1. Working as part of a large multidisciplinary team, Foundation doctors will be expected to undertake daily reviews of critically ill patients in both HDU and ICU.
2. Foundation doctors will be expected to assist in the assessment and admission of critically unwell patients to the ICU.
3. Foundation doctors are expected to learn how to approach the initial assessment and resuscitation of the critically ill patient.

Foundation doctors are encouraged to participate fully in the activities of the department and over the course of their placement should become proficient in the assessment of the critically ill patient, the initiation of organ support and the use of invasive lines and monitoring. Foundation doctors will be given the opportunity to learn placement of arterial lines and if they complete the CVC mastery programme will have the opportunity to place central venous access devices.

We encourage attendance at foundation teaching and provide monthly protected departmental teaching (attendance at which is mandatory and included in working hours calculations). We provide a full induction process and a flexible working pattern to suit the leave requests of the entire department.

The department also provides access to weekly grand rounds, weekly journal club and weekly M and M meetings.

For those who are interested we have an active QI team with many opportunities to become involved in new and ongoing projects within the department.    

1. Exposure to sick patients, a range of interesting pathologies and opportunity to learn about the management of these patients. One works very closely with consultants and other senior clinicians and there are multiple formal and informal teaching opportunities.
2. Supportive learning environment.
3. Opportunities on HDU rota to assess sick patients potentially requiring level 2 or 3 care.
4. Opportunity to learn a variety of procedures; principally arterial lines and central venous line insertion.
5. Flexible (not fixed) rota pattern.