CMT Training Programmes - Scunthorpe
Nearby Humber Bridge
The surrounding area
Scunthorpe is a busy industrial town with a population of 75,000. The redeveloped town centre and extensive parklands and woodlands offer a pleasant living and working environment. There are excellent communications links including easy access to the main motorway system, to Humberside International airport, the new Doncaster-Sheffield Robin Hood airport and to the continental ferry terminal at Hull via the Humber Bridge. The cities of Sheffield, Hull, Lincoln and Doncaster are all accessible, and rail links to London Kings Cross are excellent.
Housing costs are amongst the lowest in the country and there is a wide choice of residential areas. Educational facilities in Scunthorpe and the surrounding area are of a high standard. There is a wealth of cultural and sporting activities to suit most tastes, including country clubs, golf clubs, marinas and theatres. The football team (The Iron) have achieved Championship status in 2007 – sadly there will be local derbies only with Hull City, not with any West Yorkshire teams.
Scunthorpe District Hospital
The Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Trust (NLAG) manages the hospitals in Grimsby, Scunthorpe and Goole. The Trust serves a population of 420,000 over ~500 square miles, from Goole in the west to Cleethorpes and the Lincolnshire coast in the East. The Trust has two major hospital sites located in the two large urban areas of Grimsby and Scunthorpe, and a small community hospital in Goole.
The Trust has a history of delivery of national targets, and on identifying and addressing areas for improvement. NLAG is a 3 star Trust and has maintained financial balance despite the difficult conditions which the NHS is currently experiencing, both at SHA and national level. The Trust is in the process of applying for Foundation status.
Scunthorpe General Hospital has recently undergone considerable expansion including a remodelled and expanded Medical Assessment Unit and a Patient Investigation Unit and Discharge Lounge. The purpose built Medical Imaging Department incorporates a leading edge digital imaging service. Planned developments for 2006/7 include the modernisation of a number of medical wards, and a new haemodialysis satellite unit will open in autumn 2007.
The hospital has 460 beds, 222 are designated for Adult Medicine. The Medical beds include:
- a 22 bed acute medical admissions unit serving acute adult and elderly admissions
- a 7 bed coronary care unit plus 4 stepdown beds
- an Oncology/Haematology Ward with Isolation facilities
- Purpose-designed Stroke Unit - Stepping Stones offering 21 beds and a dedicated daycare facility.
Medical Departments and Staffing at Scunthorpe
Respiratory Service with Chest Lab
- 2 x Consultants, 1 x Staff Grade, plus Junior Staff
Diabetes/Endo Service with purpose built Diabetes Centre
- 2 x Consultants, 1 x Staff Grade, plus Junior Staff
Gastroenterology Service with a comprehensive endoscopy suite and ERCP facilities
- 2 x Consultants, 1 x Staff Grade, plus Junior Staff
Cardiology Service with cardiac investigation unit and angio suite
- 2 x Consultants, 1 x Ass Spec, 1 x Staff Grade, plus Junior Staff
Care of Older People Service with Stroke Unit
- 3 x Consultants, 2 x Staff Grades, plus Junior Staff
Dermatology Service with self contained dedicated unit
- 2 x Consultants, 1 x Staff Grade, 1 x Clinical Assistant
Clinical Haematology Service with a dedicated ward and lab facilities
- 2 x Consultants, 1 x Trust Grade
Accident & Emergency Service with fully equipped refurbished department
- 2 x Consultants, 1 x Ass Spec, 5 Staff/Trust Grades plus Junior Staff
There are visiting Consultants for other Specialties such as Rheumatology from our sister hospital in Grimsby and for Oncology and Renal Medicine from Hull.
Teaching
There are regular clinical meetings and case presentations with clinical Consultants specifically for the benefit of junior medical staff. Regular evening lectures for General Practitioners, Consultants and junior medical staff are arranged by the Director of Postgraduate Medical Education under the auspices of the Regional Postgraduate Dean.
There are regular tutorials held for junior medical staff who are preparing for their MRCP examinations (clinical and written), a weekly journal club, clinical grand rounds and regular MDT’s.
The new Hull York Medical School (HYMS) is now fully functional within the Trust. Final year students are also seconded from the medical schools of the Universities of Sheffield and Leeds in Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynaecology. A Vocational training Scheme for General Practice is in operation which includes experience in Medicine.
Postgraduate Medical Facilities
The modern multi-functional Development and Education Centre opened in 1996. It incorporates the Postgraduate Medical Educational Centre which has an excellent lecture theatre and library facilities, equipped with Medline, Internet facilities and the Index Medicus. There are also satellite library facilities at Goole and District hospital. Teleconferencing facilities are available.
There are regular clinical meetings and case presentations for the benefit of junior medical staff and a regular evening programme for Consultants, General Practitioners and junior medical staff. There are established teaching programmes for junior staff in General Medicine to which the appointee will regularly contribute. Video-conferencing facilities allow education, research, audit and other activities to be undertaken with colleagues in other hospitals in the UK and overseas.
Accomodation
There are single rooms, one bedroomed flats and family houses (subject to availability) all in close proximity to the Hospital