Skip to main content Skip to footer

Ninewells Hospital - General Surgery

Individual placement description
Placement:

General Surgery
Year:

F2
Region:

East
Hospital(s):

Ninewells Hospital, Dundee

Perth Royal Infirmary
Main duties of placement:
  • Morning daily review of all patients before HDU ward round.
  • Present all patients on the ward round.
  • Consultant surgeon ward rounds.
  • Day to day care of all patients on the unit.
  • Ensure timely and appropriate responses to abnormal physiology.
Typical work pattern:
  • 0800 - 1500 2 days a week, 0800 - 1900 2 days a week and then 0800 - 1700 every Friday.
  • A few weeks on-call covering acute surgical admissions ward and the assessment bay or nights covering surgical HDU and the surgical floor.
Learning opportunities:
  • Daily teaching ward rounds.
  • Opportunities to learn practical procedures e.g. how to insert central and arterial lines.
Teaching:
  • FY2 teaching as per delivered education programme.
  • Daily teaching ward rounds.
Unique selling points:
  • Work directly with surgical consultants daily to review patients.
  • Oportunities to learn how to insert central lines and arterial lines.
It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject to change.

This page was last updated on: 15.01.2025 at 16.27

Post Descriptors for F2

East region post descriptors for F2.