University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Specialty
Region
Cardiac Science – University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Our STP trainees will be based at Good Hope Hospital. We are part of a 4 hospital Trust, known as University Hospitals of Birmingham (UHB). UHB is one of the largest Trusts in the UK offering a wide range of opportunities. There may be occasions when visiting another site will be beneficial to a trainee’s learning as part of their course. There are good transport links in the Birmingham and surrounding areas. Travelling between sites can be made by a hospital shuttle bus or using good bus and rail routes. Good Hope Hospital is a busy department of 37 staff of varying grades and can provide a wide range of cardiology diagnostics and can offer Echo & CRM routes of the STP programme. The trainee will have access to library and Education department facilities and they will be allocated an STP supervisor to support their journey.
Local promotion details for post(s): Happy for individuals to come to visit the department if they so wish, but there are no formal site visits/events planned.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
Newcastle University
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Tracey Starkey-Moore
Email: tracey.starkey-moore@uhb.nhs.uk
Clinical Biochemistry – University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
The successful candidate will be expected to work primarily in the Clinical Biochemistry laboratories on the Heartlands and Queen Elizabeth hospital sites. There will also be opportunity to experience our smaller laboratories at Good Hope and Solihull hospitals. Our laboratories offer a wealth of opportunities for trainees. Our large main automated laboratories utilise Abbott Alinity platforms coupled with state-of-the-art pre analytical and track systems which offer an extensive range of tests. We have a strong specialist biochemistry service on both sites and use high tech equipment like tandem mass spectrometry, HPLC, high resolution accurate mass spectrometry, ICP-MS, GC-MS, FTIR and Real time PCR. UHB also has large immunology and toxicology sections on the Heartlands site and are part of a pathology network with the Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS laboratories.
We also have strong links with the clinical teams on both sites, in particular endocrinology, metabolic medicine, liver, gastroenterology, acute medicine and cardiology and work with these teams to develop current and new services to support diagnosis and monitoring of disease and ultimately help patients when they need it most.
We currently have 3 STP trainees in biochemistry at UHB and have a very successful history of training and retaining trainees in the profession. The biochemistry Clinical Scientist team currently consists of 3 Consultant Clinical Scientists, 4 Principal Clinical Scientists and 11.5 Senior Clinical Scientists. This team provides an excellent support network and a wealth of experience and knowledge to trainees training at UHB.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Manchester
Clinical Scientific Computing – University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
The Clinical Computing and Imaging Sciences Service (CCISS) provides support to the Medical Physics division at University Hospitals Birmingham, particularly to the Radiotherapy Department, Radiotherapy Physics, Radiation Protection Service, and Imaging Departments. As a trainee you will have exposure to, and involvement in:
- Managing a virtualised environment, with a large number of Windows and Linux systems providing specialised clinical and scientific computing services.
- Managing and supporting multiple third-party systems including radiotherapy management and planning systems.
- Data extraction, analysis and reporting of data from these systems using well established tools.
- Developing and managing bespoke in-house software solutions to support the radiotherapy pathways.
You will be primarily based in the Cancer Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham site. During Year 1 rotations, there will be opportunities to work with other partnered hospital trusts, in the local area, to receive a wider breadth of training. Good transport links are available to all partnered trusts.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Manchester
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Debra Balderson
Email: debra.balderson@uhb.nhs.uk
Imaging with non-Ionising Radiation – University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
RRPPS is the Radiation Protection Service of University Hospitals Birmingham, employing around 40 scientific, technical and administrative staff. We provide both ionising and non-ionising radiation protection and medical physics services to the Imaging and Radiotherapy Departments plus external customers throughout the West Midlands.
Parts of the rotations and specialism will be based at RRPPS in Kings Norton, Birmingham. Some regional travel will be required throughout the training, but it is often possible to organise lifts with supervising staff and use department cars during specialism. Specialism will include time based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB). We are involved with a collaborative approach to specialism training, and travel throughout the midlands for a small number of non-ionising workshops may be required.
Other rotations will be based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Heritage Building) and QEHB. These sites and RRPPS are within walking distance of local train and bus routes.
Local promotion details for post(s): Applicants are welcome to make contact with any specific queries.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Liverpool
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Matthew Gardner
Email: matthew.gardner@uhb.nhs.uk
Nuclear Medicine – University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
The Nuclear Medicine Service is a comprehensive diagnostic and treatment facility based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, with satellite facilities at Good Hope Hospital, Heartlands Hospital and Birmingham Children’s Hospital. The case mix is highly specialised, and this is reflected in the range of investigations and treatments that are provided.
The nuclear medicine rotation and specialism training will be based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB). Other rotations will be based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Cancer Centre and RRPPS (the Radiation Protection Service) in Kings Norton, Birmingham. All these sites are within walking distance of local train and bus routes. RRPPS supports hospitals and external customers throughout the West Midlands. This means some travel around the region will be required during rotations here, but it is often possible to arrange lifts with supervising staff.
Local promotion details for post(s): Applicants are welcome to make contact with any specific queries.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Liverpool
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Matthew Gardner
Email: matthew.gardner@uhb.nhs.uk
Radiotherapy Physics – University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Our Radiotherapy Physics team has around 50 scientific and technical staff working in conjunction with clinical colleagues to provide approximately 5,300 new patients per year with World Class radiotherapy treatments. We utilise several linear accelerators with Flattening Filter Free (FFF) functionality alongside advanced modalities including RadiXact and Cyberknife. We also have two wide-bore CT scanners, a brachytherapy suite and an orthovoltage treatment system.
The radiotherapy rotation and specialism training will be based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Heritage Building) Cancer Centre in Birmingham. Other rotations will be based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and RRPPS (the Radiation Protection Service) in Kings Norton, Birmingham. All these sites are within walking distance of local train and bus routes. RRPPS supports hospitals and external customers throughout the West Midlands so some travel around the region will be required during rotations, but it is often possible to arrange lifts with supervising staff.
Local promotion details for post(s): Applicants are welcome to make contact with any specific queries.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Liverpool
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Matthew Gardner
Email: matthew.gardner@uhb.nhs.uk
Respiratory and Sleep Science – University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
Manchester Metropolitan University
Urodynamic Science – University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Training is based primarily at University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) Queen Elizabeth (QE) site. Majority of rotations will be done within QE, but some may take place across the UHB trust (3 other Birmingham sites with good transport).
Trainee is expected to travel country-wide for external rotations if required to have a good range of experiences on the course but effort will be made to keep these Midlands / South West based.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
Newcastle University
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Amie Sutton
Email: amie.sutton@ubh.nhs.uk
Vascular Science – University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
We are a small, friendly team of 4-6 Scientists, 1 Physiologist and 2 Healthcare Assistants. We have a close working relationship with the wider multi-disciplinary team.
Training at UHB takes place across multiple sites and the trainee will be expected to travel to the site where learning can be maximised. The main sites that training will take will be Birmingham Heartlands Hospital and Queen Elizabeth with some shifts taking place at Good Hope hospital. There are good transport links and a shuttle bus that operates between sites.
We operate largely out of consultant led one stop clinics which means you will be exposed to and learning all vascular scan types throughout the programme and get the opportunity to develop good working relationships with the team.
Local promotion details for post(s): The department takes part in local think tanks and healthcare science open days.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
Newcastle University