A 1.5h induction session to Medicine On-Call at Birmingham Heartlands (covering a lot of the information on these pages) will be provided to ALL new-starter F1, F2, CMT and ST3+ doctors (due to participate in the general/acute medical on-call rota) during their formal trust induction in the Education Centre at BHH in August.
This induction session will be repeated in the Education Centre at the 4-month changeovers on the first Wednesday’s in April and December. For doctors rotating to specialties on the medical on-call rota at BHH outside of these times, smaller induction sessions may be arranged in the AMU seminar room on the first Wednesday of each month when required.
Induction to on-calls will be delivered by a number of consultants working in acute and general medicine and will cover the following:
Deteriorating Patients including MEWS escalation policy, sepsis screening and management pathway
Introduction to Medical On-Calls including the AMU, on-call roles and responsibilities, handovers and housekeeping rules
Medical Rotas including shifts, swapping shifts and sickness absence procedures
IT systems for Medical On-Calls covering MSS, Concerto, iCare, PACS and elcetronic prescribing (EP)