Consultants

Courses

Courses for consultants and educational supervisors are offered by the Wessex Courses and Conference Centre at Southampton General Hospital

The Professional Development Portfolio offers courses on Educational Supervision and Leadership among others.

Please refer to the Wessex Institute Courses and Conferences Centre| website for more details.

Mentoring for consultants

All new Consultants are allocated with a Mentor on commencement of employment within UHSFT.  If you are a new Consultant and have not been allocated with a Mentor within your first month, please contact Nisha Ross|.  The scheme is voluntary and it is not compulsory to have a Mentor when you start work in the Trust however feedback from those previously allocated with a Mentor on joining the Trust have found having a mentor useful. You may find that your department automatically allocates a mentor to all new starters. If this occurs and then you are also allocated a Mentor from the Scheme, can you please let Nisha know.  For further information on the Mentoring and Coaching schemes offered by the Trust, please select the links in the 'see also' box to the right of this page.

Information for new consultants

All new Consultants should receive a Consultants Induction pack when they attend the generic Trust Induction| which is run on the first Wednesday of every month.  This pack contains some of the information which we feel is important to new Consultants and is also available as a download to all Consultants by selecting the 'Consultants Induction/Information pack' link in the downloads box to the right of this page.

The information within this pack includes:

• Information about UHSFT
  The Divisional structure of UHSF, Members of the Trust board, Divisional Directors portfolios, Business Conduct Policy and Procedures and information regarding catering for staff.
• Information about Education and Learning for Doctors at UHSFT
  An Introduction to Medical Education and learning at UHSF, the structure of the training and development department and our Learning Strategy and Business plan, 2009 and beyond, UHSFT Medical Education Contacts, Coaching, Mentoring and Leadership, Support for Doctors Experiencing Difficulties, Library Services, The rough Guide to Educational Supervision, The NACT Roles and responsibilities of an Educational Supervisor, Education and Clinical Supervision Policy.
• Guidelines and useful information
  Information considered important to new Consultants at UHSFT with additional information provided for Doctors recruited from abroad, Useful websites and University contacts, Information about Southampton including maps of the various sites part of UHSFT and Primary care information to help new Consultants settle in the local area
• Information about Continuing Professional Development (CPD) at UHSFT
  Consultant Job Planning and Appraisals; the annual cycle, Consultant appraisal and a Wessex Deanery course guide.

If you would like to provide feedback on the Consultants' information pack or make suggestions for other items which you feel should be included, please contact Nisha Ross|.