Training and rotations

We have taken a fresh look at the experiences that today’s GP trainees lack and used this as the basis for this training programme’s rotations. A summary of job rotations is provided here and a detailed description of all acute trust jobs is available below.

Medicine for the elderly and general internal medicine
Medicine for the elderly at Charing Cross Hospital comprises two wards. This is part of the medicine clinical programme group (CPG) at our large, busy acute hospital trust in west London.

The elderly medicine department is based on all three main sites of our Trust, however the postholder will only be required to work at Charing Cross Hospital. The department already hosts a GP trainee and as a result has experience of training at this level...more

Obstetrics and gynaecology
Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea Hospital (QCCH) is a postgraduate teaching hospital which is part of our Trust. It trains 7 FY1 doctors and six GP trainees a year as well as 33 ST1-7 trainees from the North West Thames obstetrics and gynaecology rotation. It is recognised as an excellent centre for postgraduate training...more

Paediatrics and public health
The paediatrics department incorporates an ambulatory unit which sees children who are referred by their GP, midwife or health visitor but which is also a walk in service providing open access to the many families in the local community. The GP trainees have the opportunity to see mothers and babies with the support of a midwife, who works part of the week on the delivery suite and postnatal wards, and who often knows the families from the delivery. The ambulatory unit midwife then helps begin liaison with midwives in the community...more

Psychiatry
GP trainees placed on this attachment will encounter a variety of mental health problems and range of interventions used to manage these needs. The attachment will also involve specific interventions and guidelines for individual conditions, using where appropriate, best practice as described in the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) or NICE guidelines...more