“You have always been a team player but during the COVID19 pandemic you have stepped up as a valuable team member”
Dr Dan Pickering, Lead GP Uppingham Surgery, Rutland
My Experience
Roles & Responsibilities
January 2021 - Present
Management, General Medicine and Tropical Medicine in Rural Uganda, Kisiizi Hospital
Hospital Management Committee member
Helping lead a team on the general adult medical and Infection Disease wards. Outpatient clinics.
Lead Clinician and project manager for newly started palliative care service.
Training new medical interns (FY1) doctors.
Clinical Lead for developing electronic medical records, Stre@mline.
August 2020 - January 2021
Salaried GP at Kingsway Surgery plus Locum GP at Countesthorpe Health Centre, Leicester
8 sessions a week in total consisting of telephone triage and face to face appointments if needed. Using 'System One' and 'Accurx'.
August 2019 - August 2020
GPST3 Year - General Practice
Final year of GP training based at Uppingham Surgery in Rutland, covering a population of 11,000 patients. I am experienced in using 'System One', 'Accurx' and 'Engage Consult'. Training involved seeing patients in face to face clinics, home visits, telephone triage and attending practice meetings including safeguarding and COVID19 planning.
August 2018 - August 2019
GPST2 Year - Leicestershire, Northamptonshire & Rutland Trust
General Adult Psychiatry at the Bradgate Unit.
Respiratory Medicine at the Glenfield Hospital, working on a general respiratory ward and the Cystic Fibrosis Unit.
General Practice at Inclusion Healthcare working with asylum seekers and the homeless in Leicester City.
August 2017 - August 2018
GPST1 Year - Leicestershire, Northamptonshire & Rutland Trust
Accident & Emergency Medicine at the Leicester Royal Infirmary covering both Adult and Child admissions.
Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the Leicester General Hospital working on the Labour ward, Maternity Assessment Unit and General Gynaecology Ward.
General Practice at Uppingham Surgery in Rutland (see GPST3 year above).
My Experience
Roles & Responsibilities
January 2017 - August 2017
General and Tropical Medicine, Global Health and Paediatrics - Kisiizi Hospital, Uganda
Helping to lead a team on a General Medical & Paediatric Ward in rural southwest Uganda. Treating a wide range of medical conditions including tropical diseases. Managing acutely unwell patients as well as chronic diseases in clinics.
August 2015 - August 2016
Foundation Year 2 - Leicestershire, Northamptonshire & Rutland Foundation School
Neurology at the Leicester Royal Infirmary.
Gastroenterology at the Leicester Royal Infirmary.
General Practice at Countesthorpe Health Centre.
August 2014 - August 2015
Foundation Year 1 - Leicestershire, Northamptonshire & Rutland Foundation School
Rheumatology at the Leicester Royal Infirmary.
Cardiology at the Glenfield Hospital working on the Clinical Decisions Unit and the Heart Failure ward.
Vascular Surgery at the Leicester Royal Infirmary.
Education
My Studies
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“You have a natural empathy towards patients, you are able to elicit the psycho-social impact [that] ill-health has on them, and incorporate this into your management plan.”