Clinical Teaching Fellow in Medical Psychiatry Education (FY3) Doctor

Job summary

Academic Department

Fixed term: one year with potential to renew for second year

This role would suit someone completing their FY2 and wanting to go onto a paid FY3 to broaden their experience and help with deciding best route you would like your career to take. The role will give someone some great experience within teaching too as well as potential to be fully supported to undertake a funded Pg.Cert. in Medical Education. The charity will also help and support you in your application to move into your core training.

You will work with some industry experts within psychiatry as well as teaching who are passionate about passing on their knowledge and developing others, whilst working in the newly refurbished academic centre based in over 150 acres of beautiful woodlands consisting of a gym, swimming pool, café, garden centre as well as other great facilities all open and free to access for staff.

St Andrews Healthcare

Our services in Northampton, set in 150 plus acres of woodland greenery are spread across 5 Divisions Medium Secure, Low Secure and Specialist Rehabilitation, Learning Disability and Autism, Neuropsychiatry and CAMHS. We have a number of unique specialist national services including our Deaf Forensic Service, Huntingtons Service, Secure Brain Injury Service, Older Adults Secure Services, Blended Womens Service (one of 3 National Pilots) and a specialist inpatient DBT service so a great place to gain experience in psychiatry.

Main duties of the job

Our patients and your colleagues will expect you to live the St Andrews CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence every single day

Make a difference for yourself and your patients!

Why join St Andrews

• The chance to be part of a community of over 30 Consultants, 30 SpecialtyDoctors and 8 Clinical Directors on one site who can all support your development.
• Supported financially and with time to complete your Pg.Cert.
• Opportunities to gain experience in different psychiatry services on one site
• Opportunity to gain experience in psychiatry and teaching in the role.
• Opportunities for research with our Research and Innovation Team
• Opportunities to join CPD events on site and externally too.
• Located centrally in UK with great transport networks to London and the midlands whilst also having very good schools and great value for money properties.

This is some of the comments our current Clinical Teaching Fellows said about the role:

Taking a year out to work at St. Andrews Healthcare Northampton is turning out to be one of the best decisions of my professional career.

Besides the clinical and academic commitments being challenging and enjoyable, the team are hugely supportive, supporting my professional and clinical development. I am given weekly supervision by my responsible psychiatrist, where I am encouraged to discuss complex cases I have encountered.

About us

The Role and Person

These unique posts provide rich opportunities to develop interests and expertise in medical education whilst broadening clinical experience in a specialist, mental health setting.

In the coming year, the Academic Department will be supporting more than 500 student placements, across medicine, nursing, health and social care. There will be considerable opportunities for clinical teaching and educational activity.

Four sessions are protected for educational activity where you will get involved in facilitating the education experience of third year students from the University of Buckingham which involves preparing and teaching educational workshops, assessing students case presentations and offering pastoral support to students. Also opportunities for teaching Cambridge Medical students.

Six sessions for clinical activity (with regular, consistent supervision for both elements) as a Ward Doctor. Your experience here will be similar to a core trainee and will help you gain some valuable experience working within the different wards which will help you in your future career.

You will be actively involved in supporting medical student placements. One day per week will focus on clinical teaching with students on the wards. The second day will be focused on facilitating small group workshop type sessions in the Academic Department. Study leave will be available for contact days for the PG.Cert course.

Employer details

Employer name

St Andrew’s Healthcare

Address

St. Andrews

Billing Road

Northampton

NN1 5DG

Employer's website

https://www.stah.org (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

St Andrew’s Healthcare

Address

St. Andrews

Billing Road

Northampton

NN1 5DG

Employer's website

https://www.stah.org (Opens in a new tab)

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