• Advert number: 185433-0
• Posted Date: 11/12/08

North Western Deanery

www.nwpgmd.nhs.uk

Director of Postgraduate Hospital Training: John Adams

4th Floor, Barlow House, Minshull Street,Manchester M1 3DZ. Tel: 0161 237 3690

Trusts in our domain

The Deanery is based in Manchester and covers Greater Manchester,
Lancashire and Cumbria. The Trusts covered by the Deanery are:
Trusts in the North Western Deanery included in hospital training programme
rotations
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Trust (Wythenshawe)
Wigan, Wrightington & Leigh NHS Trust
Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust (Hope Hospital)
Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust
Pennine Acute Hospital NHS Trust (Oldham/Rochdale/North Manchester/Fairfield)
Central Manchester & Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS Trust
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
(Preston/Chorley)
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (Blackburn/Burnley)
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust (Barrow-in-Furness/Lancaster)

Profile

The North Western Deanery is highly regarded for the quality of training
and its friendly atmosphere. The report from the PMETB visit was
extremely complementary and noted our many achievements.
http://www.pmetb.org.uk/index.php?id=visitsletters&textsize=class%3Dinternal
Trainees coming to the Deanery have an opportunity to work
across a broad range of hospitals gaining a wealth of experience of routine
conditions and more rare presentations. All programmes offer dedicated
time for learning (many of our specialty programmes have a formal
programme which leads to a masters qualification) and study leave is
managed through the training programmes, ensuring maximum opportunity
for all trainees. In addition to high quality training all trainees have an
opportunity to attend leadership and teaching skills development as well
as accessing a range of research opportunities. The Deanery has a reputation
for innovation and established the first ever integrated clinical
leadership programme, working to the ‘Medical Leadership Competency
Framework’; accredited to MSc level and delivered alongside the NHS
Graduate Management Training Schemes to promote joint working
between the medical and management workforce. We also have a high
academic profile with excellent links to the Universities of Manchester
and Lancaster and many successful Academic Clinical Fellow and
Clinical Lecturer appointments were made in 2008.

In August 2008 all our training posts were compliant with the 2009 standard
for the European Working Time Directive (EWTD), one year ahead
of the target date; we will therefore have twelve months to iron out any
teething problems and ensure that all hospitals have appropriate systems
in place to support trainees out of hours and ensure that there is
a balance of service and training. A team of junior doctors was
employed by NHS North West to lead the project and they are an example
of the way in which junior doctors are encouraged and empowered
in our Deanery to develop managerial and leadership skills at an early
stage in their careers, preparing them to become future NHS leaders.
The team worked closely with junior doctors, consultants, trusts and
the Deanery to ensure preservation of training and education whilst balancing
the pressures of service delivery and safe patient care.

All our trainees (including those in general practice) have a single
employer throughout their training programme, ensuring continuity of
employment for issues such as maternity leave and sick leave. Our
three lead employers work with one junior doctor local negotiating
committee to ensure the best possible terms and conditions of employment.

MMC Recruitment timetables for 2009

The Deanery will open recruitment on Monday January 5th for all advertising except any which are running to a national timetable. Please checkour recruitment pages on our website: http://www.nwpgmd.nhs.uk/recruitment/index.html

MMC Recruitment responsibilites

The North Western Deanery is advertising the following for local recruitment:
Academic vacancies at all levels

ACCS Acute Medicine CT1
ACCS Anaesthesia CT1
ACCS Emergency Medicine CT1
Anaesthesia CT1
ENT CT1
General Surgery CT1
Paediatric Surgery CT1
Plastic Surgery CT1
T&O CT1
CT1
T&O CT2
Urology CT1
Urology CT2
Medical Microbiology ST1 or FTSTA
Ophthalmology ST1
OMFS CT1
Paediatric Surgery ST3
Radiology ST1
CT1 Cardiothoracic Surgery and CMT CT2

Please see our website for details
on numbers of vacancies in each specialty

Recruitment procedures

Deanery vacancies appear on our website (www.nwpgmd.nhs.uk) and are signposted via the NHS jobs website: www.jobs.nhs.uk

Key personnel

The North Western Deanery has lead employing organisations who will be
leading our recruitment processes in 2009:
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust for all acute specialty recruitment:
recruitmenthelpdesk@nwpgmd.nhs.uk
Greater Manchester West Mental Health Foundation Trust for all psychiatry
recruitment: psychhelpdesk@gmw.nhs.uk

More information

The North Western Deanery combines beautiful countryside with
opportunities for outdoor pursuits with a large city and all that
comes with it, such as theatres, concerts, clubs etc. Although the
Deanery is large, motorway and rail links are excellent and travel is
easy. There is an active flexible (less than full time) scheme and all
our programmes allow time out of programme for research, worldaid
and career development.