| Individual Placement Description | |
|---|---|
| Placement | Paediatrics and Neonatal Medicine |
| Year | F2 |
| Region | East |
| Hospital(s) | Ninewells Hospital, Dundee |
| Main Duties of Placement | First on call for NICU and neonatal resuscitation team Undertaking postnatal baby checks. With support, attending venepuncture clinic, special infant clinic and undertaking outpatient reviews. |
| Typical Work Pattern | Mixture of standard days, long days, night shifts, weekends and non-clinical days. |
| Learning Opportunities | Several weekly meetings within the department Neonatal Grand Round Perinatal Meeting Tea @ 2 teaching & journal club Weekly SIM/skills teaching session Joint paediatric & radiology meeting Neonatal nursing shadowing shifts Audit & QI work |
| Teaching | FY2 teaching as per delivered education programme. Weekly in house teaching. Opportunities to teach medical students. |
| Unique Selling Points | Opportunity to work within a friendly and supportive MDT. Opportunity to gain confidence in handling babies and learn new practical skills e.g capillary blood taking and neonatal venepuncture. Opportunity to work within an inclusive MDT to deliver family integrated care. |
| It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject to change. | |
