December 2023

Please see below for KSS December bulletin.

New Updates

KSS Foundation School F2 Swaps 2024

Enhance Programme

Enhance is a national programme set up to help develop and embed generalist skills into the medical workforce. The programme supports foundation doctors to develop attitudes, skills and behaviours that will be beneficial and transferable for both future clinical work and specialty job applications.  Further information can be  found here: https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/enhancing-generalist-skills/enhance-foundation-programme. Please look out for more information and speak to your trust medical education teams for more information regarding enhance opportunities in KSS.

National Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Poster Competition 2024

• An invitation to give a live oral poster presentation at our online conference on 15th May 2024 
• A discounted delegate rate of £179 (no VAT), co-authors entitled to same rate
• National poster competition oral presentation certificate 
• Oral presentation to last 2.5 minutes, followed by judge-led Q & A

Who should apply? Junior doctors, nurses, midwives, consultants, AHPs, GPs, medical students and those working in care settings. 

Closing soon

The Shaping Allergy Training in the UK Foundation Programme Project

Foundation doctors in England are invited to complete this 10-minute survey which aims to evaluate the perception of current allergy education provided to UKFP doctors. The project is run by the British Allergy Education Network (BAEN), a working party representing the British Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (BSACI). This research has been approved by the NHS England (formerly Health Education England) research governance team.

Can you tell us about what experience you’ve had of Allergy Medicine so far in your career? Complete this survey using the link below and you will be provided with a certificate of completion. You may find this useful to demonstrate evidence of your participation in a national QI project (mapped to Foundation Professional Capability 9: Quality Improvement): Shaping Allergy Training in the Foundation Programme: Your 10 Minute Feedback Survey (surveymonkey.co.uk)

Foundation School Representatives

As KSS Foundation Training Representatives we are working to encourage and capture ongoing feedback, suggestions and any issues from Foundation Doctors across the region, whether at an individual or group level. 

We attend local KSS meetings, and the UK Foundation Advisory Board meetings throughout the year, and are able to discuss the curriculum, Foundation Doctor experience, and any issues not resolved at Trust level. 

We aim to keep the KSS team, Foundation Programme, and our peers updated. 

We have recently circulated Google Feedback forms to our F1 and F2 Hospital Representatives, and have added the links below. 

Please make sure your voice is included if you would like to provide feedback as we would love to hear from you – the forms are below.

FY1 Feedback form: https://forms.gle/2f5xWnwBVzcWCkZt8

FY2 Feedback form: https://forms.gle/5MwqvCHH8wk9nccn8

The feedback is mainly focussed on each doctor’s experience of the e-portfolio, ARCP requirements, supervision, feedback and support, teaching, rota, and the transition to a different Trust from F1 to F2 (if applicable). Alternatively, please feel free to email us.

Our contact details can be found below, and further information is available on the website: https://kss.hee.nhs.uk/kss-foundation/kss-foundation-doctors-in-training-representatives/.

Name	Grade	E-mail	KSS Region
Dr Harriet Sharp	F1	harriet.sharp11@nhs.net	Surrey
Dr Preeyan Shah	F1	preeyan.shah2@nhs.net	Kent
Dr William Jenkins	F1	william.jenkins10@nhs.net	Surrey
Dr Libby Terrieux-Taylor	F2	alexandra.terrieux-taylor@nhs.net	Surrey
Dr Bosun Buraimoh	F2	Olatunbosun.buraimoh1@nhs.net	Sussex

Specialty programme information

Applications for specialty training can undoubtedly be a challenging time. Deciding on which application route you want to apply for including medicine, surgery, radiology, paediatric run through, ACF can often be confusing in terms of finding where information can be obtained from.

Application windows for medicine and surgical specialty training at ST/IMT levels open in October towards November. Applications are through the Oriel system. It has been noted that it takes roughly 10 hours to complete the applications on various specialty websites so it is important you invest time in your application process.

The applications include details of your rotations in foundation, as well as various application requirements including evidence of leadership, research, quality improvement, teaching and academic achievement. It is important to familiarise yourself with the requirements and scoring matrix of the various evidence above. 

Applications for specialty might involve undertaking examinations such as the Multi-Specialty Recruitment Process (MSRA) for specialties such as GP, surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology and will need to be completed before beginning your role. Please note that GP is the only specialty where the MSRA can be carried over from one application to the next if successful and wish to apply later.  Ensure you have checked the requirements for your specialty using online resources such as Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board (JRCPTB) for medical specialties or the Joint Committee for Surgical Training (JCST) for surgical training as well as other resources.

Please note that once your application has been submitted, and if successfully shortlisted, you will have to interview for these jobs to ensure clinical competency. Preferencing for jobs should be done in line with scores obtained post interviews and you can access the list of jobs through Oriel/specialty college sites. 

For academic clinical fellowships (ACF), the available jobs come through on the NIHR website in early October. Ensure you browse through the person specifications for the roles. A lot of the programmes are run through (i.e. will continue into specialty training) and will be highly competitive. Strong evidence of interest in the ACF specific specialty being applied for will be important, along with evidence of leadership, research, quality improvement, teaching and academic achievement. It is important to note that you will have to submit an application for ST/IMT as well, to ensure clinical competencies, for you to be appointable to the ACF role. You will therefore have to be shortlisted and interviewed for both ACF as well as ST/IMT roles. 

Information about offer processes as well as competition rations for specialty applications are available through the JRCPTB/JCST websites. 

Useful links

https://www.jrcptb.org.uk/

https://www.jcst.org/

https://medical.hee.nhs.uk/medical-training-recruitment/medical-specialty-training/multi-specialty-recruitment-assessment-msra

https://www.nihr.ac.uk/documents/2024-nihr-academic-clinical-fellowships-medical-guidance-for-recruitment-and-appointment/34510#Appendix%205 (Please do note that NIHR requirements might change from year to year and this is for 2023 applications towards a 2024 start). 

https://specialtytraining.hee.nhs.uk/portals/1/Content/Person%20Specifications/Internal%20Medicine%20Training/INTERNAL%20MEDICINE%20TRAINING%20-%20CT1%202023.pdf (Please do note that requirements can change year to year and this is for 2023 applications towards a 2024 start). 

https://london.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/commitment_to_speciality.pdf (This is a valuable resource on collating evidence for commitment to specialty).

Important information

**Highly Important** Provisionally registered doctors (foundation year one/F1) must not undertake formal locum posts or activities.

Provisionally registered doctors can undertake occasional ad hoc additional/overtime shifts on their current FY1 placement or previous FY1 placements that have formed part of their F1 rotation, where such work is undertaken only within the limits of their current competence and with the support of their educational supervisor. When undertaking such occasional ad hoc additional/overtime work provisionally registered doctors should be clear with other members of their team about their current experience and level of competence.

How to request discretionary study leave

KSS Contact details have changed

Team Assessment of Behaviour (TAB)

Useful Dates

PSA Sittings 2023/24

Please note the dates for all PSA sittings: 

12^th March 2024 at 13.00
23^rd April 2024 at 13.00

All F1 doctors that have not yet passed the PSA assessment will be automatically registered for the next sitting in March; further details to follow in January 2024.

Reminders and Guidance

Useful Websites & Contacts

• KSS Website (home page) https://kss.hee.nhs.uk/
• KSS Foundation webpage https://kss.hee.nhs.uk/kss-foundation/
• KSS Bulletin https://kss.hee.nhs.uk/kss-foundation/kss-bulletin/
• Careers, Professional Support & Wellbeing Service https://kss.hee.nhs.uk/kss-foundation/current-doctors-in-training/careers-and-wellbeing-support/
• Forms, documents and useful links https://kss.hee.nhs.uk/kss-foundation/useful-links-and-documents/
• Foundation programme curriculum & foundation programme rough guide https://foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/curriculum/
• KSS Foundation Team https://kss.hee.nhs.uk/kss-foundation/meet-the-team/
• KSS Foundation reps https://kss.hee.nhs.uk/kss-foundation/current-doctors-in-training/trainee-representatives/

UKFPO Bulletin

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