Postgraduate Medical Education Fellow (Clinical Skills)

Job summary

The Medical Education Fellowship with the Clinical Skills & National Repository team is an exciting opportunity for a resident doctor with a strong interest in the future of postgraduate medical education and training focusing on the development of innovative clinical skills training courses (both cadaveric and non-cadaveric).

The National Repository Centre, based on City Campus supports members of the public who wish to donate their bodies to medical science and training. We co-ordinate a body donation programme to provide cadavers locally and throughout the UK for surgical and clinical skills training. This is a unique opportunity to work with our team and develop innovative cadaveric and clinical skills programmes that would benefit trainees across the region.

Fellowship is available for commencement in August 2026 and the post is for 12 months. The Fellowships provide 2-days per week (on average) to work as part of the Postgraduate Medical Education Department (PMED) to develop and deliver a selection of Clinical Skills and National Repository projects. You would be expected to contribute regularly to PMED clinical skills teaching sessions and be a regular member of the Clinical Skills Teaching Faculty.

Main duties of the job

Main responsibilities include:

• Develop an understanding around delivery of medical education projects using appropriate methodology
• Develop a sound understanding of current development and delivery of medical education programmes
• Develop, organise and/or deliver innovative clinical skills courses for doctors within the Trust
• Develop, organise and/or deliver innovative cadaveric courses for doctors within the Trust
• Work with TPDs and Heads of School to develop cadaveric courses to support the learning outcomes of postgraduate doctors in training in the East Midlands
• Gain experience of delivering education in a variety of settings
• Develop and review educational resources to support Clinical Skills and National Repository training
• Gain experience of delivering education in a variety of settings
• Contribute to the Clinical Skills Teaching Faculty on a range of courses, with an expectation that you contribute to teaching regularly.

About us

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country. We are, a large, complex, person-centred organisation with an excellent national and international reputation for the quality of patient care, research, education and innovation. For more information about the Trust, visit our website

Some of the benefits of working for our organisation include:

• Flexible working
• Opportunities for to be innovative/creative in the workplace
• Friendly and supportive work colleagues within the team
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Cycle to work and travel

The Postgraduate Medical Education Department is based in two Postgraduate Medical Education Centres - one on the QMC campus and one on the NCH campus. In addition the Clinical Skills Centre, National Repository Centre and Library are based at the NCH centre. The department has a staff consisting of an operational support team, educators and clinicians with an interest in medical education. We work closely with other multi- disciplinary educational groups in the Trust and have strong regional ties to NHSE.