Annual Leave
For most IMT trainees if you have worked in the NHS for less than 5 years you are entitled to 27 days of annual leave. We encourage you to spread this across this year by taking 9 days per 4-month rotation. If you have not taken your 9 days within the rotation you will not be able to carry it over unless there are extenuating circumstances.
If you have worked in the NHS for greater than 5 years you are entitled for 32 days of annual leave.
For IMT3s we expect your annual leave to be spread equally across the two 6-month blocks.
If you work on a bank holiday, if your zero day falls on a bank holiday or you take study leave on a zero day you are entitled to a day off in lieu.
While on your speciality block annual leave requests must be approved by the local department.
While on acute medicine annual leave can be taken when you are not on-call. Please email your annual leave dates to the medical rota team and to Dr Murthy (narasimha.murthy@uhcw.nhs.uk).
Please note if you would like to take annual leave when you are rota’d to be on call, it is your responsibility to swap your on call and organise cover. If you do not, you will not be able to take annual leave on these dates.
Supervisors
You will have 1 set of supervisors across the IMT1/2 and IMT3 programmes (subject to change for those > 12 months).
Supervisors (may be a single or dual ES/CS) will be allocated from your specialty based. Your CS will change on every rotation.
Any questions or problems please email us, please confirm in the next 2 weeks.
Educational leads list:
- Rheumatology - Dr Tim Blake (Tim.Blake@uhcw.nhs.uk)
Bleeps
Everyone should have a bleep (obtain from speciality if starting on speciality block), and this should be communicated to switchboard so you can be contacted internally.
WhatsApp group
Previous IMT trainees created a WhatApp group for sharing tips, arranging on-call swaps, arranging PACES practice etc.
Legally the Trust takes no responsibility for external WhatsApp groups and no patient information or handover is permissible via WhatsApp even if anonymous.
Email Access
You can access your UHCW Trust email account externally using the following link: https://email.uhcw.nhs.uk
LTFT and Academic Trainees
Please check that you are receiving your LTFT pay premium and academic pay premium (if you have an eligible PhD).
It is advisable to check the live medicine on-call rota to ensure your on-calls match your LTFT schedule.
If you have any queries about LTFT work, email Dr Petra Hanson (petra.hanson@uhcw.nhs.uk).
Locum Work
You can join the internal locum bank by submitting an additional assignment form (available on the intranet) to TSS.Locumdoctors@uhcw.nhs.uk Once they have received your form they will send a letter of engagement to be signed and returned.
Locum shifts are advertised by email and via the UHCW SHO and SpR WhatApp group. The medical rota team can add you to relevant group (please request to be added). Timesheets (available on the intranet) must be completed for each shift and submitted to the medical rota team by the end of the month to be paid at the end of the following month.
Useful resource for you
postgraduate doctor handbook vascular surgery.pdf