Bristol Clinical Teaching Fellow in General Surgery

Job summary

We have a vacancy for two Bristol Clinical Teaching Fellows (CT level) in General Surgery at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Taunton to commence on Wednesday 7th August 2024 for one year. Taunton is part of the Severn Deanery Surgical Rotation.

This is a combined clinical and teaching post, ideally suited to an individual who has completed an F2 year or equivalent, and wishes to gain formal experience in undergraduate teaching and Surgery prior to commencing Core Training. On average, half of the working week will be clinical and the other half devoted to teaching Bristol medical students. The post holder will be encouraged to embark on a course leading to a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education, which will be funded by the Academy.

The clinical half of the post will be based in the surgical unit with a shared contribution to 6 months Colorectal and 6 months Vascular Surgery with on call on the 11 person CT on-call rota (covering general surgery, vascular surgery and urology). The successful candidate will gain experience in all aspects of surgery and encouraged to keep an up-to-date portfolio for CT applications. Interview practice and help with the portfolio is available, and the successful candidate will be encouraged to take part in surgical audit and other projects.

Main duties of the job

The CTFs appointed for surgery will be in the Surgery department. The posts are a 50/50 split between clinical work and undergraduate education.

The successful candidates will gain experience in medicine and encouraged to keep an up-to-date portfolio for ST applications. Interview practise and help with the portfolio is available, and the successful candidate will be encouraged to take part in surgical audit and other projects.

This is not a recognised training post but provides an excellent opportunity to develop teaching and clinical skills as well as portfolio preparation. You will be fully supported to develop your portfolio, interview skills etc.

The post holders will help facilitate the delivery of the University of Bristol undergraduate curriculum to year 3, 4 & 5 medical students at Musgrove Park Hospital.

• Clinical teaching fellows (CTFs) deliver core curriculum content, act as tutors and are involved with the assessment of medical students.
• The post holder will be expected to act as a role model and mentor to the medical students.
• The post holder will help develop teaching materials.
• Clinical teaching fellow are expected to be able to deliver several types of teaching including induction sessions, small group tutorials, clinical-based history and examination sessions, facilitation of inter-Academy Hub sessions, Bedside teaching, Teaching clinics, Clinical reasoning skills and simulation based teaching.

About us

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is the first NHS Trust to offer combined health care service to the population of Somerset including community, mental health and acute hospital services. We work with health and social care partners in Somerset and our aim is to offer harmonious patient and workforce experiences across all sites.

Location

Taunton is a beautiful area of the South West, located between areas of outstanding natural beauty. Somerset offers you the opportunity to live near some of the UKs most desirable locations; from the beautiful local beaches; to the vibrant cosmopolitan centres of Bristol, Bath and Exeter.

The County town of Taunton boasts a wide range of local amenities including; an extensive range of shopping, a wide range of local restaurants, sporting and recreational facilities, and excellent educational facilities. Taunton's nightlife offers a great atmosphere with cosy pubs and trendy bars. Taunton provides access to the M5 motorway and a mainline intercity rail link with trains to London Paddington in less than 2 hours, and Bristol in 30 minutes.