Trusts in our domain

The Deanery office is based in Manchester and covers Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria. The Trusts covered by the Deanery are: Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust /Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust / Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (Macclesfield only) / The Christie NHS Foundation Trust / East Cheshire NHS Trust (Macclesfield only) / East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust / Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust / Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust / Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust / Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust / North Lancashire Primary Care Trust /Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust /Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust / Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust / Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust / Stockport NHS Foundation Trust /Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust / Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust / University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust / University Hospitals of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust and Wigan, Wrightington and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust

Profile

The North Western Deanery has a reputation for providing high quality training and is renowned for its friendly atmosphere. Trainees coming to the Deanery have the opportunity to work in a broad range of hospitals allowing them to gain a wealth of experience in routine conditions as well as more rare presentations. We have an active flexible training programme scheme which allows eligible trainees to work less than full time. In addition all of our programmes allow time out of programme for research, career development or overseas aid.

The Deanery is known for being innovative. For example it established the first ever integrated clinical leadership programme, working to the ‘Medical Leadership Competency Framework’. This is accredited to MSc level and delivered alongside the NHS Graduate Management Training Schemes to promote joint working between medical and management workforces.

The Deanery has strong links with the Universities of Manchester and Lancaster – in no small part due to the success of our Academic Clinical Fellow and Clinical Lectureship programmes - and has set up a Postgraduate Certificate in Workplace Based Postgraduate Medical Education in conjunction with Edge Hill University. All our higher trainees have the first module funded for them by the Deanery, giving them the skills to work as a clinical supervisor. We also have an active Careers Section which can be accessed via our website..

MMC Recruitment timetables for 2012

Recruitment to Academic Clinical Fellowships (ACFs) begins on 17th October 2011. For further information on ACF recruitment and available posts, please visit: http://www.nwpgmd.nhs.uk/acf_ataglance
Adverts for CT/ST1 (and some higher level) posts will appear from 12th November 2011 with applications opening on 25th November 2011. Nationally recruited specialties may be operating to a different time scale. All relevant information is available from: https://www.nwpgmd.nhs.uk/recruitment_2012.
Adverts for CT/ST2, CT/ST3 and ST4 levels as well as any unfilled CT/ST1 level positions are expected to appear from February 2012 onwards

MMC Recruitment responsibilities

The North Western Deanery will advertise posts in the following specialities in November 2011.
At level 1
CT1 ACCS - Acute Medicine, Anaesthesia and Emergency Medicine; CT1 Anaesthesia; CT1 Core Medical Training;
CT1 Core Psychiatry Training ; CT1 Core Surgical Training ; ST1 General Practice; ST1 Histopathology; ST1 Medical Microbiology; ST1 Ophthalmology and ST1 Radiology.
At level 1 and higher
ST1, ST4 Paediatrics and FTSTAs. Other higher level vacancies will be confirmed in due course and are likely to be advertised in February 2012.
For more information on all our specialties, please visit: http://www.nwpgmd.nhs.uk/specialties_at_a_glance

Please note the majority of these recruitment processes are nationally coordinated. Further information can be found on our website https://www.nwpgmd.nhs.uk/recruitment_2012.

Recruitment procedures

Deanery vacancies appear on our website: http://www.nwpgmd.nhs.uk/recruitment . They are also signposted via the NHS jobs website: www.jobs.nhs.uk

Key personnel

Acute Hospital Specialties – Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust – recruitment.helpdesk@pat.nhs.uk or call the Recruitment Helpdesk on 0161 604 5553
Psychiatry – Greater Manchester West NHS Foundation Trust – psychhelpdesk@gmw.nhs.uk or call 0161 773 9121 and ask to speak to Medical HR
General Practice – North Western Deanery - gptraining@nwpgmd.nhs.uk

More information

Our Unit of Application has something for everyone: from the coastal town of Blackpool with its Pleasure Beach to Pendle Hill located near Forest of Bowland, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty; from our six top-flight football clubs to the Imperial War Museum North
and The Lowry in Salford, from the Trafford Centre and Curry Mile in Manchester to the farmers’ markets and tea-rooms of Lancashire, opportunities abound for outdoor pursuits, cultural activities, rest and relaxation. All of this is tied together with excellent motorway and rail links making the North Western Deanery an excellent choice of location in which to undertake your specialty training. For more information see: http://www.nwpgmd.nhs.uk/content/location-guide