Rotation
University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (Aintree / Royal / Broadgreen)
Rota details
On-calls are split into non-resident at the Royal/Broadgreen and resident at Aintree.
Aintree resident shifts are 13hr shifts. Trauma lists run from 8am-5pm. During the day, you will continue to perform your normal timetabled activity so training opportunities are protected. Nights are resident and are split into a 4 (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday) and a 3 (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday). After the 4 nights, Monday and Tuesday are rest days. After the 3 nights Thursday and Friday are rest days. Out of hours we are expected to attend the major trauma calls.
Non-Resident (NROC) shifts cover Broadgreen and Royal Liverpool hospital sites. The shifts run from 1500 - 0800. You will be on-site at Aintree from 1500 to 0000 to help with the acute take and see post-op / pre-op patients.
Consultants
- Upper Limb
- Ms H Stevenson, Mr D Chan, Mr M Kent, Mr R Parmar, Mr M Smith, Prof P Brownson, Mr Q Yin, Mr M Hughes
- Hands
- Mr D Brown, Mr N Walker, Mr M Owen, Mr G Cheung, Mr A Newton
- Hip
- Mr P Carter, Mr D Melling (CD), Mr H Rourke, Mr B Kapoor, Mr G Kumar, Mr V Peter, Mr D Hillier, Mr S Ul-Islam,
- Knee
- Mr C Kerin, Mr D Simmons, Mrs J Banks, Mr A Santini, Mr S Kalra, Mr A Phillipson, Mr M McNicholas, Mr J Davidson
- Foot and Ankle
- Mr A Molloy, Prof L Mason, Mr S Sirikonda, Mr A Singh, Mr A Islam, Ms L Cooper, Mr V Lampridis, Mr N Jagani
- Complex Trauma
- Mr R Gangadharan, Mr S Scott
- Limb Reconstruction Unit
- Mr B Narayan, Mr N Giotakis, Ms P Thorpe, Mr B Fischer, Prof S Graham, Mr W Harrison
- Ortho-Plastics
- Mr B Klass, Miss M Nagarajan, Miss K Hamnett, Mr D Bell
- Spine (Walton Centre)
- Mr M De Matas, Mr R Popa, Mr P Annis, Mr S Thambiraj
- General
- Mr G Ampat
Leave
Annual leave needs to be booked a minimum of 6 weeks in advance. Completed forms need to be emailed to medical staffing (DoctorsLeaveRequests@liverpoolft.nhs.uk) who will organise approval.
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
Rota details
On-calls during the week are 24hr shifts with non-resident nights. The pattern is 1 in 7. Over a weekend, on-calls are 48hrs. Monday and Friday are rest days after working a weekend with afternoons scheduled as zero hours following a day time on-call. In the summer time there is a 4 week rolling rota with 2 trauma lists a week. The rest of the time trauma is performed on the emergency list. Registrars undertake two 3 month placements to allow breadth of training.
Consultants
- Neuromuscular Disease
- Mr A Bass, Mr D Wright, Mr R Walton
- Limb Reconstruction
- Mr C Prior, Mr N Peterson, Mr N Mehta
- Hips
- Mr D Perry, Mr H George, Mr C Talbot, Miss V Bucknall
- Foot and Ankle
- Mr J Widnall (+ Neuromuscular), Miss A Jeelani
- Spines
- Mr J Trivedi, Mr M de Matas, Mr S Munigangaiah, Mr N Davidson, Mr M Mohamed
- Knees (Wrightington)
- Mr B Coupe, Mr R Sales, Mr R Gilbert
Leave
Usually a minimum of 6 weeks’ notice is required when booking leave. Consultant approval as well as approval from the Senior Fellow is required.
Arrowe Park (Wirral University Teaching Hospital)
Rota details
On-calls are split into 12hr shifts. Trauma lists run from 8am-8pm (except on a Sunday when they run until 5pm). Nights are resident and are split into a 3 (Saturday, Sunday and Monday) and a 4 (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday). After the weekend nights the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday are allocated rest days. There is a separate elective operating site at Clatterbridge Hospital which is approximately a 10 minute drive away.
Consultants
- Upper Limb
- Mr A Morris, Mr V Bhalaik, Mr S Robinson, Mr S Brookes-Fazakerley, Mr D Hawkes, Mr N Ormsby
- Lower Limb
- Mr FA Carroll, Mr N Donnachie, Mr J Stamer, Mr M Ramakrishnan, Mr A Highcock, Mr R Parkinson, Mr G Thomas, Mr P Ralte, Mr J Viner, Mr P Agrawal
- Foot and Ankle
- Ms G Jackson, Mr M Blomfield, Ms J Clutton, Mr I Mubark
Leave
Annual leave needs to be booked a minimum of 6 weeks in advance. The application forms can be found here. Completed forms need to be emailed to medical staffing who will organise approval.
Countess of Chester
Rota details
On-calls are 24 hour shifts. Typically the following day is a rest day. Weekends are generally 72 hours shifts. There is a dedicated orthopaedic SHO who acts as the first on-call.
Consultants
- Upper Limb
- Mr M Webb, Mr M Nixon, Mr P Kenyon, Mr S Sawalha
- Lower Limb
- Mr R Banin, Mr R Thonse, Prof WJ Harrison, Mr HJ Iqbal, Mr J Leong, Mr R Ashour, Mr R Singhal
- Foot and Ankle
- Mr E Wood, Mr D Machin, Mr T Ankers
Leave
Annual leave needs to be requested 6 weeks in advance. The forms are available from medical staffing. Approval for leave is by your consultant and then the rota co-ordinator.
Leighton – Crewe
Rota details
On-calls are 24hr shifts with the nights non-resident. You will continue to work the morning session the following day. The rest period is in the afternoon. Weekend on-calls run for 48hrs starting on a Saturday morning. Monday is the rest day following this. Trauma lists run daily from 8am to 5pm.
Consultants
- Upper Limb
- Mr N Hyder, Mr D Miller, Mr C Armitstead, Mr T Ankers, Miss N Sargazi
- Lower Limb
- Mr D Pegg, Mrs K Luscombe, Mr C Barton, Mr N Boyce Cam, Mr H Kazi, Mr N Farrar, Mr K Nie, Mr D Patel, Miss M Franklin
- Foot and Ankle
- Mr S Barnes, Mr A Bilal
Leave
Annual leave needs to be booked a minimum of 6 weeks in advance. Leave needs to be emailed to departmental manager Tracey Westwater (tracey.westwater@mcht.nhs.uk) who will organise approval.
Macclesfield
Rota details
On-calls are 24hr shifts with the nights being non-resident. The rest period is the following day in the morning or afternoon, depending on which job you're doing. Weekend on-calls run for 72 hrs starting on a Friday morning. Monday is a rest day following this. Trauma lists run daily from 8am to 5pm and 8-1pm on weekends, after which you have to use the emergency theatre.
Consultants
- Upper Limb
- Mr M Waseem, Mr J Fischer, Mr R Bassi
- Lower Limb
- Mr K Barnes, Mr S Kershaw, Mr S Morapudi, Mr T Mahmud
- Foot and Ankle
- Mr N Fisher
Leave
Annual leave needs to be booked a minimum of 6 weeks in advance. Completed forms need to be submitted via an online form (which you will get access to when you join).
Warrington
Rota details
You spend 5 days on-call on site from 8am-8pm during the week, starting on Friday and then the Monday to Thursday the following week with the Friday as a zero day. Trauma theatre runs from 9am-5pm on these days. The weekend is 48hr non-resident on-call starting Saturday morning and you get Friday and Monday as a zero day. Nights on weekdays are non-resident 8pm-8am with telephone handover between SpRs. You are given a zero day the following day.
Consultants
- Upper Limb
- Mr N Shah, Mr W Marlow, Mr R Badge, Mr A Ramesh
- Lower Limb
- Mr G Stables, Mr R Sanger, Mr P Chandran, Mr A Acharya, Mr D Atkinson, Mr C Robb, Mr A Ali, Mr A Mahmood, Mr L Thornton
- Foot and Ankle
- Miss S Prasad, Mr A Doorgakant
Leave
Annual and study leave needs to be booked a minimum of 6 weeks in advance. The annual leave application forms can be found here. Completed forms need to be emailed to the assistant CBU manager, Madha Ayub (m.ayub@nhs.net) who will organise approval. On-call swap forms can be found here.
Whiston (Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust)
Rota details
On-calls are 24hr shifts with the nights non-resident. Weekend on-calls run for 48hrs starting on a Saturday morning. Trauma lists run daily from 8am to 5pm.
Consultants
- Upper Limb
- Mr S Lipscombe, Mr M Pullagura, Mr M Rathinam, Miss D Wharton
- Lower Limb
- Mr N Emms, Mr R Gudena, Mr C Jakaraddi, Mr R Pydisetty, Mr M Cartwright-Terry, Mr S Dhotare, Mr N Howard, Mr M As-Sultany, Mr T Kwaees, Mr A Ramavath
- Foot and Ankle
- Mr S Morgan, Mr K Saldanha (+ LRS), Mr J Ballester, Mr Bitar
Leave
Annual leave needs to be submitted 6 weeks in advance. The application form can be found here. Completed forms need to be returned to the relevant secretary who will organise approval from the consultant rota coordinator.
Southport (Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust)
Rota details
On-calls are 24hr shifts with the nights non-resident. Weekend on-calls run for 48hrs starting on a Saturday morning. Trauma lists run daily from 8am to 5pm.
The trust operates a COW system where you do 1 week in 10 COW. You do split ward rounds for both Southport and Ormskirk sites each day.
2 week cycle
Week 1
Monday - Operating List
Tuesday - All day clinic (AM trauma PM elective)
On call day
Wednesday - Trauma list
Thursday - elective list
Friday AM - Flex/Admin
Week 2
Monday - Operating List
Tuesday - All day clinic (AM trauma PM elective)
Wednesday - Rest Day
Thursday - elective list
Friday AM - Flex/Admin
Consultants
- Upper Limb
- Mr Hakim, Mr Ahuja, Mr El-Nahas
- Lower Limb
- Ms Mackay, Mr Sha, Mr Selvan, Mr Zarugh (SAS), Mr Sangani (SAS), Mr Yasin (SAS),
- Foot and Ankle
- Mr Toh, Ms Lever
Leave
Annual leave needs to be submitted 6 weeks in advance via email: scgrota.co-ordinatorssoh@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk