Welcome to Nobles Hospital and GP Placements on the Isle of Man Why Come Here?

Isle of Man A beautiful island with a friendly community and with easy access from UK (ferry or short flight)

What are your priorities? Quality training? Friendly, experienced trainer/supervisor? Enough teaching time? Get to see a wide variety of patients? Maximise skills for working towards / passing exams? Supportive partners in GP? Involvement in all aspects of GP practice? Own GP consulting room? Understand how the Primary Care Team works? Neighbouring GP training practice for visits and ‘buddying’ Local GP ‘Out of Hours’ experience if needed? Combination of town and country GP practice?

We provide all that – and more! Brand new buildings – plenty of room Generous, flexible teaching and supervision time Opportunity to do ‘short case’ presentations in a safe environment to prepare you for final exams Opportunity to undertake a patient safety improvement audit Beautiful seaside towns with wide varied population Dedicated community nurses/midwives/health visitors A well developed GP triage system with ‘duty doctor’ EMIS PCS GP computer system Flexible GP rota depending on your experience / confidence

General Practice

Noble’s Hospital serves a population of approximately 80,000 has a complement of 318 beds provides a wide range of services Medical staff of around 124.6 wte is a new Hospital on a green field site It is equipped to the highest standards 6

Noble’s Hospital We can offer undergraduate electives at Nobles Hospital within a variety of specialities and with direct access to consultant. Current specialities include: General Medicine (with special interests in Elderly Medicine, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Renal, Oncology and Palliative Care) Paediatrics and Neonatology Obstetrics and Gynaecology Accident and Emergency Radiology (including CT Ultrasound and nuclear medicine imaging) Anaesthetics (including ITU) General Surgery (including breast & oncoplastic unit, vascular surgery, Upper GI & colorectal surgery) Urology Orthopaedic Surgery

Noble’s Hospital Undergraduate Teaching by Foundation Doctors - Mondays 6-7pm Sessions focus on being on call as a foundation doctor. Sessions are highly interactive with role-playing of situations commonly encountered during on call shifts, such as: reviewing the acutely unwell patient reviewing prescriptions handing over to seniors talking to concerned families Students will be ‘left’ to manage the situations as they will be expected to do as an FY1

Noble’s Hospital Facilities Staff restaurant is subsidised and open daily Coffee room with vending facilities and microwave is adjacent to restaurant and open 24 hours a day Coffee shop in atrium foyer is open during office hours – and serves great cakes! Lovely residential accommodation is self-catering with each unit supplied with a fully equipped kitchen. Laundry facilities available too.

Education Centre and Library Facilities We have a modern Education Centre, Keyll Darree, which includes a well equipped library with access to email and internet facilities for all students. Excellent library and information resources: 'An impressive library and on line access availability to everything doctors may require’ Mersey Deanery Annual Assessment Report 2012

So…why train here? We believe this is the essence of excellent hospital/general practice, done well, and in a beautiful environment What’s not to like?! Previous trainee quotes… Supportive and friendly staff ‘Collegiate atmosphere’ F2 2012 Lovely, bright and modern general hospital ‘Nice, good size, well laid out, pleasant to work in’ F2 2012 Super, up to date accommodation 'It's the best accommodation I have ever lived in’ CST 2011 Also see video clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unjVAa71wW8 For more details on placements contact Mary Clark, Medical Education Manager in the first instance – mary.clark@gov.im We can send a full GP ‘Trainee Pack’ by email or post

In your spare time……!!!!!

You can be sure of a warm welcome and WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR TIME HERE We will be delighted that you have chosen the Isle of Man to do your elective You can be sure of a warm welcome and WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR TIME HERE

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