Study leave in Hospital jobs
Study leave funding is devolved to hospital postgraduate centres for all doctors in hospital training posts. The Director of Medical Education (DME) is responsible for managing the overall budget. GP specialty trainees are entitled to pro rata annual allowance of all specialty trainees in the Trust. Currently you are entitled to --£600 (pro rata per year) while in ST1 and ST2. If you don----t make use of your budget in ST1/2, you can carry it over into ST2/3. In order for your claim to be accepted your application MUST be approved by your clinical and educational supervisors and you MUST apply in advance of the course. Reasonable travel and subsistance claims may be part of your application in addition to the course fees.
You are entitled to a maximum of 30 days pro rata per year- this works out as 15 days for a full time trainee in a 6 month job. 6 days of this are your Tuesday afternoons at VTS (ie 12 half days per 6 months), leaving you a maximum of 9 days for personal study leave.
There is a separate limited budget available for resuscitation training for example BLS, or ALS courses. For further details of this contact Sue Matthews at the postgraduate centre, RBH: sue.matthews@royalberkshire.nhs.uk