyper-Acute can mimic the acutely ill adult and child. They Stroke Service at Kings College Hospital. The can talk, breath, bleed, blink and cry and even Bus routes to Lewisham High Street from: Vascular Surgery Unit at Lewisham Hospital give birth! The centre provides training for a Brixton P4, Canada Water 199, Deptford 47, specialises in carotid artery surgery. The wide range of healthcare professionals studying West Croydon/Blackheath 54, Grove Park hospital has 11 operating theatres of which 2 our programmes. Our showcase of patient Cemetery 284, Croydon Via Sydenham 75, are dedicated paediatric theatres and 1 is a simulators include adults, pregnant women, Crystal Palace/ Plumstead 122, Peckham/Grove dedicated obstetric theatre. children and babies, providing students with Park 136, Victoria 185, Orpington via Bromley an authentic clinical experience. Every room 208, Camberwell 484. Trains run from Charing in the centre is equipped with state of the art Cross and London Bridge to Ladywell Station audio-visual recording equipment and clinical on the Hayes line. This is then a 5-minute walk scenarios which are recorded for debriefing to to the hospital and is sign posted from the park. Foundation give candidates an opportunity to reflect on Victoria, Cannon Street, Charing Cross and their performance. London Bridge trains run to Lewisham station programme specific through to all areas of Kent. This is 10-minute walk to the hospital or a short bus ride. information Foundation doctor forums Induction/shadowing arrangements Parking arrangements F1 Shadowing/Induction week commences We have very limited parking available. Although 1 week prior to commencing of post. This Lewisham has designated a scheme where is where you will be given the opportunity to security will provide you with a card, similar to shadow your predecessor, familiarise yourself the oyster card, which will allow you to park with the surrounding and processes. Shadowing when working unsociable hours. boosts confidence and ensures all new doctors are aware of the first day competencies of an Accolades/achievements of the trust FY1 role. We also provide within the shadowing week a 1 day ILS course. F2s are inducted as The pastoral support provided to Foundation part of their general August Induction. Induction trainees within the postgraduate department Lewisham has run foundation doctor forums for is vital in order to cover Mandatory and statutory is among the best in London. The co-location the last several years. During these sessions, training requirements set out by the HESL and of the medical staffing department and the discussions centres on issues of training and STFS. postgraduate department allows an excellent service provision. The F1 and F2 foundation level of communication and co-operation representatives also attend foundation faculty between the two departments. This allows Educational and clinical supervision meetings which are held three times a year. Foundation doctors are also encouraged to rota co-ordination with teaching and training In accordance with HESL and GMC get involved in projects/audits initiated by the opportunities making it easier than it might recommendations, there is a single ES consultants to improve clinical processes and otherwise be. The innovative week-long for the whole year for each trainee, with systems. foundation teaching programme for FY2 has CS for each post. consistently received excellent feedback. The hospital at night team were recently awarded Any additional information excellent ratings by NHS London. Teaching programme The trust has become one of the first trusts in Foundation Trainees have the opportunity the country to have both acute and community to attend a variety of lectures, workshops, Terms and conditions of employment services. This merger has proven successful in departmental teaching sessions, MDT and providing unique opportunities and introducing We adhere to current Medical and Dental Terms Grand Rounds which all cover the curriculum. innovative training across sites. We offer a and Conditions. The F1 Teaching programme is run weekly and number of community placements/ rotations. is bleep free, so completely protected time. F2 Lewisham itself is in the centre of the London Teaching programme is delivered as a one-week Any additional information Borough of Lewisham and provides a wide block taken as a study leave. This has proven Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust was range of elective and emergency healthcare to very successful not only for attendance but to established in October 2013, following the an urban residential population including people get to know your fellow FY2 colleagues better integration of Lewisham Healthcare NHS Trust from a broad sweep of socio-economic and and create a better support network. and Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich. ethnic backgrounds. The Trust also provides The Trust provides a comprehensive portfolio some emergency and tertiary elective services to of high quality acute healthcare services to a Tasters residents of neighbouring Primary Care Trusts, critical mass of more than 526,000 people living Taster/Career week are offered to both F1 and particularly Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley. across the London Boroughs of Lewisham, F2 Foundation Trainees. This provides trainees University Hospital is a campus for the Guy’s, Greenwich and North Bexley together with with a unique opportunity to work for a week in King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine. a broad portfolio of community services, a specialty not included in their rotations. The primarily, but not exclusively, for those living in aim of this opportunity is to help inform you in Lewisham. We are responsible for NHS services your career decision making. Lewisham has at University Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital designed a Taster Booklet, within the Taster in Woolwich and in a number of community Booklet it gives you timetables for each of our settings throughout Lewisham. In addition, we specialties but should you prefer exposure in a provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital specific specialty which we do not offer, we can in Sidcup. help you organise this externally. The Trust employs more than 6, 000 staff on both the hospital and community sites, which Simulation makes us one of the biggest employers in South We have a state of the art clinical simulation East London. centre which is set up to replicate an acute care University Hospital Lewisham has 500 beds NHS environment, providing realistic clinical including a well-equipped 14 bed- Critical facilities for all healthcare professionals. This Care Unit providing level 3 and level 2 care, multi-professional training facility comprises a 5 bed Cardiac Care Unit and a 46-bed a mock theatre area, a ward area, and a Medical Admissions Unit with 8 monitored beds maternity suite, and is home to a large family providing level 1 care. The hospital has a highly of sophisticated, life-size medical manikins that

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Library facilities The library offers a wide range of e-journals, books and several online exam revision Overview of trust packages. We provide critical awareness and Queen Elizabeth database training and support all aspects of Further details including a list of programmes research and learning both in the workplace Hospital, Woolwich and individual placement descriptions are and in the library. available at: www.stfs.org.uk/trusts/lewisham- Stadium Rd, Woolwich London healthcare-nhs-trust IT facilities SE18 4QH Access to dedicated PCs during and out of Trust Switchboard: working hours. There are allocated rooms in 020 8836 6000 each speciality/dept., which provide great IT Facilities facilities only accessible to doctors. Trust website: Postgraduate Centre www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/ Local amenities/attractions The postgraduate centre is situated in the Trust Foundation website Education Centre and shares an office with QEH is located off of Shooters Hill and easy www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/ Medical Staffing. The Postgraduate Medical travelling distance from Woolwich, Blackheath education Education department has overall responsibility & Greenwich. for ensuring the provision of education and training for Postgraduate doctors. The trust Transport links continues to meet the educational standards Key Personnel set by the GMC and HESL. We have a major Buses direct to Queen Elizabeth commitment to the development of Research Director of Medical Education and Education. The trust has a highly dedicated • Buses Direct to Queen Elizabeth Dr Mehool Patel Director of Medical Education and Education • 161 Woolwich – Eltham-Chislehurst-North Team which supports the learning needs of all Greenwich Deputy Director of Medical medical staff. We aim to provide a consistent, • 178 Woolwich-Kidbrooke-Lewisham Education reliable high quality administrative service to Dr Catherine Mathews the trust. On-going medical education activities • 244 Abbeywood-Woolwich-Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation Training Programme have included comprehensive induction, career counselling, supported educational Director(s) • 291 Queen Elizabeth Hospital-Woolwich- supervision and assessment provision of an Plumstead Dr Catherine Mathews ‘information supported’ learning environment. • 386 Woolwich-Brook Estate-Greenwich- Mr Mohamed Hammadeh The Foundation Programme at Lewisham & Blackheath Greenwich has an excellent reputation and Careers Tutor(s) we continue to attract high calibre trainees • 469 Woolwich Common-Erith-Bexleyheath Dr Duncan Brooke at F1 and F2 levels. We have on site Clinical • 486 North Green-Queen Elizabeth Hospital- Head of Medical Education & Skills laboratory and Resuscitation Training Welling-Bexleyheath Medical Staffing facilities which is housed in our state of the art • Other local bus routes 53,54,89,122 & 422 Suzanne Faulkner Simulation Suite. Parking arrangements Deputy Medical Education Manager Accommodation QEH QEH has staff parking areas and you can apply St Nicolas House is the onsite accommodation Nikola Hewitt for a permit. There is also limited parking in at QEH. It is a 9 floor tower block in the centre surrounding streets. Medical Staffing Manager of the site. The top floor is the Doctors Mess Kelly Stannard and on a good weather day has amazing views across London. Accolades/achievements of the trust Foundation Programme The pastoral support provided to Foundation Administrator(s) Social activities trainees within the postgraduate department Carly Raven is among the best in London. The co-location Out of hours there is a lively and vibrant social of the medical staffing department and the network including a Christmas and Summer Ball postgraduate department allows an excellent organised by F1 Mess Presidents. Five a side level of communication and co-operation football and many other social events. between the two departments. This allows rota co-ordination with teaching and training Doctors’ mess opportunities making it easier than it might otherwise be. At QEH there is a mini mess within the hospital which has kitchen and sofa facilities and there is a larger mess on the 9th floor of St Nicholas Terms and conditions of employment House with computer access, Sky, kitchen We adhere to current Medical and Dental Terms facilities, a pool table and large sofa area. and Conditions

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Any additional information Simulation Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust was QEH, successfully bid for money from SteLi established in October 2013, following the initiative at the HE South London to develop integration of Lewisham Healthcare NHS Trust Simulation and Clinical Skills Labs. Continued and Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich. success in bidding to the Deanery for funding The Trust provides a comprehensive portfolio to deliver and develop Foundation Simulation of high quality acute healthcare services to a using simulation facilities as well which include critical mass of more than 526,000 people living Sim Man, Sim Baby, Sim NewB, Endoscopy across the London Boroughs of Lewisham, Simulator, CVP using ultrasound, Interactive Greenwich and North Bexley together with birthing simulator etc. Successful in bidding for a broad portfolio of community services, Distributed Simulation. primarily, but not exclusively, for those living in Lewisham. We are responsible for NHS services Foundation doctor forums at University Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich and in a number of community QE runs foundation doctors forum. During these settings throughout Lewisham. In addition, we session discussions centre on issues of training provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital and service provision. Foundation doctor’s in Sidcup. The Trust employs more than 6, 000 representatives also attend foundation faculty staff on both the hospital and community sites, meetings three times a year to provide feedback which makes us one of the biggest employers in from Juniors. South East London. Any additional information The trust merged in 2013 to become one of the first trusts in the country to have both acute and Foundation community services. This merger has proven successful in providing unique opportunities programme specific and introducing innovative training across sites. We offer a number of community placements/ information rotations. Lewisham itself is in the centre of the London Borough of Lewisham and provides Induction/shadowing arrangements a wide range of elective and emergency F1 Shadowing/Induction week commences healthcare to an urban residential population 1 week prior to commencing of post. This including people from a broad sweep of socio- is where you will be given the opportunity to economic and ethnic backgrounds. The Trust shadow your predecessor, familiarise yourself also provides some emergency and tertiary with the surrounding and processes. Shadowing elective services to residents of neighbouring boosts confidence and ensures all new doctors Primary Care Trusts, particularly Greenwich, are aware of the first day competencies of an Bexley and Bromley. University Hospital is a FY1 role. We also provide within the shadowing campus for the Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ week a 1 day ILS course. School of Medicine. F2s are inducted as part of their general August Induction. Induction is vital in order to cover Mandatory and statutory training requirements set out by the HESL and STFS.

Educational and clinical supervision In accordance with HESL and GMC recommendations, there is a single ES for the whole year for each trainee, with CS for each post.

Teaching programme The teaching programme’s cover the Foundation Curriculum. As well as class room based training, there are opportunities to present cases at Grand Round, Ward Rounds, Divisional training meetings, as well as having bedside teaching, journal clubs etc. Other opportunities for learning include Academic Half Days, Grand Rounds, Divisional Training sessions as well as a pro-active in house teaching programme for all levels of staff

Tasters Taster/Career week are offered to both F1 and F2 Foundation Trainees. This provides trainees with a unique opportunity to work for a week in a specialty not included in their rotations.

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MAIDSTONE AND TUNBRIDGE WELLS NHS TRUST

Overview of Trust Library facilities Maidstone Hospital There is 24/7 access to the Library, situated Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust in the Academic Centre providing access Hermitage Lane, Maidstone, Kent, provides secondary care to half a million people to traditional (textbooks, journals, search ME16 9QQ in West Kent & East Sussex. Its two main skills training) and internet-based resources (e-journals, e-books, Up To Date, Netvibes, Trust switchboard: hospitals are Maidstone, situated in Kent’s county town and Tunbridge Wells in Pembury, Clinical Key and Anatomy TV). 01622 729000 some 18 miles away. Free use of online revision packages including Trust website: Further details including a list of programmes ‘OnExamination’. www.mtw.nhs.uk and individual placement descriptions are Trainees are actively involved in all decision www.me.mtw.nhs.uk available at: www.stfs.org.uk/trusts/maidstone- making on resources. Friendly staff provide and-tunbridge-wells-nhs-trust Trust foundation website Tailored Knowledge Services and are highly responsive to trainee needs www.me.mtw.nhs.uk/programmes/ foundation Facilities IT facilities Modern IT facilities throughout the Hospital Education Centre: and 24/7 Wi-Fi access available throughout the Key personnel The Academic Centre is situated at the front Hospital and the Academic Centre. All junior doctors are issued with individual iPads. Director of Medical Education of the Hospital. The Centre is the hub of the Dr Garth Sommerville Hospital as far as the Trainees are concerned and we pride ourselves in the way we look after Other facilities Clinical Tutor our Trainees. The Academic Centre has a 180 (recreational or otherwise) Dr Bet Mishra seated auditorium, training rooms with audio visual equipment, dedicated Simulation and State of the art Simulation facilities – Sim man Foundation Training Programme Clinical Skills rooms, a Library and a dining area. 3G, 2 Paediatric sims (child and baby) and a Director(s) We think it to be one of the best designed and ‘Sim Mum’, Clinical skills rooms and Wet Lab for Dr Bet Mishra equipped Education Centres in the region. use in training. Dr Amit Saha Medical Humanities: Trainees can attend monthly Book Club on the Tunbridge Wells Careers Tutor(s) site and a Film Club in the spacious auditorium Dr Laura Halpin within the Maidstone Academic Centre. Strategic Medical Education There is a Laparoscopic training Centre located Manager within the Maidstone Academic Centre. Mrs Chris White Medical Staffing Manager Andrea Stephens Deputy Medical Education Manager Accommodation Cherry Taylor Single accommodation, just a 7 minute walk from the hospital is available for all our F1 Foundation Programme Manager doctors. Communal living creates a great Anita Mann atmosphere among fellow F1s who often make Foundation Programme Administrator friends for life. Adam Wilder Social activities Local amenities/attractions We have a vibrant doctors’ mess that arrange There are several take-away food outlets and several social events throughout the year as a Tesco Express immediately adjacent to the well as a summer ball. These are activities hospital, in addition to the Costa Coffee located specifically for foundation trainees. The Hospital within the Hospital. There are also other shops, Film Club organises regular film showings in the restaurants, pubs, gyms and leisure centres Auditorium. within easy reach. Maidstone has its own shopping complex, many Doctors’ mess restaurants, night clubs, cinema and theatre The Doctors’ Mess, located in the Blue Zone, with easy access from the hospital. Level 2, just next to ICU, has a sitting room, a Leeds Castle, Mote Park, the Hop Farm quiet room, a games room, a kitchen. and Bluewater are local attractions open all year round.

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Transport links Foundation Tasters M20 junction 5 (1 mile) Barming station (half We offer a number of Taster Week timetables in mile) Ebbsfleet international (30 minutes). programme specific various specialties throughout the Trust. Parking arrangements information Simulation Parking permits are available for on-site parking. Simulation has a high profile with in the Trust Induction/shadowing arrangements and has had a significant investment. There Accolades/achievements of the trust F1 trainees join the Trust for a week of induction is a dedicated Simulation Faculty responsible and shadowing prior to joining the wards on the for running compulsory training sessions for all National Quality Accreditation awarded to MTW, first Wednesday in August, with a social event foundation trainees. following an assessment by a team of external on the weekend before starting. senior healthcare professionals, Maidstone We have received excellent feedback from and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust’s Cancer We have a comprehensive Trust induction current trainees and the training has proven to and Haematology Directorate, based at Kent day for F2 trainees, before their Departmental be very popular. There are clinical skills labs and Oncology Centre at Maidstone Hospital, has Induction the following day. a dedicated Simulation training room. been accredited by CHKS. In April 2015, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Educational and clinical supervision Foundation doctor forums NHS Trust had been chosen to take part in a Every Trainee has an education supervisor, who There are regular Trainee Voice events for junior national initiative to improve the experience of oversees their progression through their rotation doctors to raise any issues or concerns in an people diagnosed with secondary breast cancer. and a clinical supervisor in each attachment. informal setting. These often include the Chief Every trainee is formerly assessed through the Executive or other directors and members of the Local people have given Maidstone and Faculty Meetings that occur three times a year Medical Education Team. Tunbridge Wells hospitals their seal of approval with formal or informal feedback as appropriate. after assessing how the environment supports patient’s privacy and dignity, checking the quality of patient food, cleanliness of wards, Teaching programme and general building maintenance. Every year, As a Trust we look after 56 F1 and 54 F2 annual Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Trainees from South Thames Foundation Environment (PLACE) inspections take place School. We have established Foundation at every hospital in the country. This year, both Teaching programmes as we were one of the hospitals have seen great results exceeding the pilot Trusts for both F1s and F2s. national average scores in all but one category. The Foundation Year 1 programme in Maidstone There is a £2.7million birthing centre and is directed by Dr Bet Mishra, with Dr Amit Saha Paediatric assessment unit at Maidstone looking after the F2 programme. Hospital and a dedicated centre for trauma and Any additional information orthopaedic surgery and a dedicated centre for The Foundation Year 1 programme in Tunbridge women’s and children’s care at Tunbridge Wells Wells is directed by Dr Paul Reynolds, with Dr Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells Trust is a great Hospital. Masud Haq looking after the F2 programme. place to work and learn. The Trust believes in giving 100% to our Trainees, because these are We are a friendly DGH offering a variety of our future Consultants. posts, these include:- General Surgery, Trauma & Orthopaedics, Anaesthetics, Emergency Our aim is to inspire excellence in Medical Medicine, Paediatrics, GP, Psychiatry, Education across the Trust and this is at the Haematology, Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine, heart of all we do. Gastroenterology, Diabetes & Endocrinology, We pride ourselves on helping our trainees Stroke Medicine, Acute Medicine, Geriatric throughout their time with us. Whether you Medicine and Orthogeriartics. require support with ePortfolio, Study Leave, The following specialties are based at the Simulation training, admin etc. we are here to Tunbridge Wells Hospital in Pembury, and assist in any way we can. therefore if you chose a programme that includes We have several award ceremonies over the year one of these you will be based on the Tunbridge including; an Innovation prize and an Art prize. Terms and conditions of employment Wells site for the duration of that rotation. What our Trainees say: Junior doctors are employed under National General Surgery, Trauma & Orthopaedics, Terms and Conditions. Full terms and conditions Paediatrics and Orthogeriartics. “The education centre have state of the art are available at www.nhsemployers.org/your- facilities & an enthusiastic and knowledgeable workforce/pay-and-reward/medical-staff/ Trainees completing a Psychiatry placement will team that is standing by to support you in doctors-and-dentists-in-training/junior-doctors- be working at a Kent and Medway Partnership whatever way they can” dentists-gp-registrars Trust site.A free shuttle bus services operates for staff to travel between sites. “Good level of independence and support in making clinical decisions. Very friendly working Any additional information There is protected teaching for F1s at atmosphere and a fun place to start the F1 lunchtime on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Our hospitals offer an extremely friendly learning year!”. environment which ensures that you are for F2 trainees, protected teaching occurs on exposed to all aspects of Acute Medicine and Thursday afternoons. Acute Surgery. Our rotas are designed to offer Other teaching opportunities are available in each you a broad based learning experience. The fact of the departments and a list of these activities that many medical students and junior doctors will be available on the intranet. In addition to this, have returned to the hospital as part of their Medical Grand Round occurs weekly on Monday further training is a testament to the way we lunchtime and Clinical Governance sessions are treat junior staff here. arranged for each month.

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Library facilities There is 24/7 access to the Library, situated in the Education & Training Centre providing Overview of trust access to traditional (textbooks, journals, search Tunbridge Wells skills training) and internet-based resources Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (e-journals, e-books, Up To Date, Netvibes, Hospital at Pembury provides secondary care to over half a million Clinical Key and Anatomy TV). people in West Kent and East Sussex. Its two Tonbridge Road, Pembury, Tunbridge main hospitals are Maidstone, situated in Kent’s Free use of online revision packages including Wells, Kent TN2 4QJ county town and Tunbridge Wells in Pembury, ‘OnExamination’. some 18 miles away. Trainees are actively involved in all decision Switchboard: 01892-823535 Further details including a list of programmes making on resources. Friendly staff provide and individual placement descriptions are Tailored Knowledge Services and are highlight Trust websites: available at: www.stfs.org.uk/trusts/maidstone- responsive to trainee needs. www.mtw.nhs.uk and-tunbridge-wells-nhs-trust www.me.mtw.nhs.uk IT

Trust foundation website www.me.mtw.nhs.uk/programmes/ Facilities foundation Education Centre The Education & Training Centre is the hub of the hospital as far as the Trainees are Key personnel concerned and we pride ourselves in the way we look after our Trainees. Our Centre provides Director of Medical Education quality space and equipment for teaching, Dr Garth Sommerville simulation training and meetings and friendly staff are active in sending teaching reminders IT facilities Clinical Tutor and monitoring ePortfolio progress. Dr Paul Reynolds Modern IT facilities throughout the Hospital and 24/7 Wi-Fi access available throughout Foundation Training Programme the Hospital. All junior doctors are issued with Director(s) individual iPads. Dr Paul Reynolds, Dr Masud Haq Careers Tutor Other facilities Dr Laura Halpin (recreational or otherwise) State of the art Simulation facilities – Sim man Strategic Medical Education Manager 3G, 2 Paediatric sims (child and baby) and a Mrs Chris White ‘Sim Mum’, Clinical skills rooms and Wet Lab for Medical Staffing Manager use in training. Andrea Stephens Accommodation Medical Humanities: Trainees can attend monthly Book Club on the Tunbridge Wells Deputy Medical Education Manager Newly refurbished accommodation just 1 mile site and a Film Club in the spacious auditorium Cherry Taylor from the Tunbridge Wells Hospital is available for within the Maidstone Academic Centre. all our F1 doctors. Communal living creates a Foundation Programme Manager great atmosphere among fellow F1s who often There is a Laparoscopic training Centre located Anita Mann make friends for life. within the Maidstone Academic Centre. Foundation Programme Administrator Steve White Social activities Local amenities/attractions Outside of work there is a vibrant social life Royal Tunbridge Wells (an old Royal Spa town) including ‘Pay Day’ themed outings and other is renowned for its superb range of high street regular mess nights organised by F1s. Trainees and boutique shops, restaurants, cafes, pubs also organise the Winter and Summer Ball, and bars. Three theatres mean access to Doctors’ Revue and annual cricket match regular plays, dance and comedy performances. against the Consultants. Previous years’ FY There is easy access to the gym, cinema, trainees often hold reunion weekends back in bowling and many retail outlets at Knights Park Tunbridge Wells. Leisure Complex. Tesco supermarket is only 10 minutes’ walk away and there is a Costa Coffee and W H Smiths located within the hospital. Doctors’ mess The Junior Doctors Mess has two FY1 The hospital is situated in an Area of Outstanding presidents and they delegate the important Natural Beauty with plenty of opportunities to functions to their colleagues (including activities walk, boat and bike ride including Bewl Water listed above). Lake, The Hop farm and a number of vineyards, castles, gardens and stately homes.

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Transport links JuniorDoctorsDentistsGPReg/Pages/ Stroke Medicine, Acute Medicine, Geriatric DoctorsInTraining-JuniorDoctorsTermsAndCondi Medicine and Orthogeriatrics. Please see The Tunbridge Wells Hospital (TWH) is situated tions150908.aspx individual placement descriptors for full details. in Kent, three miles from the centre of Royal Tunbridge Wells with regular buses running to A free shuttle bus services operates for staff to and from the town centre. Direct trains run from Any additional information travel between sites. Tunbridge Wells to London Charing Cross and Our hospitals offer an extremely friendly learning There is protected teaching for F1s at lunchtime London Bridge in under an hour. You can also environment which ensures that you are on Wednesdays and Fridays, for F2 trainees, catch the bus directly to Brighton in 1hr 30min. exposed to all aspects of Acute Medicine and protected teaching occurs on Tuesday It is 15 minutes from the M25. With excellent Acute Surgery. Our rotas are designed to offer afternoons. transport links, Tunbridge Wells lies within easy you a broad based learning experience. The fact reach of the South Coast, Gatwick Airport and that many medical students and junior doctors Other teaching opportunities are available in each the Channel Tunnel. have returned to the Hospital as part of their of the departments and a list of these activities further training is a testament to the way we will be available on the intranet. In addition to treat junior staff here. this, Medical Grand Round occurs weekly on Thursday lunchtimes and Clinical Governance sessions are arranged for each month.

Tasters We offer a number of Taster Week timetables in various specialties throughout the Trust.

Simulation Simulation has a high profile within the Trust Parking arrangements and has had significant investment. There is a Parking permits are available for on-site parking. dedicated Simulation Faculty responsible for running compulsory training sessions for all FY trainees. Accolades/achievements of the trust National Quality Accreditation awarded to MTW, Foundation We have received excellent feedback from following an assessment by a team of external current trainees and the training has proven to senior healthcare professionals, Maidstone programme specific be very popular. There are Clinical Skills labs and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust’s Cancer and a dedicated Simulation training room. and Haematology Directorate, based at Kent information Oncology Centre at Maidstone Hospital, has Foundation doctor forums been accredited by CHKS. Induction/shadowing arrangements There are regular Trainee Voice events for junior In April 2015, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells F1 trainees join the Trust for a comprehensive doctors to raise any issues or concerns in an NHS Trust had been chosen to take part in a week of induction and shadowing prior to informal setting. These often include the Chief national initiative to improve the experience joining the wards on the first Wednesday in Executive or other Directors and members of of people diagnosed with secondary breast August, with a social event on the weekend the Medical Education Team. cancer. before starting. Local people have given Maidstone and We have a comprehensive Trust induction Any additional information Tunbridge Wells hospitals their seal of approval day for F2 trainees, before their Departmental Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells Trust is a great after assessing how the environment supports Induction the following day. place to work and learn. The Trust believes in patient’s privacy and dignity, checking the giving 100% to our Trainees, because these are quality of patient food, cleanliness of wards, Educational and clinical supervision our future Consultants. and general building maintenance. Every year, Our aim is to inspire excellence in Medical annual Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Every trainee has an Educational Supervisor, who Education across the Trust and this is at the Environment (PLACE) inspections take place oversees their progress through their rotation and heart of all we do. at every hospital in the country. This year, both a Clinical Supervisor in each attachment. Every trainee is formally assessed through the Faculty hospitals have seen great results exceeding the We pride ourselves on helping our trainees Meetings that occur three times a year with national average scores in all but one category. throughout their time with us. Whether you formal or informal feedback as appropriate. require support with ePortfolio, Study Leave, There is a dedicated centre for trauma and Simulation training, admin etc. we are here to orthopaedic surgery and a dedicated centre Teaching programme assist in any way we can. for women’s and children’s care at TWH with a new £2.7million birthing centre and Paediatric As a Trust we look after 56 F1 and 54 F2 We offer some two year Foundation programme assessment unit at Maidstone. Trainees from South Thames Foundation based in Tunbridge Wells. School. We have established Foundation Teaching programmes as we were one of the What our Trainees say: Terms and conditions of employment pilot Trusts for both F1s and F2s. “The education centre have state of the art The Foundation Year 1 programme in Tunbridge facilities & an enthusiastic and knowledgeable Wells is directed by Dr Paul Reynolds, with Dr team that is standing by to support you in Masud Haq looking after the F2 programme. whatever way they can” The Foundation Year 1 programme in Maidstone “Good level of independence and support in is directed by Dr Bet Mishra, with Dr Amit Saha making clinical decisions. Very friendly working looking after the F2 programme. atmosphere and a fun place to start the F1 year!” We are a friendly DGH offering a variety of posts, many of which involve working on the Maidstone site. These include:- General Surgery, Trauma & Orthopaedics, Anaesthetics, Junior doctors are employed under national Emergency Medicine, Paediatrics, GP, terms and conditions. Full terms and Psychiatry, Otolaryngology (ENT), Obstetrics & conditions available at www.nhsemployers.org/ Gynaecology, Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine, PayAndContracts/MedicalandDentalContracts/ Gastroenterology, Diabetes & Endocrinology,

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MEDWAY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Accommodation Accommodation is available at a competitive rate. The Accommodation Team can be Overview of trust contacted on 01634 830000 ext. 3961, will be Medway Maritime happy to discuss accommodation and charges. Further details including a list of programmes There is a good supply of rental properties and individual placement descriptions are Hospital locally, should you wish to rent off site. available at: www.stfs.org.uk/trusts/ash-nhs- Windmill Road, Gillingham, Kent, foundation-trust Social activities ME7 5NY There is a very active social programme Switchboard: arranged by the Doctors’ Mess. 01634 830000 Website: Doctors’ mess www.medway.nhs.uk Hidden behind an unmarked door, opposite the chapel you will find the Doctors’ mess. It has Sky TV, comfortable sofas and computers. There are lockers and a pool table and plenty of tea / Key personnel coffee making facilities and toaster. The notice boards hold information on all important Mess Directors of Medical Education Our vision of Better Care Together is to deliver nights out, including the Summer and Christmas Dr Janette Cansick, Consultant continuous improvements in patient safety, Grand Balls. The role of Mess President is Paediatrician outcomes and experience. Our aim is for usually held by a Foundation trainee. Miss Ginny Bowbrick, Consultant Medway NHS Foundation Trust to become a Vascular Surgeon centre of effective, modern, healthcare delivery for the growing communities it serves and to Library facilities Dr Rajesh Hembrom, Consultant be recognised as a high performing provider The Library is housed within the Postgraduate GUM of core and specialist health services with a Centre and is open from 8.30am to 6:00pm Foundation Training Programme distinctive, patient centred and responsive (staffed) and 6:00pm – 10:30pm (unstaffed), Director(s) philosophy. The communities and patients who Monday to Thursday and 8:30am – 5:00pm rely upon the Trust deserve nothing less. Dr Paul Williams (F1) (staffed) and 5:00pm – 10:30pm (unstaffed) on Fridays, where you will find the friendly library Our specialist staff throughout the organisation Dr Naser Ben-Ramadan (F2) team ready to help you. The library is closed have embraced the values of caring, respecting, Consultant Paediatricians Saturday, Sunday and Bank/Public Holidays. listening and learning with a commitment to Foundation Training Programme There is access to a wide range of educational displaying these to every patient under our care. Directors and FY1/2 Leads resources, with an extensive, multi-professional We raised the profile of our focus on quality collection of books and journals to support your Careers Tutor(s) improvement at the end of 2012. The additional learning. Dr Bov Jani, Consultant Paediatrician direction from the expert Keogh Review panel has been a welcome addition to identify further Medical Education Manager IT facilities areas for improvement, share the work we Ms Carol Atkins already have underway and seek external Computers with internet access are available [email protected] support for some of the challenges the hospital across most of the Trust, including several faces. The actions and progress following the workstations in the Library. The Centre is Medical Staffing Manager review are summarised in the Trust’s Quality wireless enabled and laptops are available for Mrs Sue Ahmad Improvement Plan available on our website; use within this area. [email protected] delivery of this is our top priority. Other facilities Foundation Programme Administrator(s) (recreational or otherwise) Katie Williams Facilities • The Medway NHS Foundation Trust, at [email protected] Medway Maritime Hospital, is located in Gillingham, Kent, one of the towns on Lauren McKenzie Postgraduate Centre the banks of the River Medway known [email protected] The Postgraduate Centre and Library collectively as the Medway Towns. Medway are located adjacent to the Hospital. The Maritime Hospital is the largest and busiest Medical Education Department is located in in Kent, employs over 4,000 staff and serves the Postgraduate Centre and the DME and an increasing population of over 500,000 in Foundation Leads can be contacted there. the Medway and Swale areas of the county. You will be assured of a warm welcome and • Medway is characterised by a highly supportive staff. populated urban area around the River HR is also located in the building. Medway estuary, to the north and west of which lie substantial rural areas. Medway is also part of the Thames Gateway, a national priority area for regeneration and growth. The Medway towns include several areas of

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high social deprivation – consequently, health • Specialist spinal surgery service Simulation needs are higher than in other parts of Kent. • Specialist foetal medicine service We have a dedicated Simulation Suite which • Medway Maritime Hospital was originally • Cardiac catheter suite consists of an operating theatre, console a Royal Naval Hospital, opened by King room, debrief room, communication skills room • Macmillan Cancer Care Unit Edward VII in 1905. The hospital clock and human factors skills room. All foundation tower, a local landmark cost £100 and was The Trust is working with neighbouring Darent trainees are required to attend a Simulation built from funds left over from the plastering Valley Hospital to provide enhanced services for Training day. budget from the main hospital building. the population of North Kent. The Trust is committed to training and has Foundation doctor forums links to local Higher Education Institutions. As You will be asked to choose a F1 and F2 an associated teaching hospital we welcome Representative to support the Local Faculty medical students from King’s College London Group and represent your views at these Medical School. You will have the opportunity to meetings. They will canvas your opinions by participate in their teaching if they are allocated holding a forum three times a year, sometimes to your team or if you wish to be involved in the electronically, before the Local Faculty Group undergraduate teaching programme. Meetings in November, March and June.

Any additional information The Medical Education Department is located Local amenities/attractions on the ground floor of the Postgraduate Centre Many of our doctors commute from London and and the DME and Foundation Leads can be the M25 corridor, but there is a wealth of history contacted there. in Rochester and the historic Chatham Dockyard should you choose to live locally. Rochester is very popular for eating out and nearby Maidstone also has many clubs and bars for an exciting night out. The Medway towns are only 20 minutes by road from Bluewater, one of the largest shopping centres in the UK, which also Foundation houses bars, restaurants and a full Cineplex. programme specific Transport links 45 minutes by train from Victoria and 50 information minutes on a fast service from London Bridge and 35 minutes from St Pancras. Induction/shadowing arrangements Shadowing will be undertaken, as part of your 20 minutes from Ebbsfleet International and fast FY1 induction week, at the end of July. links to the Continent. Easy access to A2, M2, M25 and M20. Educational and clinical supervision The name of your Educational and Clinical Parking arrangements Supervisors for the entire programme will Parking permit applications will be included in be confirmed at induction. All Educational your starter pack from HR Recruitment Services Supervisors have been trained for the role. and payment will be deducted from your monthly salary. Teaching programme In addition to departmental teaching, foundation Accolades/achievements of the trust trainees receive weekly bleep-free teaching on Medway NHS Foundation Trust takes pride Tuesday afternoons for FY1s and Thursday in its reputation as a hardworking and friendly afternoons for FY2s. There are many excellent environment to train and work in. It was one of learning opportunities in specialties. You are the first Trusts in the country to achieve Practice actively encouraged to make the most of the Plus status for Improving Working Lives and has opportunities available. You will also receive ILS developed clear vision and values to ensure that training in FY1 and will be required to undertake it is the first choice for patients and staff. ALS in FY2. The Foundation Faculty was recognised for its achievements working and supporting Trainees Tasters in Difficulty. A maximum of 5 days may be taken for a taster either in the final 4 months of your F1 Terms and conditions of employment year or early within the foundation doctors F2 year. These should be arranged locally by you National Health Service Hospital Medical & Dental at a time convenient to the specialty you are Staff and Doctors in Public Health Medicine and working in and the proposed Taster specialty. A Community Health Service (England and Wales) Taster Application form must be completed and Terms and Conditions of Service. submitted to the Medical Education team for approval in the first instance. Any additional information Details of the contacts in each specialty are The Trust offers a full range of acute hospital available from the Foundation Administrator and services, plus: Medical Education Manager. • Regional neonatal service and transport • Sub-regional vascular surgery centre • Sub-regional urology cancer centre

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ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST • Good range of core textbooks available for loan. Overview of trust • Fast and efficient inter-library loan service Royal Surrey for items not held by the library. Further details including a list of programmes • Looking for the latest evidence and County Hospital and individual placement descriptions are information? Use our literature searching available at: www.stfs.org.uk/trusts/royal- service and let us find it for you. Egerton Road, surrey-county-hospital-nhs-trust • Want to update and improve your searching Guildford, GU2 7XX skills? The library team provides full training in the effective use of medical databases and Trust switchboard: e-journals. 01483 571122 x4379/6390 Located within the Education Centre. Trust website: Visit: www.libraryroyalsurrey.nhs.uk for more www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk information. Or email: [email protected] Trust foundation website www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk IT facilities 9 networked PCs in the Learning Resource Centre plus a further 8 with external Key personnel broadband access. Director of Medical Education Other facilities Dr Jane Tilley Facilities (recreational or otherwise) Medical Director The Surrey Sports Park is located opposite to Dr Christopher Tibbs Postgraduate Centre the hospital. www.surreysportspark.co.uk Our purpose built Education Centre is on site Foundation Training Programme and houses a library with 24 hour access as Director(s) well as a state of the art simulation suite for Ms Julie Kohls-Gatzoulis (F1) clinical and communication skills teaching. We Dr Katherine Webber (F2) are recognised as a centre of excellence for simulation by HEKSS. Careers Tutor Dr Katherine Webber Accommodation Medical Education Manager Onsite flats with laundry room available. Please Mrs Tracey Cookman refer to www.A2dominion.co.uk for up to date prices info and prices. Medical Staffing Manager Ms Kerry Steele Local accommodation may also be found in Local amenities/attractions www.gumtree.com or www.easyroomate.co.uk. Foundation Programme Manager Living in Guildford and Surrey Mrs Tracey Cookman Social activities Guildford and the surrounding area is a great place to live. It is a busy city, and only Foundation Programme Co-ordinator The Mess organise monthly pay day socials 35 minutes from London Waterloo by train. Mrs Chantel Brandon with extra things for Halloween, Christmas and Guildford has all the amenities that you could summer . There is also a social club onsite. need - great shopping, outstanding schools, extensive sports and leisure facilities, good Doctors’ mess restaurants, multi-screen cinema in the town We have an active doctors’mess which is run by centre and access to beautiful countryside. The the F1 doctors. The current mess hold regular local Surrey Sports Park offers a discount gym activities including our fabulous Summer Ball. membership for NHS staff. Around Guildford you will find some of the most attractive villages in the South East, providing an alternative to the Library facilities city life. • 24 hour access to the library and PCs. More information about living in Surrey can be • WIFI found on Surrey County Council’s website. • Helpful library staff available to assist Monday – Friday 9am to 5pm. Transport links • Seminar room available to book for group The Royal Surrey is only 10 minutes by bus from study / journal clubs. Guildford train station and a 30 minute walk. • Access to full text electronic journals via Athens, Up-To-Date, plus a range of print There are regular trains to London Waterloo journals. (approx. 30 mins). Gatwick and Heathrow within the hour.

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Parking arrangements well run A&E department with separate medical on-call experience. Nights and weekends are and surgical assessment units. scary at first, but you learn a lot.” Louise Cripps, On-site parking permits can be applied for. F1 doctor at Royal Surrey County Hospital. There are strong links with University of Surrey Accolades/achievements of the trust supporting academic excellence. In the F1 programme we adopt a variety of learning approaches. These include ward The Royal Surrey County Hospital is a leading based clinical teaching, exposure to outpatients General Hospital and specialist tertiary centre and theatres, group learning, private study, for cancer, oral and maxillo-facial surgery and Foundation simulation, reflective practice, audit projects pathology. The hospital serves a population of as well as regular weekly teaching. Doctors 320,000 for emergency and general hospital programme specific are encouraged to join the Doctors Council services and is the lead specialist centre for focussing on QI Projects, medical students and cancer patients in Surrey, West Sussex and teaching. All the F1s have individual meetings Hampshire, serving a population of 1.2 million. information with the F1 Foundation Programme Director to Our annual income is £257 million and we Induction/shadowing arrangements discuss interests and career plans. have 527 beds and 14 operating theatres. We organise a Professional Practice Week/ F2 Doctors We employ approximately 3,000 staff, making Induction for F1 doctors which includes ILS. All us the second largest employer in Guildford. F2 doctors are invited to meet the Foundation Study leave entitlement is 10 days. F2 doctors We have very close links with the University of Programme Director prior to their start date. We are encouraged to use this time to complete Surrey and have an extensive education, training also have a social induction which includes a ALS and then to focus on career choice and and research portfolio. BBQ and an F1 mess night. developing their portfolios. RSCH run a number of excellent programmes including Practical The Trust has a very strong reputation for Procedures, IMPACT, CCrISP and ATLS which minimally invasive surgery and laparoscopic Educational and clinical supervision F2s are welcome to participate in. All F2 surgery is used widely across the surgical The Education Supervisor who is also your doctors receive 3 sessions on careers within the specialties. The trust is a national leader in Clinical Supervisor for your first attachment teaching programme, organised by the Careers surgical training and laparoscopic surgery and who will have responsibility for your education Lead, and have 2-3 individual career meetings MATTU (Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit) throughout the year. They will agree your with the Foundation Director and Careers Lead is one of the most advanced training centres for personal development plan, discuss career for the Trust. The rotas and banding for F2 this type of surgery. It has also been designated progression and make recommendation to the doctors varies between specialties. as a national training centre for laparoscopic Faculty with regard to sign off. In addition you colorectal surgery. will also be supported by a Clinical Supervisor as you rotate through your attachments who will be responsible for your teaching and supervision whist you are on their firm.

Teaching programme We currently have 34 F1 posts rotating through medical, surgical and psychiatry specialties. There are also 33 F2 posts. We have been able to accommodate changes to these rotations with internal swaps where educationally appropriate. Tasters Terms and conditions of employment Foundation Teaching takes place for an hour All F1 doctors will have the option to take a taster week towards the end of their year. Study The post is subject to the Terms and Conditions every week, with separate F1 and F2 sessions. leave will be deducted from their F2 allowance. of Service of Hospital Medical and Dental staff Our programme covers a wide range of clinical as modified from time to time. Current copies of and professional competencies, as well as F2 doctors can apply for tasters during their these Terms and Conditions may be seen in the including Lessons Learnt; an opportunity F2 year. HR Office. to discuss cases and share insights and knowledge. All staff appointments are made subject to the Simulation receipt of satisfactory references and all initial There are also weekly medical journal club Here at the RSCH Medical Education Centre we appointments to the national health service breakfast meetings which our Foundation have grown and developed MediSim, a purpose are made subject to satisfactory medical and doctors are invited to attend if appropriate. We built facility for the delivery of full immersion police clearance being produced. A medical organise surgical teaching for those with an simulation described as an HEKSS centre of examination may be necessary on initial interest in applying for surgical training. There excellence. As a Foundation Programme doctor, appointment and periodically thereafter. are formal weekly medical student teaching access to simulation takes place on a regular sessions that foundation doctors can get basis throughout the year. The Trust has recently awarded two hours involved in. We organise six annual Educational a week SPA time to all junior doctors. Paid Half Days with a Medical Director’s Hour which For F1 trainees 2 three hour sessions are SPA time is additional to the rota to complete gives doctors the opportunity to meet and learn available through the year, giving a total of 6 statutory and mandatory training, ePortfolio, in their teams. hours of individual involvement in simulation audit, research, etc. covering varied appropriately developed F1 Doctors scenarios. Any additional information The F1 rota is EWTD compliant. F1s working in F2s attend 2 four hour sessions which have The Royal Surrey County Hospital is a district Surgery and Medicine are ward based and do increased level of complexity. All the scenarios general hospital with a few differences. It has a weekends on call. F1s in EAU do shifts including have been developed and mapped to the tertiary referral cancer centre (St. Lukes) providing twilights and nights covering both medicine curriculum and look at many aspects of care for patients from a large catchment area. and surgery as well as working out of EAU and practice encountered in the first 2 years of Many surgical firms also offer complex surgery to having community experience. training. These simulation sessions are aimed patients from a wide area. There is an efficient, “The Royal Surrey is a lovely place to work. at assisting the on-going development of the Everybody’s really friendly and genuinely trainee doctor at all levels, from communication approachable. As an F1 you get a lot of good

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and practical skills to management, prioritisation Royal Surrey and leadership. For F2 doctors there is also the opportunity County Hospital to be involved in the Faculty for the creation, implementation and delivery of simulation scenarios for F1 doctors and medical students. continued After each session we evaluate delivery and collate feedback from participants. This informs the simulation team which areas need revision and result in effective pattern of delivery. All F1 and F2 doctors also have the chance to be involved in various multi-disciplinary simulation sessions that are also run on a number of occasions through the year and again involve many different areas of practice. Reflection and teaching session post simulation are very relaxed and aim to give 360°feedback, as well as practical advice. “Really Supportive atmosphere. No pressure and good feedback.” – F2 “Previous session was very useful and has impacted on practice last week.” – F1

Junior Leadership Programme The Department of Medical Education has developed a Junior and Senior Leadership Programme, which all trainees are invited to attend and promotes close working relationships; innovative trainee led projects and improved interdisciplinary working.

Foundation doctor forum F1 and F2 trainee representatives are appointed at the beginning of the year. They represent Foundation doctors at the Foundation Local Faculty Group which takes place every 4 months, and the Junior Doctors’ Forum which occurs every 2 months giving juniors access to share concerns at high level with the Medical Director and the Director of Medical Education attendance. A trainee representative workshop is held in autumn.

Any additional information The Foundation team is well established having worked together for more than three years. There are strong links with South Thames Foundation School and other local Trusts. The Foundation Programme is run by an experienced and dynamic team.

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The Rob Lowe Sports Centre is open to Trust Overview of trust employees and there are squash and badminton St George’s courts available. Classes also run during the Further details including a list of programmes university term time. Hospital and individual placement descriptions are available at: www.stfs.org.uk/trusts/st-georges- Teaching Skills and Presentation Skills courses Blackshaw Road, Tooting, London healthcare-nhs-trust are available in the Medical School for those SW17 0QT involved in teaching medical students. There is Terms and conditions of employment also the opportunity to be involved in examining Trust switchboard: medical students (eg OSCE). 020 8725 1255 The post is subject to the Terms and Conditions of Service of Hospital Medical and Dental Staff The resuscitation department runs ALS, ILS, Trust website: as modified from time to time. Current copies of PALS and PILS courses. ATLS courses run via www.stgeorges.nhs.uk these Terms and Conditions may be seen in the the Simulation Department. Human Resources department. Trust website: There is a nursery on-site. There is also a variety www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/education- All staff appointments are made subject to the of restaurants and coffee shops available on-site. receipt of satisfactory references and all initial and-research/education/foundation- appointments to the national health service Local amenities/attractions programme are made subject to satisfactory medical and Tooting offers a wide range of bars and police clearance being produced. A medical restaurants. Clapham, Wimbledon and central examination may be necessary on initial London are within easy reach. Key personnel appointment and periodically thereafter. Transport links Director of Medical Education Dr Jonathan Round The hospital is within easy access to the Facilities underground, overground and several bus links. Clinical Tutor No information available Postgraduate Centre Parking arrangements Located on perimeter road. There is no staff parking available on the Foundation Training Programme hospital grounds unless you are a permit holder. Director(s) Accommodation We do offer a park and ride facility. Dr Charlotte Huddy (F1) Accommodation is available. Dr Rehana Iqbal (F2) Any additional information Medical Education Manager Social activities St George’s Hospital is the major teaching Joseph Pavett-Downer There is an active Doctor’s Mess that arranges hospital for south – west London. It is a regional social activities for all grades, including a referral centre for a wide array of specialities and Medical Staffing Manager Summer Ball. provides excellent standard of care for patients Claire Low who come from the local area, from the region Doctors’ mess and from further afield. It has a close association Foundation Programme with St. George’s University of London Medical Administrator(s) Our Doctors mess is located on 1st Floor School and is the central point of postgraduate Andrea Lopes Cavakanti Lanesborough Wing. There is a kitchen and Sky medical education for many trainees. St. TV available here. Katarzyna Lukomska George’s Hospital has more than 5,000 staff Rachel Bayram members. We admit more than 61,500 patients Library facilities per year for treatment and almost 100,000 are The Library based in St George’s University seen in the Emergency department. Medical School offers learning, teaching and Clinical Skills – Initial learning and maintaining research support to staff and students of St competence in clinical skills have always George’s Hospital, University of London, the been fundamental requirements for doctors Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education in training and other medical staff. Now with and NHS staff in South West London. It has mandatory revalidation, clinical skills training excellent facilities including computer facilities, and competency are taking on a higher priority. electronic access to a number of databases and St George’s has earned a sound reputation group and private study areas. as a centre of excellence meeting all these needs. The programme of courses is both IT facilities comprehensive and balanced with a long track There is 24-hour access to the Trust intranet as record of success. St George’s clinical skills well as the internet available on site. courses have fully equipped training rooms with all necessary support aids, course specific Other facilities literature, support staff and specialist training (recreational or otherwise) consultants. There are acclaimed Simulation facilities that run regular courses for Foundation Doctors.

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Foundation Tasters St George’s Taster weeks are widely available and programme specific encouraged during the F2 year and during the Hospital final rotation in the FY1 year. information Simulation continued Induction/shadowing arrangements All trainees attend simulation training days. There is a 5 day induction / shadowing period for FY1 doctors. Further shadowing can be Foundation doctor forums arranged by contacting Shelley Leeder in the Foundation Doctors are represented at Training and Development department. Longer the Foundation Faculty meetings by 1-2 periods are available for doctors who trained representatives from each year. overseas. Any additional information Educational and clinical supervision St George’s Hospital runs the Developing Every Foundation Doctor is allocated an Authority Workshop, a unique programme Educational Supervisor for the year. In each designed to equip Foundation Doctors with attachment, trainees are also allocated a Clinical the knowledge and skills to perform as Supervisor. The Foundation Trainees are also future leaders in everyday situations. The supported by Training Program Directors and aim of this 2-day workshop is to ensure you the Director of Medical Education, as well as the have the confidence to handle complex and postgraduate centre staff. challenging situations.You will gain strategies to manage the identity shift from junior team Teaching programme member to responsible clinician, both from Foundation Programme posts at St. George’s your own perspective and that of those around reflect the wide variety of clinical experience you whether they be a patient or relative, a to be found in the hospital and its associated consultant or registrar, a nurse or other health- general practices and institutions. The rotations care professional. By the end of this course, you are all three four month jobs and have been will learn how ‘having authority’ in the context designed to give an interesting variety of of a hospital will benefit you, your patients and acute clinical experience. In some, there is an your colleagues. You will recognize your current opportunity to work in one of the less common professional mask and gain an understanding areas of medical practice and some trainees of your individual style and therefore which find that they are inspired to make a career approaches are most effective for you. choice based on their first hand understanding A mentoring programme has been developed of what it is like to work in areas such as at St George’s. A few years ago, foundation Paediatrics, Ophthalmology, Palliative Care year doctors indicated that they would benefit medicine, Audiological medicine, Psychiatry and from meeting more senior doctors outside Genito-urinary medicine. F2 posts all include their clinical firms. They felt registrars would be four months of A&E. best placed to mentor junior doctors and this Both F1 and F2 trainees have the opportunity is now in its second year. The registrars have to attend the enormous variety of lectures, a wealth of experience and are being up-to- seminars and departmental meetings in the date in practical elements such as application hospital and medical school as well as weekly processes and would be able to support, guide Grand Rounds. Career workshops are offered and inspire junior doctors who are interested in to both years, as well as optional workshops in a particular clinical field. Leadership Skills and Presentation Skills. Every year we have an audit competition for The 42 F1 trainees are offered simulation our Foundation doctors. As well as the prize, courses as well as protected teaching sessions this provides an opportunity for the doctors to that take place every Tuesday. There is a full day present their work and field questions from their teaching session in alternate months. peers and the judging panel. At F2 levels trainees are offered ALS, Simulation The FY1 doctors are also encouraged to and ATLS courses, as well as protected present at their peer teaching afternoon on teaching. Career workshops are also held to topics that are useful and relevant to FY1 guide trainees when applying for ST posts. doctors. This opportunity can also be used to complete the Developing the Clinical Teacher assessment in the ePortfolio.

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available and how to get register for your Open Overview of trust Athens password come to the library or go to East Surrey www.surreyandsussexlibraryservices.nhs.uk Further details including a list of programmes Hospital, Redhill and individual placement descriptions are At East Surrey Library there are 19 PCs with available at: www.stfs.org.uk/trusts/surrey- and- Internet access and black and white, and colour Canada Avenue, Redhill, Surrey, sussex-healthcare-nhs-trust-0 printers. The librarians will provide training, RH1 5RH support or carry out literature searches to find the evidence in support of your studies, Trust switchboard: journal club presentations or patient care. 01737 768511 Facilities Membership to the Library is via completion of a membership form. Trust website: Postgraduate Centre www.surreyandsussex.nhs.uk Staffed opening hours of the Library are 9-5pm The postgraduate centre offers a large atrium (Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays) and 9-7pm Trust Foundation website: where trainees are encouraged to meet with (Tuesdays and Wednesdays). The Library is http://sasheducationcampus.net colleagues. There is a large lecture theatre accessible 24 hours a day following completion and 6 training rooms. There are also excellent of an out of hours form and payment of medical and dental simulation suites. £10.00 deposit. Key personnel Remember if you can’t find the information or Accommodation book you are looking for just ask one of the Director of Education Our accommodation is managed by an external library team for help. Dr Sarah Rafferty company – A2 Dominion. Tel No. 01737 766516 Foundation Training Programme IT facilities e-mail [email protected] Director(s) The Trust continues to update and improve the IT training facilities. Dr Kofi Nimako (FY2 FTPD) Social activities Dr Sunil Zachariah (FY1 FTPD) Active social activities are arranged by the junior Careers Tutor(s) doctors which include cricket, football social Dr Simon Parrington gatherings etc. Medical Education Manager Tina Suttle-Smith Leadership Tutor Miss Jean Arokiasamy Medical Staffing Manager Ms Louise Wilson Foundation Programme Administrator(s) Kari Pusey & Vikki Bates Other facilities [email protected] Doctors’ mess (recreational or otherwise) The Doctors mess onsite offers a relaxing The Trust provides dedicated staff showers for lounge area, with a large TV. The kitchen cyclists, including lockers and lockable bike rack facilities are large and there are toilets, showers and lockers available. Foundation trainee reps, Local amenities/attractions work alongside other trainee reps to put forward East Surrey Hospital is situated 2 miles south of business cases for improvements. Redhill Town Centre. The towns of Redhill and Reigate have excellent shopping, entertainments Library facilities and sports facilities. Local areas of interest include The main library is at East Surrey Hospital with the North Downs for walking and biking, flying a smaller branch library at Crawley. The Library at Redhill Aerodrome, horse racing at nearby services provides access to a wide range of Lingfield Park all weather courses, theatres and print and online databases resources, including cinemas in Redhill, Reigate and Crawley. e-books, e-journals, Up-to-date, Antomy TV and Clinical Key, to access most of the online Transport links resources you will need to have an Open Athens The hospital is situated within a 10 minute password. The library service provides walk of Earlswood station and a 15 minute bus access to One Examination revision resources; journey from Redhill station. Both stations offer contact the library to get an access code. fast and frequent journeys into London and out To find out more about the resources to Gatwick Airport and Brighton.

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Educational and clinical supervision SURREY AND SUSSEX All Foundation trainees are assigned a HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST dedicated Educational and Clinical Supervisor. Teaching programme The FY1 programme consists of weekly curriculum mapped teaching. The FY2 programme consists of curriculum based teaching- two half days per month on a Tuesday or Thursday All teaching is bleep free. Parking arrangements The staff car park has recently been improved Tasters East Surrey to include more spaces, and dedicated clinician All trainees are encouraged to arrange a taster parking for after midday to cater for those during their first F2 rotation so that they have Hospital, Redhill working across sites. completed it in advance of the recruitment process. It is also possible for trainees to Accolades/achievements of the trust “borrow” up to 5 days of their F2 study leave in Continued order for them to complete a taster during the : Safe, High Quality Healthcare which Our vision final four-months of their F1 year. puts our Community First’ Our values: Dignity & Respect: we value each Simulation person as an individual and will challenge disrespectful and inappropriate behaviour All Foundation trainees attend a mandatory full day of simulation training, and there are many One Team: we work together and have a ‘can more opportunities to be involved in Simulation do’ approach to all that we do recognising that training. we all add value with equal worth Foundation doctor forums Compassion: we respond with humanity and kindness and search for things we can do, There is a 6 weekly junior doctors forum which however small; we do not wait to be asked, is chaired by the Chief Executive. This is an because we care informal meeting with Pizza’s, where junior doctors can discuss anything they wish directly Safety & Quality: we take responsibility for our with the CEO and a panel consisting of the actions, decisions and behaviours in delivering Executive Team and Senior Management. safe, high quality care Medical Students Terms and conditions of employment There are opportunities to be involved in the Terms and conditions of employment teaching programme for Med Students can be found at www.nhsemployers.org/ PAYANDCONTRACTS/Pages/Pay-and- Any additional information contracts.aspx Our major site is East Surrey hospital and we also provide a range of services at Any additional information Crawley, Dorking, Caterham Dene and The Trust have achieved university status Horsham hospitals. associated with Brighton and Sussex University Hospital NHS Trust.

Foundation programme specific information Induction/shadowing arrangements The Foundation programme consists of 30 F1 and 30 F2 individual programmes. Each individual programme is made of 3 four month placements in specialties, offering a wide range of training experiences and opportunities including community placements. All F1 trainees are invited to attend the mandatory 1 week induction programme incorporated with shadowing as per DoH and GMC guideline. All foundation year 2 trainees are invited to attend the core induction programme including e-learning.

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Overview of trust Doctors’ mess St Richard’s St Richard’s has a very active Doctors’ Mess In April 2009 St Richard’s Hospital merged which is the social hub of the hospital. The Hospital with Worthing Hospital & Southlands Hospital Mess has its own building on site with sofas, to become one trust, Western Sussex sky, pool table, fully equipped kitchen. Spitalfield Lane, Chichester, Hospitals NHS Trust. Also part of the Trust A monthly subscription fee gives the junior West Sussex, PO19 2SE is the Bognor War memorial Hospital in doctors access to food and newspapers which neighbouring Bognor Regis. Trust switchboard: are delivered to the Mess on a weekly basis. 01243 788122 Further details including a list of programmes The Mess also facilitates a number of charity and individual placement descriptions are events throughout the year. Trust website: available at: www.stfs.org.uk/trusts/western- www.westernsussexhospitals.nhs.uk sussex-hospitals-nhs-trust Library facilities St Richard’s hospital has a well-stocked library, with a selection of e-resources and a fast, Key personnel Facilities efficient document delivery service. Director of Medical Education Postgraduate Centre The library staff are friendly and approachable and Mr David Beattie on hand to undertake literature searchers, upon The Chichester Medical Education Centre request. The staff are available to provide training Clinical Tutor (CMEC) is a purpose built centre located within on searches for evidence based information. Miss Alison Crocker the hospital grounds and is supported by an experienced and friendly team of postgraduate The library is available until 10pm every day, via Foundation Training Programme staff. All rooms are equipped with the latest swipe access. Director(s) audio-visual equipment including computer and Miss Angela Skull internet access. All foundation teaching takes Mr Olubunmi Odofin place within the centre on a weekly basis. Careers Tutor(s) CMEC has an extensive range of seminar Specialist Faculty Leads and lecture rooms, including fully equipped simulation facilities. All senior Medical Education Medical Education Manager staff can be contacted through CMEC. The Mrs Bebba Smithers centre is frequented by medical staff both from Mrs Sam Vaughan within the hospital and from the community. Medical Staffing Manager Mrs Mandi Atkinson IT facilities Miss Melanie Clay Miss Lorna Smith A 9-station IT training room is available for use by junior doctors and medical students on the Foundation Manager first floor of CMEC. The IT suite is available until Mr James Summers 10pm every day, via swipe access. Foundation and Faculty There are additional IT stations situated on the Administrator ground floor of CMEC, available to all staff. Miss Gill Morgan Accommodation Other facilities Limited accommodation is available on (recreational or otherwise) a first come, first served basis. Rent for ‘Doctors Orders’, a takeaway service, is situated accommodation starts at £459 per month for a within CMEC and provides a wide change of single room (rents are reviewed annually in April). sandwiches, hot meals and drinks for all who attend the centre. Social activities Co-Operative childcare is based at St Richards, Social activities are organised via the Doctors’ and offers day care for children aged 3 months to Mess by the Mess President. Events include 5 years. The nursery has a super outdoor space, barbeques, the Annual Doctors Ball, the baby rooms, toddler, and preschool rooms. Doctors Review at Christmas, and many other Food is cooked onsite and nappies, snacks etc. social events throughout the year. are all included in the fees. The Co-Operative have an ‘OUTSTANDING’ rating from Ofsted.

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On the 19th April 2016 Western Sussex was inspected and rated outstanding by the CQC. Local amenities/attractions St Richard’s St Richard’s hospital is within walking distance Western Sussex is now one of only three acute of the city centre where you will find a variety of trusts in the country to be awarded the CQC’s Hospital independent and big chain stores. highest rating. Chichester Festival Theatre is located a few Inspectors rated the overall standards of care continued hundred metres from the hospital and shows a patients receive as Outstanding. variety of productions all year round. Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation NHS Goodwood and Fontwell racecourses are Trust’s Clinical Skills Laboratory facilities rival some within easy reach and for those interested in of the best training environments in the NHS. motorsport the Goodwood Festival of Speed is a must. Terms and conditions of employment Just outside the city centre you will find leisure The terms and conditions of service are facilities such as a gym, a cinema, and a bowling as set out in the National Terms and complex. Chichester has many restaurants, pubs conditions of Service for Hospital Medical and local cafes for you to enjoy. and Dental Staff as applied by the Trust which are available from the NHS Employers Chichester Harbour is short distance from the website: (www.nhsemployers.org/ city and is the perfect place to enjoy a picnic PayAndContracts/MedicalandDentalContracts/ and a bit of sailing! JuniorDoctorsDentistsGPReg/Pages/ DoctorsInTraining-JuniorDoctorsTermsAndCondi tions150908.aspx)

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About Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust was established on 1 April, 2009, as the result of the merger between Royal West Sussex, and Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trusts. Transport links On 1 July, 2013, we gained Foundation Trust St Richard’s hospital is located within close status, becoming the first acute Trust in Sussex proximity of Chichester train station which to achieve this milestone. has direct routes to London, Portsmouth, Southampton and Brighton. There are frequent In April 2016, Western Sussex Hospitals trains to most south coast destinations, received an “Outstanding” CQC report including Arundel and its historic castle! and remains one of only five acute hospital trusts in the country to have received the There are also frequent bus services to and from health watchdog’s highest possible rating. the hospital. The trust is also renowned for its leading approach to continuous improvement and staff Parking arrangements empowerment, enabled by a long term strategic Parking arrangements are made via the transformation programme called Patient First. parking office at the hospital. Subject to We operate from three major sites: St Richard’s availability doctors are able to purchase annual Hospital in Chichester, Worthing Hospital, and hospital parking permits (payable monthly from Southlands Hospital in Shoreham. We serve a your salary). population of approximately 450,000 people, All other hospital parking is pay and display. and in 2016/2017 our annual turnover was approximately £434.9m. Accolades/achievements of the trust Both St Richard’s and Worthing hospitals provide a full range of acute hospital care, On 1st July 2013 Western Sussex Hospitals including accident and emergency services, Foundation NHS Trust became a Foundation acute medical care, maternity and children’s Trust, only the second trust (since April 2012) services and a range of surgical specialties. to be approved under Monitor’s new powers to Southlands Hospital provides outpatient and promote and protect the interests of patients. diagnostic services, and day case procedures. Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation NHS It is home to our new £7.5m Western Sussex Trust has been named as a CHKS 40Top Eye Care. Hospital every year since the Trust was formed Our services are predominantly commissioned in 2009. by the NHS Coastal West Sussex Clinical

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Commissioning Group, with whom we are All F2s attend a full day induction programme clinical skills, including venepuncture, cannulation, committed to providing high quality integrated on their first day with the Trust. This includes catheterisation, suturing and many more care across the local health economy. a half day departmental induction within their opportunities via well-equipped learning pods. initial specialty. We are also committed to working closely with This superb facility ensures that the clinical our provider of community hospitals, Sussex Please use the below link for access to the training opportunities at St Richard’s Hospital Community NHS Trust, and the local provider induction videos and handbooks that are on continue to develop and flourish. of mental health services, Sussex Partnership our website: NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust does not All foundation trainees attend dedicated provide tertiary services and looks towards https://pgme.info/resources/induction-videos simulation sessions during their time at St Brighton, Portsmouth and Southampton for Richard’s. F1s have a full day simulation session these services. Educational and clinical supervision and F2s have the opportunity to attend 2 half day sessions. All simulation sessions are certificated. Foundation Doctors are allocated an About St Richard’s Hospital Educational Supervisor who will support them Please contact us via: cmec.clinicalskills@wsht. St Richard’s Hospital in Chichester has throughout their year with us. Any trainee on a nhs.uk approximately 430 beds and provides a full linked two year programme will have the same range of general acute services including, Educational Supervisor throughout their whole Foundation doctor forums maternity, outpatients, A&E and intensive care. time with us. Foundation Doctor Reps are required to attend It also has a purpose-built NHS Treatment It is the Educational Supervisor’s responsibility quarterly Local Faculty Group (LFG) meetings Centre on site which offers safe, fast, pre- to support the trainee and their educational to feedback on the views of their peers to the booked day and short stay surgery and development during this time and provide Foundation Faculty. diagnostic procedures. feedback on the trainee’s progress to the Medical Education Team Quarterly Trainee Forums are run across both The area served by the hospital is around 400sq sites. All trainees are welcome to attend these to miles. This area consists of the coastal areas of Trainees are allocated a Clinical Supervisor voice their views and opinions on the hospital. Littlehampton, Bognor, Selsey and Chichester for each placement they undertake who is Harbour, together with the city of Chichester responsible for their clinical skill development, These are run as informal, confidential events and the South Downs market towns of provide day-to-day support to their trainee, and for trainees, giving them the opportunity Midhurst, Billingshurst, Pulborough, Arundel and feedback on their trainee’s clinical progress to to feedback honestly and openly. Senior Petworth. The hospital also serves a significant the Medical Education Team. consultants may only attend with prior consent number of patients from East Hampshire. from the attending trainees. Teaching programme Trainee reps also in on the LAB(Local Academic About Southlands Hospital Board) meetings Southlands Hospital in Shoreham by Sea Dedicated, foundation teaching takes place is being developed as an important centre weekly across both sites and is available for for hospital services that do not require an all foundation doctors to attend. All mandatory Any additional information overnight stay. teaching is bleep free and trainees must attend Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation NHS at least 70% of this teaching to acquire sign-off Trust is split over two sites: Worthing and St The hospital is home to a new, state-of-the-art at the end of the year. Richard’s, Chichester. eye care centre and specialises in outpatient services, diagnostics, day surgery and other Teaching is video conferenced across site These are run as informal, confidential events types of what is called ‘ambulatory care’. enabling trainees to attend either session. In for trainees, giving trainees the opportunity addition to this, departmental teaching is also to feedback honestly and openly. Senior frequently delivered and will allow foundation consultants may only attend with prior consent doctors the opportunity to present cases. from the attending trainees.

Any additional information Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust is split over two sites: Worthing and St Richard’s, Chichester. A joint induction is run for all foundation doctors which will be on one site.

Foundation Tasters Both F1s and F2s are encouraged to take programme specific Taster Days in specialties that are of interest to them and not covered within their two year information foundation programme. These are arranged on an individual basis. Induction/shadowing arrangements Incoming F1s attend a four day induction Simulation programme which incorporates 2 full days of St Richard’s has an extensive simulation shadowing prior to the commencement of their department, located on the first floor of CMEC, F1 year. with state of the art, high fidelity mannequins. Designed and equipped to provide a simulated clinical learning environment in order to deliver high quality education and training for healthcare professionals. It also has a Clinical skills suite which provides all junior doctors with the opportunity to practice

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FOUNDATION TRUST The library staff are friendly and approachable and on hand to undertake literature searchers, upon request. The staff available to provide training on Overview of trust searches for evidence based information. Worthing and The library is available 24 hours a day, via In April 2009 Worthing Hospital & Southlands swipe access. Southlands Hospital merged with St Richard’s Hospital to become one trust, Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Hospitals Trust. Also part of the Trust is the Bognor War Memorial Hospital in neighbouring Bognor Regis. Lyndhurst Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 2DH Further details including a list of programmes and individual placement descriptions are Trust switchboard: available at: www.stfs.org.uk/trusts/western- 01903 205111 sussex-hospitals-nhs-trust Trust website: www.westernsussexhospitals.nhs.uk Facilities IT facilities Postgraduate Centre The library has 15 computer stations available Key personnel The newly refurbished Worthing Health for use to all hospital staff. The IT facilities within Director of Medical Education Education Centre (WHEC) is a purpose built the library are available 24 hours a day, via Mr David Beattie centre located on the lower ground floor of swipe access. Worthing Hospital and is supported by an Clinical Tutor experienced and friendly team of postgraduate Other facilities Dr Simon Murphy staff. All rooms are equipped with the latest audio-visual equipment including computer and (recreational or otherwise) Foundation Training Programme internet access. All foundation teaching takes ‘Deli Marche’, a dedicated café, is situated Director(s) place within the centre on a weekly basis. within WHEC and provides a wide change of Dr Rajen Patel – F1 Lead sandwiches, hot meals and drinks for all who WHEC has an extensive range of seminar Miss Pauline Whitehouse – F2 Lead attend the centre. and lecture rooms, including fully equipped Careers Tutor(s) simulation facilities. All senior Medical Education Specialist Faculty Leads staff can be contacted through WHEC. The centre is frequented by medical staff both from Medical Education Manager within the hospital and from the community. Mrs Bebba Smithers Mrs Sam Vaughan Accommodation Medical Staffing Manager Limited accommodation is available on Mrs Mandi Atkinson a first come, first served basis. Rent for accommodation starts at £424 per month (rents Miss Melanie Clay reviewed annually in April). Miss Lorna Smith Foundation Manager Social activities Local amenities/attractions Mr James Summers Social activities are organised via the Doctors’ Worthing hospital is within walking distance Mess by the Mess Presidents, such as the the town centre where there are a variety of Faculty Administrator(s) Annual Doctors Ball, the Doctors Review at independent and big chain stores. Miss Carol Sayers Christmas, and many other social events The Dome Cinema/Connaught and Pavilion throughout the year. Theatre is in close proximity to the hospital and shows a variety of films within its original Doctors’ mess Edwardian décor. Shoreham airport is just a short The Doctors’ Mess is located next to the drive away, as is the Brooklands Go Karts track. WHEC and offers junior doctors a comfortable There are a selection of gyms, leisure facilities environment to relax during their breaks. and a brand new swimming pool (Splashpoint) A monthly subscription fee gives the junior just down the road from the hospital. The sea doctors access to food and newspapers which front is just a short 15 minute walk where you are delivered to the Mess on a weekly basis. will find restaurants, pubs and local cafes for you to enjoy. Library facilities Worthing hospital has a well-stocked library, with a selection of e-resources and fast, efficient document delivery service.

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Transport links Terms and conditions of employment Worthing Hospital has approximately 500 beds and provides a full range of general acute Worthing Hospital is located within close The terms and conditions of service services including maternity, outpatients, A&E proximity to both Worthing Central and are as set out in the National Terms and intensive care. East Worthing train stations with direct and conditions of Service for Hospital routes to London Victoria, Portsmouth and Medical and Dental Staff as applied by the The hospital primarily serves people living in Southampton. There are frequent trains to Trust which are available from the NHS Worthing, Shoreham-by-Sea and also towns most south coast destinations, including Employers website:(www.nhsemployers.org/ and villages along the coast and in the inland Brighton and its Royal Pavilion! PayAndContracts/MedicalandDentalContracts/ areas of West Sussex. JuniorDoctorsDentistsGPReg/Pages/ There is also a frequent bus service to and from DoctorsInTraining-JuniorDoctorsTermsAndCondi However, it also offers more specialist services, the hospital. tions150908.aspx) such as the West Sussex breast screening, to a wider catchment area stretching from Chichester in the west to Brighton in the east. Any additional information

About Western Sussex Hospitals NHS About Southlands Hospital Foundation Trust Southlands Hospital in Shoreham by Sea Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust was is being developed as an important centre established on 1 April, 2009, as the result of for hospital services that do not require an the merger between Royal West Sussex, and overnight stay. Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trusts. The hospital is home to a new, state-of-the-art On 1 July, 2013, we gained Foundation Trust eye care centre and specialises in outpatient status, becoming the first acute Trust in Sussex services, diagnostics, day surgery and other to achieve this milestone. types of what is called ‘ambulatory care’. Parking arrangements In April 2016, Western Sussex Hospitals Parking arrangements are made via the received an “Outstanding” CQC report parking office at the hospital. Subject to and remains one of only five acute hospital Foundation availability doctors are able to purchase trusts in the country to have received the annual hospital parking permits (payable health watchdog’s highest possible rating. programme specific monthly from your salary). The trust is also renowned for its leading approach to continuous improvement and staff information Alternatively applications can be made to empowerment, enabled by a long term strategic Worthing Borough Council Parking Office in transformation programme called Patient First. Induction/shadowing arrangements the town centre for a street parking permit. We operate from three major sites: St Richard’s Incoming F1s attend a four day induction All other hospital parking is pay on foot. Hospital in Chichester, Worthing Hospital, and programme which incorporates 2 full days of Southlands Hospital in Shoreham. We serve a shadowing prior to the commencement of their Accolades/achievements of the trust population of approximately 450,000 people, F1 year. and in 2016/2017 our annual turnover was All F2s attend a full day induction programme On 1st July 2013 Western Sussex Hospitals approximately £434.9m. Foundation NHS Trust became a Foundation on their first day with the Trust. This includes Trust, only the second trust (since April 2012) Both St Richard’s and Worthing hospitals a half day departmental induction within their to be approved under Monitor’s new powers to provide a full range of acute hospital care, initial specialty. promote and protect the interests of patients. including accident and emergency services, Please use the below link for access to the acute medical care, maternity and children’s induction videos and handbooks that are on Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation NHS services and a range of surgical specialties. our website: Trust has been named as a CHKS 40Top Southlands Hospital provides outpatient and Hospital every year since the Trust was formed diagnostic services, and day case procedures https://pgme.info/resources/induction-videos in 2009. and is home to our new £7.5m Western Sussex On the 19th April 2016 Western Sussex was Eye Care. Educational and clinical supervision inspected and rated outstanding by the CQC. Our services are predominantly commissioned Foundation Doctors are allocated an Western Sussex is now one of only three acute by the NHS Coastal West Sussex Clinical Educational Supervisor who will support them trusts in the country to be awarded the CQC’s Commissioning Group, with whom we are throughout their year with us. Any trainee on a highest rating. committed to providing high quality integrated linked two year programme will have the same care across the local health economy. Educational Supervisor throughout their whole Inspectors rated the overall standards of care time with us. patients receive as Outstanding. We are also committed to working closely with our provider of community hospitals, Sussex It is the Educational Supervisor’s responsibility Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation NHS Community NHS Trust, and the local provider to support the trainee and their educational Trust’s Clinical Skills Laboratory facilities rival some of mental health services, Sussex Partnership development during this time and provide of the best training environments in the NHS. NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust does not feedback on the trainee’s progress to the provide tertiary services and looks towards Medical Education Team Brighton, Portsmouth and Southampton for these services. Trainees are allocated a Clinical Supervisor for each placement they undertake, who is About Worthing Hospital

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responsible for their clinical skill development, half day sessions. All simulation sessions are provide day-to-day support to their trainee and certificated. feedback on their trainee’s clinical progress to the Medical Education Team. Please contact us via: cmec.clinicalskills@wsht. nhs.uk Teaching programme Foundation doctor forums Dedicated teaching takes place weekly across both sites and is available for all foundation Foundation Doctor Reps are required to attend doctors to attend. All mandatory teaching is quarterly Local Faculty Group (LFG) meetings bleep free and trainees must attend at least to feedback on the views of their peers to the 70% of this teaching to acquire sign-off at the Foundation Faculty. end of the year. Quarterly Trainee Forums are run across both All teaching is recorded and available for viewing sites. All trainees are welcome to attend these to via the Post Graduate Medical Education voice their views and opinions on the hospital. website. Teaching is video conferenced across These are run as informal, confidential events site enabling trainees to attend either session for trainees, giving them the opportunity In addition to this, departmental teaching is also to feedback honestly and openly. Senior frequently delivered and will allow foundation consultants may only attend with prior consent doctors the opportunity to present cases. from the attending trainees. Trainee reps also in on the LAB(Local Academic Tasters Board) meetings. Both F1s and F2s are encouraged to take Taster Days in specialties that are of interest Any additional information to them and not covered within their two year Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation NHS foundation programme. These are arranged on Trust is split over two sites: Worthing and St an individual basis. Richard’s, Chichester. A joint induction is run for all foundation doctors which will be on one site. Simulation A new Simulation Suite with state of the art, high fidelity manikins opened on 8th March 2011 at Worthing Hospital giving all foundation doctors the opportunity to attend Simulation training on-site. Designed and equipped to provide a simulated clinical learning environment in order to deliver high quality education and training for healthcare professionals This superb facility ensures that the clinical training opportunities at Worthing Hospital continue to develop and flourish. All foundation trainees attend dedicated simulation sessions during their time at Worthing. F1s have a full day simulation session and F2s have the opportunity to attend 2

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Currently a number of STFS linked trusts are undergoing reconfiguration which may result in changes to training programmes. STFS will endeavour to keep our foundation doctors informed. South Thames Foundation School | Mental health trusts affiliated to STFS Prospectus commencing August 2017

KENT AND MEDWAY NHS SOCIAL CARE AND PARTNERSHIP TRUST (KNOWN AS KMPT) Facilities Other facilities (recreational or otherwise) Inpatient and Free car parking is available at most trust sites. Postgraduate Centre Community sites Main Education Centre - St. Martins Hospital, Local amenities/attractions Littlebourne Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1TD. KMPT Trust Headquarters, The Kent There are many attractions across Kent and and Medway NHS and Social Care Medway – the list is endless and something for Other Offices: everyone. Partnership Trust HQ, Farm Villa, 1st Floor Psychiatry Office, Maidstone Academic Hermitage Lane, Maidstone, Kent Centre, Maidstone Hospital, Hermitage Lane, ME16 9PH Maidstone, ME16 9QQ Transport links Across Kent and Medway. Trust switchboard: Elizabeth Raybould Centre, Greenacres, Bow 01622 724100 Arrow Lane, Dartford, DA2 6PB. Parking arrangements Trust website: Accommodation As per each site – refer to the medical education www.kmpt.nhs.uk team at the time of enquire for more information. No overnight accommodation available at KMPT. Trust foundation website: Accolades/achievements of the trust www.kmpt.nhs.uk/information- Doctors’ mess Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care for-professionals/gp-foundation- On-Call & Doctors’ Resource Rooms are Partnership Trust (KMPT) provides psychiatry psychiatry-trainees.htm available at: placements and training for doctors all over St Martins Hospital Canterbury – equipped with the county of Kent. KMPT was ranked 2nd kitchen facilities, TV, DVD and PC for Overall Satisfaction in KSS on the National General Medical Council (GMC) Survey in 2017. Key Personnel Priority House, Maidstone Hospital – equipped Director of Medical Education with sofa bed and pc and Little Brook Hospital CQC rating equipped with, PCs, books, TV/DVD, Tea/ Dr Aamer Sarfraz – Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care coffee. [email protected] Partnership Trust is Good! Locality Tutors Library facilities Services provided by the Trust have been rated TBC Vacancy (Dartford) as Good overall and Outstanding for being Trainees have access to any of the following caring following the latest inspection by the Care Dr Anoop Saraf (Medway) – Acute Trust libraries: [email protected] Quality Commission. • Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Dr Ahmed Ismail (East Kent) – Chief Executive of KMPT, Helen Greatorex, said: [email protected] • Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust “I am absolutely delighted and so very proud Dr Laurence Potter (Maidstone & • East Kent Hospital Universities NHS to share the news that we have been rated Tunbridge Wells) – Foundation Trust by the Care Quality Commission, as a Good [email protected] • Medway NHS Foundation Trust organisation. Foundation Leads KMPT also have their own Resource rooms and “This result is so very well deserved by every Dr Madhusudan Dalvi – East Kent - PC Suites available at: single member of KMPT staff, it is fantastic recognition and reflects the organisation that I [email protected] • The Resource Room, Archery House, joined in June last year. One of the most striking Dr Reena Kohli – West Kent - Littlebrook Hospital Dartford thing about us as an organisation is the genuine [email protected] • The Education Centre, PC Suite, Canterbury warmth and kindness that is everywhere. The St Martins CQC agree and have rated us Outstanding Careers Tutor(s) overall for Caring. Dr Aamer Sarfraz – • Resource Room, Canada House, Gillingham [email protected] “Two years ago, KMPT was rated by the CQC IT facilities as Requires Improvement. Since then we Medical Education Manager There are various facilities across the trust in have worked with our partners to improve. We Mrs Angela Pendleton – the form of hot desks, generic trust spaces with appreciate that we still have work to do and will [email protected] networked and non-networked PCs available. continue to work with our partners to make sure we further improve to become outstanding.” Medical Staffing Manager All trainees will have access to KMPT Cloud Jacquie Dixon – where you will then be able to log onto the [email protected] KMPT network and access your files and drives Terms and Conditions of anywhere outside the Trust via an internet employment Foundation Programme connection. Under SEAT – all Foundation Trainees should be Administrator(s) employed through their respective Acute trust Laura Griffiths – whilst on training placement in Psychiatry. [email protected]

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Foundation Foundation doctor forums Medical Education invite them to meet Inpatient and programme specific twice a year formally. In addition, they have Balint Groups, and reflective sessions on Community sites information Academic days. continued Induction/shadowing arrangements Full extensive Induction process for all trainees coming to KMPT on four-month training placements. 2 days shadowing provided for all F1 August new starters. Weekly tasters are available locally on request.

Educational and clinical supervision All Supervisors are trained and offer support and supervision as programmed and on request.

Teaching programme Academic Programme – full day, fortnightly on a Tuesday for all FP and foundation trainees plus weekly balint groups and journal clubs at each site.

Tasters We are flexible in our approach to tasters in Psychiatry as there are many subspecialties to ‘taste’. We have a great teaching consultant and SAS Body who will offer all manner of ‘tasters’ to fit in with your time and programme. Please contact the Medical Education Manager for more information. Tasters to consider as an example: - • Eating Disorders • Peri-natal Psychiatry • Forensics • Access • Crisis Home Treatment • Rehabilitation • Liaison • Older Adult • Simulation

Simulation Lead – Dr Titi Akinsola Simulation Training for Foundation Psychiatry trainees commenced in September 2014. As part of an ongoing program, simulation training sessions are now provided to all foundation trainees rotating in Psychiatry in collaboration with Medway Maritime Foundation Trust. Training is focused on psychiatric history taking, mental state examination, and risk assessment.

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Facilities IT facilities Oxleas House, All sites have access to dedicated PC’s during Queen Elizabeth Postgraduate Centre and out of working hours. The Education Centres at Queen Mary’s Other facilities Hospital Hospital and the Memorial Hospital provide a wide range of excellent high quality learning (recreational or otherwise) facilities for both medical and non-medical staff. QMS/QEH have a nursery within close Green Parks All have well equipped lecture theatres with the walking distance. latest technology for the purposes of education House, Princess and learning. Local amenities/attractions Bluewater shopping centre is just off the A2 Royal University which can be accessed via the M25 near the Dartford Tunnel. Lakeside Shopping complex Hospital is the other side of the Dartford Tunnel. Dover is just over an hour away via the A2 or M20. Excellent travel times to London 12-15 minutes Woodlands Unit, for Shopping, Theatres, etc. Access to London’s Queen Mary’s O2 Arena. Hospital Transport links Pinewood House Pinewood House, Pinewood Place, All sites are well served by local buses that Accommodation can come and pick up on site or just outside. Dartford, Kent, DA2 7WG All have close links to the M25,A20,A21,M20, Accommodation is available on site in all 3 sites. A2. Eurotunnel and the Ebbsfleet International Trust switchboard: At the PRUH there is further accommodation off Station are just off the M25 before the Dartford 01322 625700 site at Bertha James Court about 10 minutes by Tunnel. Access to London could not be easier car of bus. This site is close to Bromley Town not only using the buses but by rail with easy Trust website: Centre and Bromley South Station (walking access to London Victoria, Charing Cross etc. www.oxleas.nhs.uk distance). Information re accommodation London Airports are all within good road and is available through contacting the relevant rail links. Education Centres. There is accommodation at QEH in a 9-storey building which offers great Key personnel views of London. QM currently has on site Parking arrangements Joint Director of Medical Education accommodation run by Hyde Housing with Daily Parking permits are available for Dr. Geoff Lawrence-Smith dedicated parking for those in residence. Oxleas’ Staff at Queen Mary’s Hospital Site in Dr. Ruth Garcia Rodriguez designated staff bays. Free parking is available Social activities/Doctors’ mess at the Memorial Hospital/Highpoint House sites. Limited free parking is available at Green Parks Foundation Trainees Tutor Oxleas Foundation posts operate over a wide House (PRUH). QEH (Woolwich) does not have Dr Geoff Lawrence-Smith ranging area throughout the Trust and as such, free parking. Careers Tutor(s) there are reduced opportunities for coordinated social activities within Oxleas itself. However, Vacancy we maintain good links with Queen Elizabeth Accolades/achievements of the trust Senior Medical Education Officer Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital, where Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust provides local Ms Titilayo Akintoye trainees can access the doctors’ mess facilities NHS services in south London and Kent that and participate in the social events organised. take care of the whole person – body and mind. Head of Medical Staffing Ms Buki Ogunde Library facilities We provide a wide range of health and social care services in south east London, specialising Library Services available at Memorial Hospital in community health, mental health and learning Site. E –learning is actively encouraged and disability services. We provide care for people there is access to computers and the internet in of all ages and work closely with a variety the libraries and in dedicated areas e.g. cyber of partners to ensure that our services are cafés, computer labs etc. where junior doctors well-integrated and wide-ranging. We have a can access the internet, Microsoft office workforce of around 3,500 people including packages etc. many highly skilled health and social care professionals. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich and into Kent.

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Our services include a range of physical health Clinical supervision services to adults and children in the community Educational supervision will be provided by the Oxleas House, in the boroughs of Bexley and Greenwich. lead education provider (the local acute trust). These range from health visitors working with Clinical Supervision is provided to all trainees Queen Elizabeth the very young to district nurses and therapists when needed and trainees can expect an hour meeting the physical health needs of older of dedicated clinical supervision each week. Hospital people. We have been the main provider of specialist mental health care in Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich for more than ten years and Teaching programme Green Parks have developed a comprehensive portfolio of Foundation trainees attend the regular teaching services in community and hospital settings. We organised by the local trusts. In addition, House, Princess also provide specialist forensic mental health Trainees can attend regular teaching sessions care across south east London and in Kent with the Clinical Tutor. Induction – This is Royal University Prisons. We also provide adult learning disability undertaken for all new starters to Oxleas. services in Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich. Subsequent local induction also takes place Hospital at the local Trust sites. The Trust provides a clinical competency workshop that receives very good feedback in preparing new doctors for the Woodlands Unit, Terms and Conditions of challenges of working in a discipline that many Queen Mary’s employment will be wholly unfamiliar with. We adhere to current Medical and Dental Terms Hospital and conditions. Tasters At present, there are opportunities for taster continued Any additional information sessions in Community Psychiatry and variety Oxleas has recently taken over the management of clinical specialties including child and of Queen Mary’s Hospital (QMH). As a result, adolescent mental health, psychiatric intensive QMH is set to see a £30 million investment care, learning disability and forensic psychiatry. and improvement of facilities over the next few years, to ensure it continues to provide valuable Simulation healthcare for people in Bexley. Simulation Learning Skills Areas are available at QEH, Greenwich and PRUH, Orpington.Oxleas offers an evolving array of programmes to suit trainees’ needs.

Foundation doctor forums Oxleas encourages foundation doctors to contribute to, and participate in, various fora. Locally nominated representatives from the current FY year contribute to the Local Faculty Group. At school level there is the STFS Board and the STFS Advisory and Queen Mary’s Hospital Development Committee. At local level, we have the foundation committee/foundation faculty group. Additionally, there are national forums Foundation conducted by UKFPO.’ programme specific Any additional information Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust provide a full information range of high quality NHS mental health care to the people of South East London and Induction/shadowing arrangements more specifically to the communities living Comprehensive induction package offered. Oxleas in the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley offers the opportunity for trainees to shadow and Greenwich. In addition, Oxleas provides senior staff over a wide variety of disciplines from comprehensive community healthcare services consultants to senior management executives to the people of Bexley. including our Trust’s CEO.

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Facilities the history of mental healthcare and treatment. Maudsley There is no charge for entry. Postgraduate Centre The Maudsley is situated in Camberwell, and close to Peckham, and Lambeth Hospital is in Bethlem Royal The Postgraduate Centre is situated on the between Clapham and Brixton. These areas are 1st Floor Main Admin Building of the Maudsley vibrant parts of South London with a range of Hospital opposite Trust Head Quarters. The restaurants, bars, galleries and parks. There is Postgraduate Administration team are based in quick access to central London. Lambeth the centre, and there are hot desking facilities and a bookable meeting room for Trainees and The Ladywell Unit in Lewisham is within walking Training Programme Tutors to use. distance of Lewisham town centre, where there Ladywell Unit, is a street market, a bowling alley, gyms, and a Lewisham Accommodation large shopping centre. SLaM offers staff accommodation at various St Thomas’ is a large, busy general hospital sites around South East London at affordable serving central London. There is an ATM on site rents via our housing partners Affinity Sutton. and a number of places to buy food including Croydon University M&S, WH Smith, the hospital restaurant and Please contact on Lyn Pester 020 3228 4840 a few smaller cafes, one of which is 24hr. Hospital or [email protected] on Mondays, There are many shops and restaurants in the Wednesdays & Thursdays. surrounding area. St.Thomas’ Social activities Transport links Hospital The Junior Doctors Committee meets regularly, The Maudsley and King’s are opposite each Trust Head Quarters, Maudsley and plans a huge range of events; Film Clubs, other on Denmark Hill, and are convenient for Creative Writing Groups, Socials, Computer Hospital, Denmark Hill, London public transport. Trains run from Denmark Hill Game Clubs, Creative Writing Workshops, and (including the Overground) and Loughborough SE5 8AZ Summer and Winter Balls. Junction. There are plenty of well-connected bus stops nearby and there is a free bus to and Trust switchboard: For further details contact JDC President, Will from The Bethlem. 0203 228 6000 Marsh via email: [email protected] or Vice-President Luke Skelton Luke.Skelton@ To get to the Bethlem, trains run from London Trust website: slam.nhs.uk Bridge to Eden Park, (10 minute walk away). www.slam.nhs.uk West and East Croydon Stations offer regular Trust foundation website: Doctors’ mess and far-reaching services. The city is well www.maudsleytraining.com connected by tram and bus. 119 and 198 Doctor’s Common Rooms are available on all buses from Croydon go to The Bethlem. the main hospital sites, with computers and kitchen facilities. At the Lambeth Hospital site, To get to Lambeth Hospital, by Tube: Nearest there is a Junior Doctor’s office in Reay House, station Clapham North (5-10 minute walk), with Key personnel and a Doctor’s flat, with shower facilities. Stockwell and Brixton also within easy walking distance. Rail: Nearest station is Clapham High Director of Medical Education Street on the London Overground line ~ 10 Dr Gopinath Ranjith Library facilities minutes’ walk. Bus: Routes 88, 155 (24hrs), 345 The SLaM Library is based at 1st Floor, Reay (24hrs), 355 and P5 serve the Hospital. Foundation Training Programme House, Lambeth Hospital. Staff can borrow Director(s) <10 books at a time, and access computers, For Lewisham, the nearest train station to Dr Gopinath Ranjith journals and photocopying. Trainees are the hospital is Ladywell, a short walk from the hospital. Trains connect to London Bridge, Medical Education Manager also given access to the KCL libraries at the Weston Education Centre and at the Institute Waterloo East and Charing Cross and towards Carolyn Field of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience. Hayes, Kent in the other direction. Lewisham Medical Staffing Manager station is approximately 20 minutes’ walk Ms Janet Anderson away or a short bus ride. There are many IT facilities bus routes nearby. Foundation Programme There are hot desk facilities available at all major SLaM sites and SLaM IT network offers free Wi- St Thomas’s nearest tube stations are Administrator Westminster (5 minute walk), Waterloo (10 Polly Khan Fi service to all staff. All trainees will have access to ePJS (Electronic Patient Journey System). minute walk) and Lambeth North (10 minute walk). Rail: Nearest Waterloo and Waterloo East (10 minute walk), Victoria and Charing Cross are Local amenities/attractions also not far. Bethlem Museum of the Mind is in the Hospital’s former administration building. Its displays offer Bus: Many routes serve St Thomas’. unparalleled resources to support learning about

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College London, Guy’s and St Thomas’ and SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts. Our aim is to be a leader in improving health and NHS FOUNDATION TRUST wellbeing – locally, nationally and globally. The Trust is a truly unique organisation, offering excellence in treatment, research and training. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training. Parking arrangements Service users benefit from the highest level of Maudsley The Maudsley has two parking spaces for care; research teams explore new and better the ‘On-call doctor’. If you are working out treatments; and in-house training facilities of hours (OOH) at the Maudsley or at King’s pass on the latest knowledge and skills to staff Bethlem Royal you can park free of charge - just notify the members. Close relationships between these Maudsley Reception. There are bike racks both three faculties ensure that lessons learned from at the Maudsley main entrance, between the patient contact and research can be translated ORTUS Training Centre and the IoPPN and into effective treatment, benefiting people locally, Lambeth outside King’s. nationally and internationally. At the Bethlem, there is ample free parking We are increasingly focused on promoting Ladywell Unit, on site for motorists and bike racks for the mental health and wellbeing rather than simply adventurous – both driving and cycling take 35 responding to mental illness. Our philosophy Lewisham minutes from Denmark Hill. of care is the recovery model. We provide treatment that helps people get well and stay At Lambeth there is free but limited parking well, so they can achieve their full potential. Croydon University on the site for permit holders. Permits can be Above all, we believe change is possible, no obtained from the Porters Lodge. matter how long someone has had a mental Hospital At Lewisham Hospital, parking spaces are health problem, or how much this has changed very limited and most people park in the their life. surrounding roads. There are many covered Our integrated adult services make it possible St.Thomas’ cycle racks on site. The parking office at UHL for us to address both an individual’s mental can issue a car parking permit to park at local health and social care needs. In particular, we Hospital roads at a cost of around £45 per month. A are focusing more on early intervention: getting car parking card can be purchased on site for help to people sooner and supporting them at continued night shifts and evening shifts only. an earlier stage in their lives – especially younger St Thomas’ Hospital is located in the people. Our work is about changing lives, not Congestion zone. Parking is very limited in just for individuals, but in partnership with them. the visitor’s car park, we would advise you to The Maudsley Training Programme guarantees use public transport. Bicycle racks are located high quality training in evidenced-based near the front of the main reception alongside psychiatry, working in a wide range of Gassiot House. specialties, sub-specialities and clinical settings. Most community sites have free parking. You will have access to world-class educational resources from affiliations with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s Accolades/achievements of the trust College London and King’s Health Partners. The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, which dates back to the Terms and Conditions of employment foundation of Bethlem Royal Hospital in 1247, the oldest psychiatric institution in the world, Contact host Trust. provides the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK. We provide NHS care and treatment for people Foundation with mental health problems. We also provide services for people who are addicted to drugs programme specific or alcohol. As well as serving the communities of South London, we provide specialist services for information people from across the UK and beyond. Locally, we deliver mental health services Induction/shadowing arrangements for people living in the London boroughs of Dedicated inductions to working in psychiatry Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; are organised every 4 months at the start of and substance misuse services for residents of your psychiatry placement (August, December, Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich, Southwark and April). Inductions cover topics such as psychiatric Wandsworth. assessment, risk assessment, mental health law and safe prescribing. You will receive training We provide clinical services in seven London using simulation as well as a Course covering boroughs, with a combined population of nearly PSTS (Promoting Safe & Therapeutic Services). 2 million people covering an area of 168 square In addition, at the August rotation you will receive miles, rich in culture, diversity and architecture. details of your local induction to the teams you We are part of an Academic Health Sciences will be working with and will complete a checklist Centre called King’s Health Partners with King’s

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with a member of the team confirming this has as your mentor, as part of the Peer Mentoring taken place. scheme. You can choose to opt out of this opportunity if you wish and if so, will need If, for any reason, you are unable to attend to inform one of the Peer Mentoring Leads Induction, you should contact the Postgraduate at induction, Education Training Centre – phone 0203 228 Dr(s) Christoph Mueller 3834 or email [email protected] [email protected] The August induction, for all SLaM trainees, Christine Chan runs for 3 days. This will not clash with your [email protected] host Trust induction which you should attend Kuljit Hunjan as a priority. [email protected] Sarah Ashurst-Williams [email protected] Educational and clinical supervision You will receive regular supervision sessions Any additional information with your clinical supervisor. Learning Opportunities You should meet with your educational supervisor at regular mutually agreed intervals The foundation jobs allow trainees to acquire to discuss training progress and make sure your most of the skills in the foundation curriculum. e-portfolio is up to date. By the end of your 4 month placement you are expected to achieve the mental health competencies expected of a foundation trainee. Teaching programme These include taking a history, performing a A joint (both F1s & F2s) monthly half day mental state examination, cognitive screening teaching programme is organised, run by and risk assessment, formulating a management Dr Gopinath Ranjith. plan and writing a psychiatric report. This is held on a Monday afternoon at the The majority of your Supervised Learning Events Denmark Hill or St Thomas’ Hospital sites. (SLEs) are consultant led. You should make sure Information regarding the dates and programme that you do the recommended minimum number will be circulated well in advance. of SLEs with your clinical supervisor or other clinicians in the team. You will have protected time to attend all mandatory training sessions and foundation Audit/Research teaching organised by your employing Trust. You will have ample opportunity to get involved in clinical audit and quality improvement Tasters projects. If you express an interest in research, Formal Taster weeks can be organised during you can be directed to an academic psychiatrist your foundation placement, either in another whose research interests match yours. We can branch of psychiatry or a different specialty, also provide advice on applying for Academic by discussing with your consultant supervisor. Clinical Fellowships in psychiatry if this is of You will need to give advance notice of your interest to you. intention to do this. Dr Ranjith, Foundation Lead, can help to organise psychiatry tasters for you. Also, after discussion with your clinical supervisor, you may spend a day or two observing another service if you wish.

Simulation As a trainee on The Maudsley Training Programme you will have access to a range of courses provided by Maudsley Simulation, which is located at Reay House at the Lambeth Hospital site. This includes the Practising Psychiatric Competencies (PPC) which is offered to all new trainees to the Trust. For further information and to view the full catalogue of simulation courses please visit www.maudsleysimulation.com, email [email protected], or telephone 0203 228 6149.

Foundation doctor forums While there is no specific Foundation doctors forum at SLaM, Doctors are encouraged to get involved with the Junior Doctors Committee and any forums organised at their host Trust. As a Foundation trainee you will automatically be matched up with a core psychiatry trainee

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SOUTH WEST LONDON & ST GEORGE’S MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST Terms and Conditions of employment Foundation doctors remain employees of the Facilities Acute Trust, and are given an honorary contract Hospital and with the Mental Health Trust Community sites Postgraduate Centre The Postgraduate facilities are based at Foundation across South West Springfield Hospital, with an additional base at London Tolworth Hospital. programme specific The administrative centre is: Trust Headquarters, Springfield Medical Education Department information Hospital, 61 Glenburnie Road, London Entrance 11, Newton Building 7 SW17 7DJ Springfield Hospital Induction/shadowing arrangements Glenburnie Road Switchboard: For Foundation Year 1 doctors starting their first 020 3513 5000 post in Psychiatry in August, there has generally Accommodation been an opportunity to shadow in the week prior to starting in post. All doctors will complete Website: See the accommodation section for each the full induction programme in the parent acute www.swlstg-tr.nhs.uk Acute Trust. trust, and will have local inductions when they join their placement in psychiatry. Doctors’ mess Key personnel Springfield Site, Doctors Mess, Building 7, Director of Medical Education Tolworth Site, Woodroffe House. Dr Louise Guest Library facilities Foundation Training Programme Library facilities are available at Springfield and Director Tolworth Hospital. Doctors working at the Trust Dr Marcus Hughes have access to the medical school library at Medical Education Manager St George’s University of London, including an Catherine Gray extensive electronic journal collection.

Medical Staffing Manager IT facilities Educational and clinical supervision Rob Bryan All clinical sites provide access to IT facilities. Foundation doctors working in psychiatry have Foundation Programme regular one-to-one contact with their supervising Administrator Local amenities/attractions consultant throughout the post. Marie Wilson South West London is ideally situated between the attractions of central London and the open Teaching programme spaces of Surrey and Sussex. All the teaching programmes in the parent acute Trust are considered protected teaching Transport links time. Additional teaching in psychiatry will also be available. Excellent transport links to central London and to Surrey and the south coast Tasters Parking arrangements Foundation Year 2 doctors will be encouraged to make use of their taster weeks. The Trust Parking permits are available at Springfield and can offer tasters in Psychiatry for doctors Tolworth Hospitals for a maximum daily fee of considering Psychiatry as a career. currently £2.

Accolades/achievements of the trust Simulation All doctors will attend their scheduled simulation In Psychiatry we place a lot of importance on training in the parent acute trust. In addition, postgraduate training and supervision. The Trust doctors working at South West London & St has one of the most successful Postgraduate George’s Mental Health NHS Trust (SWLSTG) Training Programmes in London. All Educational currently have free access to an extensive Supervisors are accredited, and all undergo programme of further simulation training, such continuing professional development specifically as one-day training to help managing difficult geared to their educational role. patient encounters. These simulation days have been very well received by current Foundation doctors. The SWLSTG simulation lead is Dr Francesca Ducci.

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Foundation doctor forums Foundation doctors are encouraged to participate in forums and trainee groups.

Any additional information Psychiatry placements in this Trust are available on the following rotations: • Epsom & St Helier Hospitals NHS Trust • Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust • St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust In a recent survey of all Foundation doctors in this Trust, trainees reported a high level of satisfaction in their psychiatry placements. They reported feeling supported, and also empowered to be involved in decision making and managing complex patients. Patient feedback on their care by foundation doctors working in psychiatry was also high. Foundation doctors are encouraged to maintain strong links with the parent acute trust during their placement in Psychiatry. All Foundation Year 1 doctors in psychiatry placements off the acute trust site will have regular clinical time back at the acute trust. This is important for FY1 doctors, allowing them to meet and work regularly with their peer group and to maintain their physical health skills. The exact arrangements vary between the acute trusts, but one example is that FY1 doctors spend 4 days each week in their psychiatry placement and 1 day each week back at the acute trust, working in an acute medical setting.

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SURREY AND BORDERS PARTNERSHIP NHS

FOUNDATION TRUST • We offer opportunities to get involved in Research and Audit – supported by our R&D Department and Education Department. Facilities • We host an annual trainees’ Research Day 18 Mole Business Park, Leatherhead, to promote skills in research and quality Surrey, KT22 7AD. improvement. Postgraduate Centre • We have excellent membership exam pass Switchboard: rates. 0300 5555 222 Available at local STFS affiliated acute trust. • We offer opportunities to get involved in Website: Accommodation teaching – we host medical students from www.sabp.nhs.uk six medical schools (three local and three Available through local STFS affiliated acute trust. international). • Innovative use of technology – SABP Social activities has developed an experiential simulation Key personnel Available through local STFS affiliated acute trust. programme for Foundation doctors making Co-Director of Education use of virtual reality to teach psychiatric Dr. Martin Schmidt Doctors’ mess competencies. • Encouraged to succeed – three of our Junior Doctors’ Mess available in the North Locality Tutors trainers were finalists for the Royal College West at the Abraham Cowley Unit, and at EAST: Dr Jeremy Mudunkotuwe of Psychiatrists Annual Trainer of the Year Epsom General in the East. NORTH WEST: Dr Neelima Reddi Award (2015-2017) and One of our trainees SOUTH WEST: Dr Julian Henry was a finalist for the Foundation Trainee of Library facilities the Year Award (2017)‘. Simulation Lead Full library service including journals available Dr Amanda Redvers online at all Trust locations. Any additional information Careers Tutor Please see Trust website detailing additional Dr Martin Schmidt IT facilities medical education Information and trainee Trust email and internet access provided placement opportunities – www.sabp.nhs. Education Manager (personal use available but restricted), Microsoft uk/working-for-us/training-and-education/ Ali Khan, Farnham Road Hospital, Office 365, Windows 7, Systmone for patient medicaleducation/trainee-opportunities Guildford records and Wi-Fi at most sites. Medical Staffing Manager Alison Edge, Trust HQ, Leatherhead Other facilities Foundation (recreational or otherwise) Foundation Programme programme specific Administrator(s) Access to hot food on site at the Abraham Cowley Unit and Trust HQ, and access to Letitia Cooper (South West) kitchens with microwave, kettle, etc, at all other information Maggie Reynolds (North West) sites together with bicycle racks and shower Penny Humphreys (East and Mid) facilities plus on-site gym at the Abraham Induction/shadowing arrangements Cowley Unit. Mandatory F1 shadowing before commencement of rotation in August, and three day induction to Transport links site, service and Psychiatry, on changeover every four months. Easy access to most sites from M25, A3 and M3, plus regular bus and train services. Educational and clinical supervision Parking arrangements Foundation doctors are allocated an Educational Supervisor in August for the whole year to Parking available on all Trust sites, often evaluate progress and provide guidance and requiring permit / fob. support. Clinical Supervisors are allocated for each four month placement and provide weekly Accolades/achievements of the trust timetabled clinical supervision; the ES / CS role excellent overall trainee satisfaction rating in the is combined in the first post. GMC trainees survey • We offer excellent training in close proximity to London. • We train a wide variety of junior doctors – F1 and F2 trainees, GP trainees, and Psychiatry trainees.

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Teaching programme Foundation teaching at the local affiliated STFS acute trust is timetabled and mandatory. Local teaching programmes are held weekly on Friday Mornings in the East, North West and South West. These include Balint Group, journal clubs, presentations and discussions on common Psychiatric topics, simulation, case presentations and external speakers.

Tasters The Trust welcomes Foundation doctors for Tasters in Psychiatry: Working Age Adult, Older Adults, inpatient and community; Substance Misuse, Eating Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Liaison, Child and Adolescent and out-of-hours shifts.

Simulation We have developed a pilot project using simulation to train Foundation doctors communication skills.

Foundation doctor forums To be considered if a requirement is identified.

Any additional information We have built a £30 million, state-of-the- art mental health hospital in Guildford. The new hospital is in the middle of the Farnham Road Hospital site and has been designed to complement the existing wards for older people (that are in the Grade II listed building along Farnham Road). This is a major investment initiative to enable us to provide the latest models of care in hospital environments that are therapeutic and aid recovery. The modern hospital has been carefully designed to provide more personalised care in a respectful and supportive environment to aid recovery. It will include: • Four wards for adults all with single bedrooms and ensuite bathrooms to provide people with more privacy and dignity. • Therapeutic and recreational areas including art and craft rooms, multi-purpose spaces for exercise groups or drama therapy and a fitness room. • Private, safe gardens and outside spaces directly accessible from each ward. • Public areas including gardens and a café for everyone to enjoy. • Facilities for people who are brought in by police in need of a place of safety (Section 136). • A base for the Home Treatment Team who provide intensive support to enable people to be independent within their home environment when they first leave hospital or possibly to prevent a stay in hospital.

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SUSSEX PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Facilities Other facilities Trust HQ, Swandean, Arundel Road (recreational or otherwise) Worthing, West Sussex BN13 3EP Postgraduate centre Access to hot food in most areas and access Switchboard Tel no: The Postgraduate Centre is situated at Sussex to kitchens with microwave in all doctors mess. 01903 843000 Education Centre, Mill View Hospital, Hove.

Website: Other Offices: Local amenities/attractions www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk Department of Psychiatry, Kings Drive East, North West Sussex and West Sussex Eastbourne, BN21, 2UD. have excellent public transport connections to Key Personnel London, Brighton and Gatwick Airport. Chief Medical Officer Transport Links Dr Rick Fraser Easy access to most sites from A27, M25, Associate Medical Director M23, A259. Mr Mel Moss, Medical Director, (Education) Parking arrangements Clinical Tutor Parking available at most Trust sites, often requiring permit. Dr Adrian Galea Deputy Director of Education & Training Accolades/achievements of the trust Claire Marr Accommodation Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is Locality Tutor See the accommodation section for each now one of the most influential, effective and Acute Trust. Dr Akram Wilson: West Sussex well-respected mental health trusts in the country. We are one of the few mental health Dr Michele Travers: East Sussex Social activities organisations to have been granted university Dr Patrick Leseve: Brighton & Hove status by the Association of UK University Dr James Fallon: North West Sussex Available at local STFS affiliated acute trust. Hospitals. This recognises our achievements Dr Arun Kishore: Worthing in bringing research, teaching and clinical care Doctors’ Mess more closely together for the benefit of patients. Foundation Training Programme • Department of Psychiatry, Eastbourne Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust won Director the Diverse Company of the Year at the National • Conquest Hospital, Hastings Dr Stavros Bekas Diversity Awards. • Langley Green Hospital, Crawley SAS Leads • Oaklands Centre, Chichester Terms and conditions of employment Dr Bilal Ahmad & Dr Arun Kishore • St Richards Hospital, Chichester National terms and conditions administered by the local STFS affiliated acute trusts. Humanities Lead • Meadowfield Unit, Swandean Worthing Currently recruiting to this post • Mill View Hospital, Hove Any additional information Simulation Lead • Princess Royal, Haywards Heath Currently recruiting to this post Please see Sussex Partnership Trust Web Site Leadership Library facilities www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk Dr Michael Hobkirk Access to: Medical Education Manager www.bsuh.nhs.uk/work-and-learn/library- Stacey Killon services Deputy Medical Education Manager(s) www.westernsussexhospitals.nhs.uk/careers/ Maria McKenna: East Sussex & North libraries West Sussex hwww.esht.nhs.uk/library Mike Silver: Brighton & Hove, Coastal There are several satellite libraries throughout West & Hampshire the Trust. Medical Staffing Manager Carrie Murphy IT facilities Foundation Programme Trust email and internet access provided, Administrator(s) with Wi-Fi. Senior Medical Education Administrator(s) Pamela Barnes: Brighton & Hove, Coastal West & Hampshire Louise Coldicott: East Sussex & North West Sussex 98 | www.stfs.org.uk South Thames Foundation School | Mental health trusts affiliated to STFS

Teaching programme Foundation Doctors are fully supported to attend their generic foundation teaching programmes at parent acute trusts. Attendance at this teaching programme is a mandatory requirement for the Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP) as a Foundation Doctor. In addition, there is weekly local site psychiatry teaching on Wednesday afternoons which Foundation offers; Journal Clubs, Case Presentations, Balint Groups, along with a wide variety of topics Any additional information programme specific provided by outside speakers. By the end of placement, you are expected to have achieved the mental health competencies information of a foundation trainee, this includes; Induction/shadowing arrangements 1. Taking a history. All placements are developed with due regard 2. Performing a mental state examination for appropriate induction for Foundation Doctors (MSE). to ensure patient safety. 3. Performing a cognitive screen assessment. Induction/shadowing arrangements 4. Performing a risk assessment. In addition, a detailed and comprehensive induction takes place over three days at the 5. Making a management plan. start of rotation to services and site specifics. F1 6. Writing a report, assessment or referral. shadowing takes place over two days prior to start of August placement. Educational and clinical supervision The trainee will always have direct access to an appropriate senior colleague for advice in any clinical situation. In most situations between 9:00-17:00 this will be the Consultant of the team, who will also act as the clinical supervisor for training and quality assurance purposes and will offer on average one hour per week direct Tasters face to face clinical supervision. Taster weeks can be organised for Foundation doctors who are considering Psychiatry as On occasion this senior person may be a a career. There is also opportunity to spend non-doctor competent to supervise and advise a special interest session/s with one of the on the relevant activities. When working out of other allied general adult specialities Eg. hours (on-call), there is always an arrangement Liaison Psychiatry, Secure & Forensic, Crisis where an inpatient MDT, Liaison Service, Senior Home Treatment Team, Learning Disabilities, Nurse Practitioner and more experienced depending on the specific interests and trainees and/or a Consultant will be available for something you will be able to discuss with your this supervision and advice, either on the phone supervisor. The work a FY trainee undertakes or on-site. is structured, with well defined guidelines and Supervised Learning Events expected to be learning. achieved in a Foundation post: Simulation It is expected that the following assessments We are currently developing the simulation will take place: programme to be made available Trust-wide. • 1x Mini-PAT: This is a Peer Assessment Tool and involves feedback from a range of Foundation doctor forums Healthcare Professionals The Trust runs junior doctor forums in all areas • 2x Mini-CEX: This involves the evaluation where Foundation doctors are encouraged to of an observed clinical encounter with participate. immediate feedback from the observer • 2x CBD: Structured case-based discussions to allow decision-making and reasoning regarding the management of a case in detail • 1x Assessment of teaching

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Director AppendixDr Jan Welch MBE, FRCP, FFFLM, B:

FAcadMEd, FRCOG (Hon)

Jan Welch qualified in 1980 from St Thomas’s, and trained in virology and genitourinary medicine, before becoming a consultant in HIV and sexual health at King’s College Hospital in 1991. She has long had an interest in medical STFSeducation, Team and became clinical tutor at King’s in 1998 before her appointments as director of the South East Thames Foundation School in 2005, and subsequently director of STFS, formed by the merger of the two south Thames schools. Since the 1990s Dr Welch has also worked with the police and national bodies to develop services for people who have been sexually assaulted. The first such service, the Haven Camberwell, opened in 2000 and was followed by similar centres at St Mary’s Paddington and the Royal London Hospital; together the Havens now provide 24/7 services for all of London. In 2006 she was appointed MBE for services to violence against women. Associate Director (Tooting)

Dr Mark Cottee MBBS, FRCP

Mark Cottee qualified in 1986 from Guy’s. He subsequently trained in Geriatric and General Medicine in various hospitals throughout the south east and spent one year working in New Zealand. In 1996 he was appointed as onsultant and senior lecturer in Geriatric Medicine at St George’s Hospital and Medical School. Dr Cottee has developed a strong interest in undergraduate and postgraduate education since his appointment as a consultant. He has served as college tutor for St George’s and programme director for Geriatric Medicine for nearly 10 years. At undergraduate level he is head of teaching in Geriatric Medicine and ageing, leads the patient doctor theme at SGUL and is chair of the board of finals examiners. Associate Director (Brighton)

To be appointed

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DIRECTORS

Director Associate Director Associate Director

Professor Jan Welch MBE, FRCP, Dr Mark Cottee MBBS, FRCP Dr Udesh Naidoo FFFLM, FRCOG (Hon) Mark Cottee qualified in 1986 from Guy’s. Udesh Naidoo qualified from the Jan Welch qualified in 1980 from St He subsequently trained in Geriatric and University of Natal Medical School Thomas’s, and trained in virology and General Medicine in various hospitals in Durban, South Africa in 1993. He genitourinary medicine, before becoming throughout the south east and spent one subsequently undertook his house a consultant in HIV and sexual health at year working in New Zealand. In 1996 officer job in Groote Schuur hospital in King’s College Hospital in 1991. She has he was appointed as a consultant and Cape Town in 1994 and then moved long had an interest in medical education, senior lecturer in Geriatric Medicine at St to the UK, completing his core medical and became Director of Postgraduate George’s Hospital and Medical School. training in the Liverpool area. In 2000 Medical Education at King’s in 1998 Dr Cottee has developed a strong interest he started his registrar training in the before her appointment as director of the in undergraduate and postgraduate South West Thames region in Geriatrics South East Thames Foundation School education since his appointment as a and General internal Medicine. After in 2005, and subsequently director of consultant. He has served as college achieving his CCST he was employed STFS, formed by the merger of the two tutor for St George’s and programme by Frimley Health in 2006. Currently his south Thames schools. From the 1990s director for Geriatric Medicine for nearly roles include being Head of department Professor Welch also worked with the 10 years. At undergraduate level he is of Elderly Care, a Consultant Physician police and national bodies to develop head of teaching in Geriatric Medicine and Geriatrician, Simulation Teaching services for people who have been and ageing and is chair of the board of Consultant Lead, PACES examiner for sexually assaulted. The first such service, finals examiners. the Royal College of Physicians , Non- the Haven Camberwell, opened in 2000 executive Remuneration Committee and was followed by similar centres at St member and Staff Governor for Mary’s Paddington and the Royal London Frimley Foundation Trust. His interests Hospital; together the Havens now in Geriatrics lie in the fields of Falls, provide 24/7 services for all of London. Dementia and Medical Education. In the In 2006 she was appointed MBE for field of Falls, Dr Naidoo holds the position services to violence against women. of Consultant Chair for the Falls Root Cause Analysis Committee. He currently holds the position of Falls Consultant Lead. Similarly he is also a Dementia Consultant Lead and Co-chair for Clinical Governance for Frimley Health. In addition outside of medicine Udesh is a Trustee for Adventure Ashram, a charity established through adventure motorbike riding. He was the Foundation Training Programme Director from 2007 until 21st of November 2016 and was recently appointed as Associate director for KSS. He will be leading on simulation teaching for foundation doctors.

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