Foundation Training Programme
2019 - 2021
Aneurin Bevan as Secretary of State for Health, opening Park Hospital, the first Hospital in the NHS, in 1948. Park later became Trafford General
Manchester
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Pre Employment Screening (PECs)
Following the application and scoring process all identified applicants will be required to attend a pre-employment screening session at the Trust. This will comprise a short OSCE session to assess competency in clinical skills. Confirmation of employment is dependent upon PECs
Our PECS dates are to be arranged but will take place during May, June and July. Once you have been matched to the Trust, you will be sent a link to book yourself onto your preferred date.
Formal appointment to posts will be subject to performance at the event and will be confirmed at the end of the session.
About Manchester and Trafford
Manchester is an exciting and vibrant city with a superb cultural and sporting heritage in addition to its historically important place in the industrial heritage of Great Britain. It forms the centre of a large multi-cultural and cosmopolitan conurbation in the North West of England.
Manchester is easy to navigate thank to the comprehensive Metrolink tramway. Various districts deserve exploration and the centrally located Piccadilly Gardens is one such area. Directly to the west the Millennium Quarter is also quite special whilst to the North, the somewhat bohemian Northern Quarter is close is close to both Chinatown and Canal Street. ON the south- westerly side of the city if Castlefield and the energetic Deansgate Locks where waterfront restaurants are aplenty.
Manchester has great links to several of Britain’s National Parks particularly Snowdonia, The Peak District and the Lake District.
Manchester has a wealth of attractions, including Urbis – a stunning museum resembling a huge glass triangle; John Rylands Library – probably the city’s most beautiful building, featuring a breath taking reading room; Manchester Cathedral – standing proudly in the heart of the city with many parts dating back to the 15th Century.
Manchester also has a number of cultural highlights. They include the Manchester Art Gallery with an impressive collection of paintings and sculptures; the Whitworth Art Gallery which recently had a £15 million redevelopment which has transformed the space and now incorporates the park next door; The Museum of Science and Industry – the city’s largest museum with many interactive displays; Manchester Museum – a city institution for more than a century with a mixture of natural history and social sciences; the Imperial War Museum – an aluminium clad showpiece with a large collection of military memorabilia; the Lowry – a dramatic glass and steel building containing around 300 original paintings and sketches by the city’s most believed artist, L. S . Lowry.
Manchester offers arguably the best retail therapy outside London - The Trafford Centre is practically next door to Trafford General, so you can pop in after a hard day’s work!
This part of the northwest is home to many famous and well established sporting clubs and teams, such as Manchester United and Manchester City, Sale Sharks RUFC, Salford Reds RLFC and Manchester Storm Ice Hockey Team as well as the home of British Cycling and the Sky Professional Cycling Team at the Manchester Velodrome.
Manchester International Airport is approximately 15 – 20 minute drive from both Trafford General and the Central Site
About Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
MFT is a large teaching hospital trust, which incorporates eight hospitals on five sites. Manchester Royal Infirmary, The Royal Manchester Eye Hospital, St Mary’s Hospital for Women and The Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital all occupy the Central site. The Dental Hospital is located near to the Central Site within the University precinct and Trafford General is found to the south west near Urmston, Trafford General Hospital also provides services at Altrincham General and Stretford Memorial Hospitals. Wythenshawe Hospital is based to the South of the city and includes Withington Community Hospital.
In addition to MFT, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust at Trafford General Hospital provides placements in mental health and Manchester Mental Health and Social Care NHS Trust provide mental health placements. The Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides F2 posts to some of our foundation tracks.
Trafford Hospital is recognised nationwide as the birthplace of the NHS when Park Hospital as it was then known was opened by the then Secretary of State for Health, Aneurin Bevan in 1948.
Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) was formed in 1752. It had 12 beds and began in a small house in the city centre. It is now a large teaching hospital for University of Manchester's Medical School, and a specialist regional centre for kidney and pancreas transplants, haematology and sickle cell disease. Our Heart Centre is a major provider of cardiac services in the region, specialising in cardiothoracic surgery and cardiology. There are specialist surgical services for Hepatopancreaticobiliary surgery, vascular surgery and upper GI surgery. The Emergency Department sees around 110 000 patients each year making it one of the busiest departments in England.
Saint Mary's Hospital was founded in 1790 and, over the years, has successfully developed a wide range of world class medical services for women, babies and children as well as a comprehensive Genetics Centre and an internationally recognised teaching and research portfolio. There are over 9 000 births annually.
The Manchester Royal Eye Hospital provides secondary and tertiary care to residents of Greater Manchester and beyond. The Division provides an extensive range of services and facilities for both adults and children. These include the Emergency Eye Centre, Acute Referral Centre, Ophthalmic Imaging, Ultrasound Unit, Electrodiagnosis, Laser Unit, Optometry, Orthoptics, the state-of-the-art Manchester Eye Bank and Ocular Prosthetics.
The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital provides specialist healthcare services for children and young people throughout the North West, as well as nationally and internationally. The hospital sees 185,000 patients’ visits each year across a range of specialties including oncology, haematology, bone marrow transplant, burns, genetics, and orthopaedics. There is a separate children’s Emergency Department.
Wythenshawe Hospital is a major acute teaching hospital. It is recognised as a centre of clinical excellence and providing district general hospital services and specialist tertiary services to our local community. Fields of specialist expertise include cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, heart and lung transplantation, respiratory conditions, burns and plastics, cancer and breast care services.
The Christie is not part of Manchester Foundation Trust but provides several F2 placements for our programme.
Foundation Training at Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
F1 F2 Placement 1 Placement 2 Placement 3 Placement 4 Placement 5 Placement 6 1 General Surgery General Medicine* Gastroenterology Paediatrics Emergency Medicine General Practice 2 General Surgery General Medicine* Gastroenterology Paediatrics Emergency Medicine General Practice 3 Transplant Surgery General Medicine* Gastroenterology General Surgery Emergency Medicine General Practice 4 General Surgery General Medicine Cardio-Thoracic Surgery General Psychiatry Emergency Medicine General Practice 5 General Surgery General Medicine* Cardiology Ophthalmology Emergency Medicine General Practice 6 General Surgery General Medicine* Renal Medicine General Psychiatry Emergency Medicine General Practice Obstetrics & 7 General Surgery General Medicine* Respiratory Medicine Emergency Medicine General Practice Gynaecology Obstetrics & General Practice 8 General Surgery General Medicine General Psychiatry Emergency Medicine Gynaecology with Palliative Care 9 General Surgery General Medicine General Psychiatry Rheumatology Emergency Medicine General Practice Paediatric Emergency 10 General Surgery Acute Internal Medicine General Psychiatry Ophthalmology General Practice Medicine 11 General Surgery General Medicine General Surgery Genito-Urinary Medicine Emergency Medicine General Practice Trauma & Orthopaedic Paediatric Emergency 12 General Surgery General Medicine General Psychiatry General Practice Surgery Medicine Trauma & Orthopaedic 13 General Surgery General Medicine General Psychiatry Anaesthetics General Practice Surgery Trauma & Orthopaedic 14 General Surgery General Medicine Respiratory Medicine Anaesthetics General Practice Surgery 15 General Surgery General Medicine* Renal Medicine Academic Emergency Medicine General Practice 16 General Surgery Acute Internal Medicine Transplant Surgery Academic Emergency Medicine General Practice Obstetrics & 17 General Surgery General Medicine Cardiology* Medical Oncology General Practice Gynaecology Trauma & Orthopaedic 18 General Surgery Gastroenterology Liaison Psychiatry Emergency Medicine General Practice Surgery 19 General Surgery General Medicine Respiratory Medicine* General Psychiatry Medical Oncology General Practice 20 General Surgery General Medicine* Cardiology Clinical Oncology Emergency Medicine General Practice Old Age Psychiatry 21 General Surgery General Medicine Paediatrics Emergency Medicine General Practice (surgery on call) Trauma & Orthopaedic 22 General Surgery Gastroenterology Medical Oncology Emergency Medicine General Practice Surgery General Psychiatry 23 General Surgery Respiratory Medicine Paediatrics Medical oncology General Practice (medicine on call) General Psychiatry 24 General Surgery General Medicine Medical Oncology Emergency Medicine General Practice (surgery on call) 25 General Surgery General Medicine* Respiratory Medicine Academic Medical Oncology General Practice Trauma & Orthopaedic 26 General Surgery General Medicine Academic Medical Oncology General Practice Surgery General Medicine (Care General Medicine Intensive Care 27 General Surgery General Psychiatry General Practice of the Elderly)* (Respiratory Medicine) Medicine General Medicine (Acute General Medicine Obstetrics & Trauma & Orthopaedic 28 General Surgery General Practice Internal Medicine)* (Respiratory Medicine) Gynaecology Surgery
Posts based at MRI, MREH, RMCH, St Mary’s Posts based at Wythenshawe Hospital Posts based at Trafford Hospital Posts based at Greater Manchester Mental Health (Moorside at Trafford, MRI or Wythenshawe) Posts based at The Christie * These posts have a community element
The provision of all posts is subject to ongoing HENW approval and model of service provision at MFT. Posts may be subject to change, but will be suitable for Foundation training and achieving competencies. This work is ongoing, please contact MFT for updates prior to matching.
Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust
Current education staff
Director of Medical Education Dr Mark Forrest Foundation Programme Director Dr Lesley Doyle Associate Foundation Programme Director Dr Alan Grayson Associate Foundation Programme Director Dr Preeti Shah Associate Foundation Programme Director Dr Ade Maney Academic Track Lead Dr Gwilym Morris Foundation Careers Lead Dr Kate Kirkpatrick Head of Postgraduate Medical Education Mrs Karen Stuart Postgraduate Operations Manager Ms Belinda Nethercott Medical Education Manager (Wythenshawe) Mrs Mary Eccles Foundation Programme Coordinator Mrs Sharon Gibbs Foundation Programme Administrator Ms Aishah Parveen Foundation Programme Administrator Ms Helen Chappell Head of Library Services Mr Steve Glover
More information about the education services of the Trust can be found at; www.mft.nhs.uk/medical-education/postgraduate-medical-education/
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Further Details
General Information
Please see Appendix
Queries
For any queries relating to Foundation Training at Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust please contact the Foundation Programme Coordinator in the first instance.
Pre Employment Screening (PECs)
Following the application and scoring process all identified applicants will be required to attend a pre employment screening session at the Trust. This will comprise a short OSCE session to assess competency in clinical skills. Confirmation of employment is dependent upon PECs
The date and venue will be confirmed to applicants well in advance and supporting documentation will be included.
Formal appointment to posts will be subject to performance at the event and will be confirmed at the end of the session.
Key Dates
Pre-screening (PECS): TBC
Shadowing/Induction: Paid shadowing/induction will begin on 29 July 2019
Useful Links
UK Foundation Programme www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk
HENW Foundation School www.nwpgmd.nhs.uk/foundation-training
Central Manchester NHS Trust www.mft.nhs.uk
Christie Hospital www.christie.nhs.uk
All information is correct at time of print and may be subject to change because of changes in staff, reconfiguration of services and newly developed educational opportunities.
Appendix
General information
Foundation doctor The North West Foundation School encourages foundation forums doctors to contribute the regional Foundation Forum, where each year cohort in each programme is represented.
Additionally, there are national forums conducted by the UKFPO.
Educational and An educational supervisor is allocated to each foundation doctor Clinical supervision to maintain an overview of development and progress of the doctor within the training programme. A clinical supervisor will be allocated for each placement (four month or six month) within the rotation. Time Out of Foundation doctors contemplating requesting TOFP should Foundation check the relevant guidance in the UKFPO website Programme (TOFP) http://www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/content/resource-bank Applications must be approved and signed by the local Foundation Training Programme Director and the Foundation School Director. F2 outside the UK Foundation School does not support or accredit doctors who wish to undertake their F2 year outside the UK. Flexible training (Less See HENW Website. www.nwpgmd.nhs.uk/content/less-full-time- than full time) training Inter Foundation Foundation doctors contemplating requesting an IFST should School Transfer (IFST) check the relevant “Guidance for Applicants” in the Resource Bank section of the UKFPO website. http://www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/content/resource-bank Applications must be approved and signed by the local Foundation Training Programme Director and the Foundation School Director.
Employment Information
Terms and Conditions The post is subject to the Terms and Conditions of Service of of employment Hospital Medical and Dental Staff as modified from time to time. 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 appointment and periodically thereafter. Induction/shadowing There will be mandatory paid Induction/Shadowing from Monday 29 July 2019. Salary The salary scale is in accordance with the current national rate and placement within the scale will be in accordance with previous reckonable service. Annual leave F1 doctors are entitled to 27 days annual leave in the year. The 27 days entitlement does not include the statutory holidays. If a foundation doctor works any part of a bank holiday they are entitled to an additional days leave in lieu. In some specialties there is some restriction on when a Foundation doctor can take their leave during the 4 months (e.g. not on their ‘hot week’ for surgery). The individual directorates will inform the Foundation doctor of any specific restrictions on when they can take leave. Leave must be booked at least 6 weeks in advance. Visa/Work The Trust will consider British /EEA nationals for appointment in permits/Leave to the first instance. If the applicant is a non-resident of the United remain Kingdom or European Economic Union, they are required to have a valid work visa and leave to remain in the UK, which is renewed as required. The Trust is unable to employ or continue to employ the applicant/post holder if they require but do not have a valid work visa and/or leave to remain in the UK.