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Recruitment

Up to date information relating to medical, dental, academic and national recruitment specialties is available through alternative sources: Vacancy information, handbooks and supporting documents can be accessed via Oriel. Medical specialty recruitment information, including person specifications, is available via the Specialty Training website. Dental recruitment information is available via the Dental Trainee Recruitment website. Academic recruitment information is available via the NIHR website

Standard operating procedures and forms

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Procedural Competencies

You may find our DOPS induction video helpful: Training Videos for Procedural Skills can also be found through this link; https://www.rbht.nhs.uk/training-videos

It is essential that opportunities to gain competence in the required practical procedures are actively sought from an early stage in core medical training. In order to help you gain the required procedural competencies there are a number of procedure specific courses available for IM trainees. These include:

Intercostal chest drain insertion
Central line insertion
Abdominal Paracentesis
Lumber puncture

Procedural competence must be demonstrated via your e-portfolio as a direct observation of procedure skill (DOPS). It is the trainee’s responsibility to arrange this with an appropriate assessor trained and competent in the relevant procedure.