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Wajeeha Zaidi

Medical Doctor
Glasgow,West Sussex

Summary

A professional and dedicated junior doctor with overseas experience in medicine and NHS experience in surgery, general medicine and oncology, looking to volunteer at a medical camp.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
17
17
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Trainee IMT year 2 (Respiratory medicine, Critical care medicine, Rheumatology)

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
Glasgow
08.2024 - 06.2025
  • Responsible for patient ward rounds, ward cover, managing and escalating unwell patients.
  • Reviewing referrals from wards for level 2 care, and managing patients in HDU.
  • Carrying out speciality clinics.

Trainee IMT year 1 (Geriatrics/Stroke medicine, Infectious diseases, Renal Medicine)

Crosshouse Hospital -NHS Ayrshire & Arran
08.2023 - 07.2024
  • Responsible for ward rounds, managing ward patients, reviewing patients for discharge and unwell patients for possible intensive care.
  • On call: clerking new patients, managing unwell patients out of hours, liaising with different specialities as needed, carrying crash bleep.
  • Carrying out (supervised) clinics.
  • Attending weekly teaching sessions.

Trust grade SHO Medical Oncology

Royal Marsden Hospital
London
02.2022 - 07.2023
  • Responsible for patient ward cover, carrying out ward rounds, managing inpatient issues, clerking new patients and liaising with other specialities and hospitals as needed.
  • On calls: clerking and taking referrals for new admission and managing unwell patients.
  • Night shifts: clerking new patients, managing unwell patients and cross covering hematology.

Trust grade SHO Trauma & Orthopaedics

Worthing Hospital, UHSFT
Worthing
10.2020 - 01.2022
  • Responsible for in patient ward cover, carrying out ward rounds, managing inpatient issues, liaising with other specialities and hospitals as per need.
  • On calls: clerking and taking referrals for new admission along with the SpR in AnE as well as inpatient referrals, requesting appropriate investigations and preparing patients for theatres if required.
  • Managing the online portals and lists along the way.
  • On Night calls: Taking referrals solo (with SpR offsite but available for discussion) and clerking for T&O, General Surgery and Urology.
  • Preparing the take list for morning meeting and presenting the new admission to the on-call team the next morning.
  • Took part in 3 audits, 2 of which are finished.

RMO (Non training medical officer)

South City Hospital
10.2017 - 02.2020
  • Company Overview: Karachi, Pakistan
  • Participated actively in ward rounds, was responsible for admissions, ordering relevant investigations, managing in ward active issues, maintaining accurate medical notes, handling discharges, pre-operative preparation and postoperative management of patients.
  • I managed patients of various specialties such as respiratory, infective diseases, gastroenterology, nephrology, rheumatology, general surgery, orthopedic surgery, cardio thoracic surgery and bariatric surgery.
  • Karachi, Pakistan

House officer (FY1)

Dr Ziauddin Hospital
Karachi
01.2012 - 01.2013
  • Company Overview: Karachi, Pakistan
  • Finished 6 months in general surgery and 3 months in paediatrics and 3 months in General medicine.
  • Participated actively in ward rounds, OR, OPDs, and ER rotations.
  • Was responsible for admissions, management of active complaints and issues during hospital stay and ordering relevant investigations as well as the discharge proceedings.
  • Managed patients preoperatively and post operatively for wound care and pain management.
  • Attended regular MnM meetings and daily bedside teaching.
  • Practiced blood sampling, iv cannulation, female and male catheterizations.
  • During my internship, I used to teach my juniors in medical school (final year medical students) during their clinical rotations.
  • Among other things, I would teach them history taking, bed side manner and go over examinations with them.
  • These sessions were conducted both within classrooms and at patient's bedside.
  • Karachi, Pakistan

Education

Bachelors of medicine, Bachelors of surgery - MBBS

Dr. Ziauddin University
10.2006 - 12.2011

Higher Secondary school certificate - HSSC in Faculty of science

Defence College For Women
08.2004 - 08.2006

Secondary school Certificate - matriculation in Science

Little Folk’s School
04.1994 - 05.2004

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  • ALS, London, United Kingdom, 08/01/21
  • National CME Symposium on Palliative Medicine, Karachi, Pakistan, 01/01/19
  • IELTS (UKVI), Karachi, Pakistan, 01/01/19
  • General Medical Council, Manchester, United Kingdom, 01/01/19
  • PLAB Part 1 & 2, Karachi, Pakistan, 01/01/18
  • PLAB Part 1 & 2, Manchester, United Kingdom, 01/01/18

Personal Information

Hobbies: reading, listening to music, photography, taking long walks along the sea front

Languages

English
Fluent
Urdu
Native

Timeline

Trainee IMT year 2 (Respiratory medicine, Critical care medicine, Rheumatology)

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
08.2024 - 06.2025

Trainee IMT year 1 (Geriatrics/Stroke medicine, Infectious diseases, Renal Medicine)

Crosshouse Hospital -NHS Ayrshire & Arran
08.2023 - 07.2024

Trust grade SHO Medical Oncology

Royal Marsden Hospital
02.2022 - 07.2023

Trust grade SHO Trauma & Orthopaedics

Worthing Hospital, UHSFT
10.2020 - 01.2022

RMO (Non training medical officer)

South City Hospital
10.2017 - 02.2020

House officer (FY1)

Dr Ziauddin Hospital
01.2012 - 01.2013

Bachelors of medicine, Bachelors of surgery - MBBS

Dr. Ziauddin University
10.2006 - 12.2011

Higher Secondary school certificate - HSSC in Faculty of science

Defence College For Women
08.2004 - 08.2006

Secondary school Certificate - matriculation in Science

Little Folk’s School
04.1994 - 05.2004
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