Clinical Teaching Fellow - Cambridge Medical Students - Medicine

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

INTRODUCTION

This post would suit an individual who aims to pursue a career in Medicine with a specialist interest in Medical Education, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. The successful candidate will be involved in coordinating and delivering the Trust's undergraduate clinical teaching programme (five sessions per week per annual average) and will undertake five sessions of clinical duties and professional development.

The main educational duties will be delivering structured clinical teaching sessions, including bedside teaching, seminars, and teaching clinics, as well as running formative assessments including objective structured clinical exams (OSCEs).

The main clinical duties will be to support the busy departments within the division of Emergency & Medicine. Specialist clinics and skills training can be arranged according to career interest.

There are no on-call commitments to the post. Locum opportunities are commonly available, but can only be taken up as long as they do not impact on the educational service delivery.

Supervision of this post will be divided between the Clinical Sub-Dean for Cambridge Medical Students and the named Educational Supervisor.

The post-holder will have completed at least Foundation Training or equivalent. MRCP is desirable but not essential.

Main duties of the job

Applications are invited from registered Medical Practitioners for the above post based within the Department of Medical & Dental Education, as well as the Division of Emergency & Medicine.

The Trust provides undergraduate clinical teaching to medical students from the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine and the University of Leicester School of Medicine

Teaching is provided in a variety of clinical settings and the post holder will be expected to spend approximately five sessions per week teaching undergraduate medical students from Cambridge Medical School. Post. The post holder will be expected to participate in the student induction sessions, including those at Cambridge Medical School and assessment sessions. It is expected that annual leave will be taken when students are not on placement to the Trust. If leave is taken during a student placement block a prospective cover will have to be agreed by the Medical Education Department.

About us

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust provides acute care to our local communities via two District General Hospitals in Peterborough and Huntingdon, and a community hospital in Stamford.

We are promoting flexible working and a health work/home life balance. Agile working options are automatically considered for all roles within the Trust.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates from our local communities.

Your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay and here are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:

Relocation allowance in line with the Trust policy
Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays
Free staff car parking on all our hospital sites during this financial year
In-house Physiotherapy Services
Career development and training opportunities
Emotional Wellbeing Service covering a range of online support, access to mobile apps and 24/7 counselling services
Subsidised meals at our hospital restaurants
Access to exclusive discounts, cashback and vouchers via NHS Discounts and Blue Light Card

If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to Team North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.

Date posted

20 January 2023

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

Depending on experience Dependant on experience

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

176-C-4933600

Job locations

Peterborough City Hospital

Edith Cavell Campus

Peterborough

PE39GZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Placements for students in their first two hospital blocks in their first clinical year take the form of Core Clinical Method that spans both medical and surgical specialties with specialty-specific blocks thereafter.

A variety of clinical sessions are provided within the job plan and it is expected that these will provide the post holder with valuable clinical experience as well as providing opportunities to deliver clinical teaching.

TIMETABLE

There will be five fixed educational sessions per week which will include preparation/administration and personal development time as well as formal face-to-face teaching sessions.

The remaining five sessions will be clinical and will be discussed at interview.

To meet with timetabling and curriculum requirements, an average term time week will be:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Morning

Clinical session

Afternoon

Teaching, including 1 hours preparatory work

Continuing Personal & Professional Development work

Job description

Job responsibilities

TIMETABLE

There will be five fixed educational sessions per week which will include preparation/administration and personal development time as well as formal face-to-face teaching sessions.

The remaining five sessions will be clinical and will be discussed at interview.

To meet with timetabling and curriculum requirements, an average term time week will be:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Morning

Clinical session

Afternoon

Teaching, including 1 hours preparatory work

Continuing Personal & Professional Development work

Person Specification

Essential

GMC registration and License to Practice Medicine
At least 12 months recent experience of working in NHS

Desirable

MRCP part 1
Medical Education qualification

Person Specification

Essential

GMC registration and License to Practice Medicine
At least 12 months recent experience of working in NHS

Desirable

MRCP part 1
Medical Education qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).