F2 General Surgery: Emergency & Upper GI Surgery Placement F2 General Surgery: Emergency & Upper GI Surgery consisting of 1 The department A fixed on call team, ‘the emergency team’ Consultant, 1 Registrar, 1 Clinical Specialist Nurse, 1 F2 and 2 F1s. 4 Consultant Bariatric and Upper GI/Endocrine Surgery with 3 and 2 SpR’s F1’s Trust & Site Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust The type of work to Emergency (40%) when Emergency CT1 off expect and learning 8am-5pm weekdays, taking referrals from A&E, ward teams, opportunities clinics & GPs. Clerking and initiating management plans, consenting, interfacing with many specialties. Opportunity to attend emergency theatre and do procedures. Upper GI (60%) Daily ward theatre rounds support for F1’s, assist in MDT and clinics possible Clinical Supervisor(s) Mr Behar, Emergency Surgery for the placement Mr Efthimiou, Upper GI Surgery Main duties of the Clerking new patients, initiating management plans, leadership – placement delegating tasks to F1s and troubleshooting problems with ward patients, assisting in theatre. Typical working Weekdays 8am-5pm starts with morning handover in AAU. pattern in this Patients admitted in previous 24h discussed some allocated to – placement surgical teams whilst some stay under the emergency medicine team. Followed by ward round and theatre. Taking referrals and managing new patients. 5pm handover to evening SHO on AAU. On call requirements: 1 evening 5pm-8pm in approx. 7. Weekend on call 8am-8pm. Nights 8pm-8am. Employer information Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject to change.
F2 General Surgery: Emergency & Upper GI Surgery Placement F2 General Surgery: Emergency & Upper GI Surgery The department A fixed on call team, ‘the emergency team’ consisting of 1 Consultant, 1 Registrar, 1 Clinical Specialist Nurse, 1 F2 and 2 F1s. 4 Consultant Bariatric and Upper GI/Endocrine Surgery with 3 SpR’s and 2 F1’s Trust & Site Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust The type of work to expect and learning opportunities Emergency (40%) when Emergency CT1 off 8am-5pm weekdays, taking referrals from A&E, ward teams, clinics & GPs. Clerking and initiating management plans, consenting, interfacing with many specialties. Opportunity to attend emergency theatre and do procedures. Upper GI (60%) Daily ward rounds support for F1’s, assist in theatre MDT and clinics possible Clinical Supervisor(s) for the placement Mr Behar, Emergency Surgery Mr Efthimiou, Upper GI Surgery Main duties of the placement Clerking new patients, initiating management plans, leadership – delegating tasks to F1s and troubleshooting problems with ward patients, assisting in theatre. Typical working pattern in this placement Weekdays 8am-5pm starts with morning handover in AAU. Patients admitted in previous 24h discussed – some allocated to surgical teams whilst some stay under the emergency medicine team. Followed by ward round and theatre. Taking referrals and managing new patients. 5pm handover to evening SHO on AAU. On call requirements: 1 evening 5pm-8pm in approx. 7. Weekend on call 8am-8pm. Nights 8pm-8am. Employer information Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject to change.