Clinical Teaching Fellow - Acute Medicine
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Job summary
This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate aspiring to a career in Acute Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine .
This post offers candidates the opportunity to gain 6 months of experience in Acute Internal Medicine (AIM) and 6 months in Intensive Care in a busy district general hospital.
Main duties of the job
The prospective candidate would work 70% of their time on the AIM rota and 30% of their time training and organising the acute medicine teaching programme.The role of Clinical Teaching Fellow is to arrange weekly teaching sessions, in situ and TEC based simulation sessions for resident doctors and advanced nurse practitioners and they may be asked to help with medical student teaching.
This post then has a further 6 months in the intensive care department.
Clinical workThe Acute Medicine team is responsible for four areas, and the post-holder will be involved in the management of patients in all these areas:o The acute medical unit and the incorporated higher monitoring unit.o SDEC (Same Day Emergency Care),o SSU (Short stay unit) ando VACU (Virtual Acute Care Unit)
All of our Acute Medicine consultants are trained and work in a second specialty. This includes intensive care medicine, geriatric medicine, respiratory medicine, stroke medicine and endocrinology. This provides a huge breadth of knowledge for the management of our patients, and educating and training our junior doctors and students. We have a team of embedded interface geriatricians, who are specialists in managing patients with acute frailty presentations and an award-winning embedded therapy team.
About us
The acute medicine team at the Royal Berkshire Hospital is forward thinking and dynamic, always willing to embrace new ways of working that benefit our patients. We have a strong team ethos, and our consultants have a wide range of special interests and second specialties. This fosters strong links with many areas of the hospital and allows for smooth and seamless care of our patients. In 2020 we were awarded the prestigious take AIM "AMU of the Year".
In July 2021, we opened our Same Day Emergency Care Unit (SDEC). All referrals to the medical take from the community, and an increasing number from the Emergency Department, are treated on a same day basis as the default. Our AMU Virtual ward started life as the TICC-19 pathway, remotely managing over 1000 patients suffering from COVID-19, but has since evolved to care with dedicated staff remotely monitor the patients.
The department is very strong in education and training. Alongside this dedicated role as Clinical Teaching Fellow, we host medical students from both Oxford and Southampton. Our junior doctors are able to complete the PGCert Med Ed at Reading University whilst working in acute medicine.
Details
Date posted
19 June 2025
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Doctor - other
Salary
£61,825 to £70,425 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
193-MS1219UCG
Job locations
Royal Berkshire Hospital
London Road
Reading
RG1 5AN
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Berkshire Hospital
London Road
Reading
RG1 5AN
Employer's website
https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)







Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Consultant in Acute and Intensive Care Medicine
Dr Tim McErlane
tim.mcerlane@royalberkshire.nhs.uk
01183225111
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