South Thames Foundation School

Postgraduate Centre

The Department of Postgraduate Medical Education has overall responsibility for ensuring the provision of education and training for postgraduate doctors within Lewisham NHS Trust meets the educational standards as prescribed by the PMETB & London Deanery. The Trust has made a major commitment to the development of Research and Education.  The Trust has a Director of Education/ Clinical Tutor and an Education Team, which supports the learning, needs of all staff.  A new Education Centre opened in June 1996 along with a Research Centre, which has been further developed to provide a learning resource centre. The department delivers a wide range of generic courses, manages junior doctors study leave, organises protected teaching sessions for foundation programme doctors, manages the induction process for doctors as well as responsibilities for a number of other key educational functions.

We have on site Clinical Skills laboratory and Resuscitation Training Facilities

Library Facilities

There is a multidisciplinary library, a Computer Assisted Learning Room and Graphics/Desktop Publishing capacity. The Trust was successful in attracting £2 million portfolio research funding per year from the NHS R&D budget in 1998 and has maintained this funding level. The Trust has an R&D Unit with management support; this is jointly led by the Trust R&D Director (Dr Gabrielle Kingsley) and the Director of Knowledge Management (Mrs Joy Ellery).  Research opportunities (in any of the 21 programme areas included in the SE London Sector R&D Programme) are available to all interested and appropriately trained staff. Annual Research Days and the Annual Academic Report further promote the Academic activities of the Trust.

IT Facilities

We offer plenty of IT facilities in the hospital. The Learning Resource Centre holds 16 computers with internet access. Also there are allocated rooms for each specialty, which provide great IT facilities only accessible to doctors.

Other Facilities
(Recreational or otherwise)

On site bar – The Lewi Club holds lots of exciting social events available to the whole trust.

Doctors’ Mess

An on site MESS room is provided for relaxing and escaping from the busy environment of the hospital. The Doctor’s MESS president will organise great activities and events through out the year.

Local Amenities/ Attractions

Local pubs, close to Central London – Lewisham DLR

Transport Links

Bus routes to Lewisham High Street from: Brixton P4,
Canada Water 199, Deptford 47, West Croydon 54, Grove Park
Cemetery 284, Croydon Via Sydenham 75, Crystal Palace/
Plumstead 122, Peckham/Grove Park 136, Victoria 185,
Orpington via Bromley 208, Camberwell 484.
Trains run from Charing Cross and London Bridge to
Ladywell Station on the Hayes line. This is then a 5 minute
walk to the hospital and is sign posted from the park.
Victoria, Cannon Street, Charing Cross and London Bridge
trains run to Lewisham station through to all areas of Kent.
This is 10 minute walk to the hospital or a short bus ride.

Parking Arrangements

Limited parking

Accolades/
Achievements of the Trust

Any Additional Information

UHL is a busy Acute General Hospital, which, in 1997, was awarded University Teaching Hospital status in its own right, becoming the University Hospital, Lewisham. Undergraduates from the Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine (GKT) are assigned to Lewisham for part of their training. 

The hospital provides the services of an Acute General Hospital together with a multi-district ENT service and a dedicated Children’s Hospital including the Regional Paediatric Surgery service.

There are 366 beds including a well-equipped 8-bedded ITU, a Cardiac Care Unit 5 beds, High Dependency Units -8 beds and a 46 bed Medical Admissions Unit with its own monitored beds. The hospital has 4 main operating theatres and a Day Surgery Unit. Within the Day Surgery Unit there is a Trust-wide Day Case Unit.
In November 2006 a new 6 storey state of the art medical and surgical ward area opened (Riverside Building)

The Radiology Department offers a full range of services including MRI, CT, Interventional Radiology and Nuclear Medicine. Comprehensive Pathology services are available on site with consultants in each specialty.

Accommodation

There is no on-site accommodation.

Residential Accommodation Hospital Way – Off-Site
The Trust in partnership with Horizon Housing Association has made provision for any member of staff requiring accommodation. Where there are vacant rooms these are offered to other Trusts and outside agencies when required.

The accommodation comprises five-bedroom purpose built town houses on a small estate in Hither Green SE13. The estate is opposite a park and approximately ten minutes walk to the hospital in one direction and in the other ten minutes walk to the local train station.  The local shops are a short walk away.

Each house is centrally heated and has shared facilities comprising:

• A fitted kitchen – with hob, oven, fridge/freezer, washing machine, microwave, basic crockery and cutlery, kettle, toaster and saucepans.
• A lounge/dining room – with a three-seater and a two-seater settees, coffee table, dining table and five chairs and a sideboard, the patio doors lead to communal gardens.
• A ground floor toilet.
• A shower room and toilet
• A bathroom and toilet

Also supplied for shared use is a vacuum cleaner, ironing board and iron, mop and bucket, dustpan and brush, broom. Each house has an airing cupboard and large under stairs storage cupboard.

Each bedroom has a single bed, under bed storage box, bedside cabinet, desk lamp, wardrobe, chest of drawers; each room has a personal wash basin (Bedding is not supplied unless requested in advance).

All houses have telephone points, most rooms have telephone points, it is individual tenants responsibility for telephone connections and telephone bills.  Television licences are the responsibility of individual tenants.

Tenants are responsible for keeping their bedrooms and all communal areas clean and tidy.  This is written in the tenancy agreement.

Costs for Hospital Way from August 08 will be approximately £103.00 per week inclusive.

For all enquiries, contact the accommodation office on 020 8333 3328.

Shadowing

Shadowing/ Induction takes place in the prior to commencement of employment and an honourium will be paid for attendance.

Tasters

The Career Taster Week gives you a week to experience a different specialty and hospital.

Teaching Programme

The teaching programme covers the Foundation Curriculum.

Simulation

Simulation is booked for both F1s and F2s and is held at St George’s Hospital.

Social Activities

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