Dr Christopher Chiswell

Experience

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  Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

  Aug 2004 - Aug 2006

  Foundation Doctor

  Initial foundation years working as junior doctor at Sandwell Hospital. Included experience of medicine, surgery, accident and emergency and public health.

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  Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

  Aug 2006 - Aug 2007

  SHO Anaesthetics & Intensive Care

  Delivered services for elective and emergency anaesthesia, and intensive care, acheiving all basic competencies within first six months, including ability to anaesthetise ASA I/II patients without local supervision. Very strong 360 personal appraisals. Demonstrated ability to maintain focus whilst making difficult decisions about patient care in complex, time limited and evolving situations.

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  Sandwell Primary Care Trust

  Aug 2007 - Aug 2008

  SHO Public Health

  Recruited to work in public health department of spearhead, urban PCT. Extensive involvement with dental lookback exercise, including managing patient database and recall letter system.Worked on developing a pre-operative smoking cessation policy, including presentation to PBC groups, PEC and trust board. Active member of respiratory service redesign group, including responsibility for delivering report on current hospital activity. Developed infection control database for tracking ID reports. Regular contributor of evidence reviews to clinical advisory group for the consideration of individual funding requests. Lead for review of gender dysphoria service provision in Sandwell Show less

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  NHS Walsall

  Aug 2008 - May 2011

  Specialty Registrar in Public Health

  Member of West Midlands Public Health Training Rotation from August 2008, placed at NHS Walsall. Work including healthcare needs assessment for chemotherapy and vascular services, managing swine flu vaccine programme, and contribution to IFR panels

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  Health Protection Agency

  Apr 2010 - Jul 2010

  Specialty Registrar in Public Health (Secondment)

  Rotational placement working with West Midlands West Health Protection Unit. Covered all health protection competencies, including representation of the unit at outbreak meetings, investigation of infectious disease cases and clusters, and management of a foodborne outbreak. Completed on-call assessment at first attempt to commence working on the on call rota.

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  West Midlands Specialised Commissioning

  Apr 2011 - Nov 2011

  Specialty Registrar in Public Health

  Work within specialised commissioning team, with ongoing interests in genetic services, specialist spinal surgery and vascular surgery reconfiguration

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  Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  Nov 2011 - Aug 2012

  Specialty Registrar in Public Health

  Contribution to health planning and health promotion themes at the trust. Particular focus on clinical modelling, demographic projections, and option prioritisation and appraisal

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  University of Birmingham

  Aug 2012 - Mar 2013

  Specialty Registrar in Public Health

  Working with West Midlands Specialised Commissioning Unit. My portfolio covered the breadth of activity within the unit, including Health Intelligence, Evidence Review and Commissioning Policy Development, alongside supporting the teaching functions of the unit.

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  NHS England

  Apr 2013 - Jul 2013

  Specialty Registrar in Public Health

  Working to support and develop the public health function within our local team, with a particular focus on more specialised services development. I continue to focus my personal development on areas of specialist interest, including service planning and design, the transformation of data into accessible information, and effective and evidence based healthcare commissioning.

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  University of Birmingham

  May 2013 - now

  Honorary Clinical Lecturer

  Honorary appointment in support of teaching and professional development within the College of Medical and Dental Sciences

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  Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

  Aug 2013 - Aug 2023

  Consultant in Public Health Medicine

  I joined the Trust as the first Consultant in Public Health Medicine in an acute NHS Trust in the West Midlands. Over the years, the role has grown to cover a comprehensive range of Public Health and strategic decision making responsibilities within the Trust. I am also the educational supervisor for two specialist registrar training posts. Projects undertaken whilst working at the Trust include major business cases for facility developments, development of digital health and wellbeing hubs at both sites, and work on modal shift. I have represented the trust at a number of cross organisation forums for issues including childhood obesity and air quality. Show less

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  Health Education England

  Apr 2015 - Sept 2019

  Deputy Training Programme Director, West Midlands Public Health Training Scheme

  Part of a team responsible for oversight and delivery of the West Midlands Public Health Training Scheme. Also area of responsibility around Training the Trainer.

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  University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

  Aug 2023 - now

  Consultant in Public Health Medicine
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  The Pears Cumbria School of Medicine

  Jul 2024 - now

  Module Lead for Prevention and Healthcare Delivery (Medicine)

  Part of the team delivering the new graduate entry medicine course at Pears with the University of Cumbria, in partnership with Imperial. The curriculum is rooted in the local area, training doctors in and for communities across the area. My module covers public health, sociology, healthcare delivery, prevention, population health, research and more. First students arrive in 2025!