Kingston Hospital NHS Trust

Director of Medical Education

Mr Roland Morley

Clinical Tutor

Mr Roland Morley

Foundation Training Programme Director(s)

Dr Vinayak Pai
Dr Helen Draper

Careers Tutor(s)

Dr Chooi Lee

Medical Education Manager

Mrs Maggie Lydon 

Medical Staffing Manager

Ms Veronica Grant

Foundation Programme Administrator(s)

Mrs Gillian Gilbert

Postgraduate Centre

This is located in the purpose built Education Centre which is located on Level 5 in the Kingston Surgical Centre. This comes with state of the art audio-visual equipment facilities. The centre has two Lecture Theatres which can be opened up into one which will hold up to 150 people. There are eight other seminar rooms all different sizes and all come with A V equipment and smart boards. One of the rooms has video conference availability and is used regularly. There are also three clinical teaching rooms, which comprise resuscitation room, mock ward and clinical skills room, which are used for all clinical teaching within the Trust.

Accommodation

A limited amount of accommodation is available on a first come, first served basis, at a cost (in 2010) of £447 per month (ensuite) or £379 (shared bathroom). Please note that all figures are subject to change.  The long-standing staff accommodation has been refurbished and has been supplemented further by the provision of newly built accommodation on site. These latter, modern rooms include both en suite and shared facilities accommodation and are situated at the north-east end of the site no more than a hundred yards or so from the centre of the hospital.

Social activities

As well as monthly events organised by the mess, Kingston Hospital is a very social and friendly work place, with regular impromptu gatherings after work. This year we have organised a number of nights out including a bowling trip, and in June we hosted a successful summer ball, with over 150 people attending from all departments and professions.

Doctors' mess

The Doctors Mess is located on level 2 within the Kingston Surgical Centre next to the restaurant. There are 6 computer stations and a kitchen area.  Provisions are provided from ISS and the cost is deducted monthly from the doctors’ mess account. There is a large seating area with Sky TV and the subscription for this facility is also paid from the doctors’ mess account. The room is cleaned daily.

Library facilities

Stenhouse Library
• Opening Hours Monday - Friday 9.00 am – 5.00pm
• Study Room 24 hour access, containing textbooks and 7 PCs
• Access to over 3000 e-journals, 80 print journals, 12,000 print books and 400 e-books
• 20 PCs in Main Library
• Access to bibliographic databases including  MEDLINE, EMBASE, AMED, UpToDate
• Access to Medical Masterclass and BMJ Case Reports
• Librarians will support your information needs providing training on searching the above databases & full-text journals & support you with literature searching
• Athens passwords - access to databases, full text journals and e-books
• Inter-Library Loans - access to range of other libraries to supplement our stock including British Library

IT facilities

Kingston Hospital was the second hospital in London to go live with CRS (Care Record Service) linking the electronic patient record to the national spine for England and providing the core for a full electronic record in the future. CRS supports full order communications for pathology and radiology investigations, integrated with PACS and also supports electronic noting for handover.
The Trust intranet hosts information about hospital departments, policies and procedures and links to external sites.
The IT service desk and IT Training services supports staff in the use of hospital systems.

Other facilities (Recreational or otherwise)

There is a staff nursery, which takes children aged from one to five.

Local amenities/attractions

Kingston Hospital is a 520-bed acute general hospital, located in an attractive part of Surrey, within easy reach of Central London, Richmond Park, the River Thames, the historic Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames, and open countryside.
Kingston town centre has a large shopping area and plenty of restaurants some of which are located by the river Thames. There are two or three nightclubs and plenty of pubs and wine bars.
Richmond Park is opposite the Hospital and you can reach Richmond, Ham and Roehampton through the park.

Transport links

Information about transport links is available on the Kingston Hospital intranet and web site.

Parking arrangements

If you wish to have a car-parking permit, this has to be applied for and the cost of this is taken monthly from your salary. The permits allow for you to park in the staff car park only and not in the pay and display areas.
There are also facilities for people who cycle in. Information about these facilities can be obtained from Support Services.

Accolades/achievements of the trust

no information available

Any additional information

Kingston Hospital has links to Kingston University. We serve a population of about 320,000 in Kingston, Esher, Richmond, Roehampton, Putney and other parts of South West London. We provide a full range of diagnostic and treatment services and have a national reputation for innovative developments in healthcare, particularly in ‘patient-focused’ care, maternity services, and day surgery. A new Accident & Emergency department opened in December 2001.  The hospital’s adult acute medical and orthopedic beds are housed in Esher Wing; this wing also houses the main suite of eight operating theatres. The new specialist cancer unit, the Sir William Rous Unit opened to patients in Spring 2008.
The Kingston Surgical Centre opened in 2007.  It houses the surgical wards, physiotherapy department, Acute Assessment Unit, restaurant and doctors’ mess. It also contains the library and Education Centre with state-of-the-art teaching and presentation technology, and 24 hour access to the internet.

Induction/shadowing arrangements

All new F1s are strongly encouraged to come in June/July to do a shadowing placement before starting in August.

Educational and clinical supervision

Each rotation (3 post of 4 months duration) will have one educational supervisor for the entire rotation. Each 4 month post will have named clinical supervisor. Kingston hospital has well established training and appraisal process for all educational and clinical supervisors.

Teaching programme

Our Foundation Programme is trainee-centered, competency-assessed, service-based, quality assured, structured and streamlined.
F1 trainees will receive 2 hours bleep free teaching per week in addition to departmental teaching.  Study leave for F2 trainees includes 5 generic teaching days per year. All foundation trainees will get opportunities to develop their teaching skills through peer teaching and this will be formally assessed by educational supervisors.

Tasters

Guidance on tasters is available.  Each trainee is strongly advised to arrange a 5-day ‘taster’ programme in a specialty of his or her choice. 

Simulation

Kingston Hospital has established a state of the art simulation centre. A successful simulation programme for foundation trainees was completed for year 2010-2011.  Kingston Hospital simulation centre will run a similar simulation programme for the academic year 2011-2012

Foundation doctor forums

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust encourages foundation doctors to contribute to, and participate in various forums.  At school level there is STFS Advisory and Development Committee. At local level we have the foundation committee/foundation faculty group. Additionally, there are national forums conducted by UKFPO.

Any additional information

In 2008, 92% of our F2 doctors obtained their 1st choice specialty training programme. We have a strong tradition of successfully integrating junior doctor training and large volumes of clinical work. Our foundation doctors are hard-working, dedicated, enthusiastic, vibrant and fun-loving.