Clinical Teaching Fellow – Surgery / Urology

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 24 April 2025

Job summary

Clinical Teaching Fellow - Surgery / Urology

12 month post starting August 2025

This 12 month post is an excellent opportunity for candidates to work as aClinical Teaching Fellow in Medical Education whilst gaining clinical experience in urology. All training will take place at the Royal Berkshire Hospital

The teaching fellow posts include a fully funded place on the PGCert in Health Education at University of Reading

The Royal Berkshire Hospital hosts students from University of Oxford, University of Southampton and Brunel Medical School, in addition to Physician Associate students from University of Reading. The Trust successfully welcomed its first cohort of students from Brunel Medical School in 2024 and will have a larger intake in forthcoming years. The CTF roles posts have been established to enhance the teaching of students and maintain the Royal Berkshire Hospital's reputation as a centre of excellence for medical education

The successful applicant must have a license to practice from the GMC, and ideally completed core training and hold MRCS. Applicants with at least 2 years NHS post-graduate experience and a strong interest in medical education will be considered

40% of the post holder's time will be spent on teaching activities with the remaining 60% of time spent doing clinical work, including relevant on call rota

All teaching fellows will have access to a tutor who will provide mentorship with educational projects as well as an educational supervisor.

Main duties of the job

Undergraduate Teaching

The post will be tailored to the successful applicant and their specific interests and the roles could include any of the following

Responsibility for facilitating the medical attachments and placements of medical students

Production of teaching resources and delivery of formal teaching sessions

Helping develop and adapt existing teaching models and courses for medical students

Taking on a leadership and mentorship role for medical students and providing a forum to give feedback and help develop and enhance their learning and well being

Engage in quality improving projects and developing potential teaching courses

Bedside teaching including demonstration of clinical signs and examination

Procedural skills teaching

Coordinating student timetabling

Contribute to running and developing simulation sessions

Assisting the Undergraduate Managers in delivering key medical student inductions

Contributing to University activities including student examination question writing and piloting

We encourage development of teaching skills and publication of work and projects. Previous teaching fellows have successfully presented work at national and international meetings

Collaboration and shared teaching opportunities for different groups of students is encouraged and organising postgraduate sessions will also be welcomed by the department. There may also be opportunities to attend training workshops provided by Brunel and Southampton University.

About us

Diversity makes us interesting... Inclusion is what will make us outstanding.

Inequality exists and the journey to eliminate it is not easy. Every step we take will be a purposeful step forward to deliver a truly inclusive culture where all our people are enabled to deliver outstanding care, where background is no barrier, and where everyone can be their authentic self and we truly represent our patient community.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where possible. All applicants who have a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the post can opt for a guaranteed interview.

If you need additional help with your application please get in touch by calling the recruitment team on 0118 322 6997 or 0118 322 5342.

Our primary method of communication will be via email. However, if you would prefer to be contacted through a different method, please inform the recruitment team.

Date posted

08 April 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£61,825 to £70,425 a year ST level 3+, depending on previous service.

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

193-MS1190PCG

Job locations

Royal Berkshire Hospital

Reading

RG1 5AN

Job description

Job responsibilities

General Surgery/ Urology

The clinical part of this post will be based in the Urology department. The Urology department at Royal Berkshire has 10 Consultants and consistently receives excellent feedback from trainees in the department and the majority go on to receive a number in national selection.

The department has a specialist robotic programme for Uro-oncology, and also offers specialist andrology, paediatric and endourology services for the wider local population. The department has a strong education and research background, having been both nominated for and won awards.The candidate would take part in 60% on call duties, in addition they would have opportunity to gain confidence with flexible cystoscopy, local anaesthetic prostate biopsies, lithotripsy and core surgical procedures.

The Candidate would be supported by a supervising consultant and would be expected to be involved in medical student teaching as well as PA teaching and within the multidisciplinary team. Teaching would be for the general surgery syllabus in addition to the Urology syllabus. Having passed the MRCS would be a requirement for the post. There are opportunities to expand simulation and teaching practical surgical skills.

Job description

Job responsibilities

General Surgery/ Urology

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MBChB, MBBS or equivalent
Full GMC Registration

Desirable

MRCS (or MCEM / MRCP) or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Broad Medical Experience
Previous experience of working within the NHS (2 years)

Desirable

Minimum of six months experience in Urology
Post registration experience of working in other specialties relevant to Urology

Ability and Knowledge

Essential

Good basic and wide-ranging knowledge of clinical medicine and surgery
Good communication skills

Desirable

Ability to teach and enthuse other medical staff

Motivation

Essential

Strong interest in delivering high quality medical education

Desirable

Experience of delivering medical education including experience of developing teaching programme.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MBChB, MBBS or equivalent
Full GMC Registration

Desirable

MRCS (or MCEM / MRCP) or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Broad Medical Experience
Previous experience of working within the NHS (2 years)

Desirable

Minimum of six months experience in Urology
Post registration experience of working in other specialties relevant to Urology

Ability and Knowledge

Essential

Good basic and wide-ranging knowledge of clinical medicine and surgery
Good communication skills

Desirable

Ability to teach and enthuse other medical staff

Motivation

Essential

Strong interest in delivering high quality medical education

Desirable

Experience of delivering medical education including experience of developing teaching programme.

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.