Job summary
This position has been created at NNUH to support secondary care teaching for Norwich medical Students during secondary care placements and some campus based sessions as required.
This role is a 12 months fixed term appointment that has become available as a result of the intention to create a series of 50/50 educational clinical fellow appointments with half time delivering education and half time delivering clinical commitments. The role is employed by the trust and not by the university
Main duties of the job
In view of need for maintaining clinical skills of the appointee, it is anticipated that 0.5wte of the post will be for clinical activity in Endocrinology and Diabetes and remaining 0.5wte devoted to Norwich Medical School teaching activities. Due to modular nature of the delivery of curriculum, the medical students spend around 6-12 weeks per year in department for clinical contact. Hence it is anticipated that, when the students are in secondary care placements, the Teaching Fellow will be undertaking primarily teaching duties (prioritised for teaching). For the remaining period approximately 1 day per week should be devoted to Norwich Medical School activities based at CSRA and 4 days per week on delivery of clinical duties in Endocrinology and Diabetes. Rest of the commitments will be aimed at clinical delivery in the department.
About us
NNUH is the largest teaching partner of the UEA Norwich Medical School. The Trust provides approximately 25,000 student days of secondary care placement teaching every year and hosts most of the School's OSCEs.
Clinical Skills Resource Area (CSRA) is an area of the Trust dedicated to the Medical School and staffed by a small team comprising clinicians, nurses, technician and administrators. This team is responsible for the planning and organising of all secondary care placements and for the delivery of OSCEs.
The educational (Endocrinology and Diabetes) clinical teaching fellow will be an integral member of this departmental junior doctor team and will be a key individual in the delivery of the UEA Norwich Medical School MB/BS programme.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties of the Post Holder
Clinical
The post holder will work in Endocrinology and Diabetes wards covering general Endocrinology and Diabetes dealing with acute admissions.
The post would be also suitable for those wishing to take up to an year out prior to commencing specialty training.
Candidates will be providing clinical care in the Endocrinology and Diabetes department in a similar role to the other Tier 1 or Tier 2 level of doctors within the department. These duties will be finalised at the beginning of this post in conjunction with the duties of the other junior doctors. These roles will include:
- Ward round participation and other ward-based duties
- Participation in Clinical Governance and Audit meetings
These clinical duties will be outside time allocated for Norwich Medical School commitments (see below).
- Teaching/Educational
Exact role to be negotiated with Secondary Care Module lead and Clinical Sub Dean for Norwich Medical School to suit current needs and specific skills and interests of appointee however there will be involvement in the following.
- Secondary Care teaching: (During Student Placement periods)
Norwich Medical School runs a modular programme with defined exposure for medical students to secondary care in a stipulated period. The department contributes to Module 5 teaching. Currently there are either three or four rotations during the year when the students are placed in the department for a period 3-4 weeks. Due to increasing undergraduate student numbers, the secondary care placements may increase to 4 weeks per rotation. It is expected that the Teaching Fellow spends most of their time during these periods to deliver clinical teaching. It would be appropriate that the Teaching Fellow does not book their leave or be on call duties during these periods. The schedule of the rotations is available from Clinical Skills and Research Area at the beginning of the academic year would help/ allow the secondary care module lead to ensure that the Teaching Fellow is available for the teaching.
The Teaching Fellow may be expected to provide substitute teaching for consultants who are on leave (with 6 weeks notice) during the secondary care teaching placements. We would not expect the teaching fellows to provide last minute cover unless there are exceptional circumstances.
Delivery of seminars at UEA campus is by consultants but on rare occasions the Teaching Fellow may be asked to deliver a seminar if appropriate, after discussion with the Secondary Care Lead.
They will be expected to support the Secondary Care module lead in all aspects of managing, developing and supervising the teaching in individual speciality
- During periods outside of secondary care weeks, the educational fellow should provide one session per week in consultation with CSRA staff to provide generic teaching for the medical students of all years in CSRA. The Educational Teaching fellow will be expected to participate in following activities.
- Delivering some appropriate clinical skills training in liaison with clinical skills team and relevant module teams. These may include teaching e.g.
- technical skills e.g., cannulation
- simulation teaching using SIMMAN
- prescribing skills teaching
- long case teaching
- structured patient teaching
- inter-professional clinical skills training
- Assessment
- Assess at OSCEs for MBBS students (At least 2 OSCEs per 6-month period preferably in their module)
- Assist as requested with OSCE planning and question generation
- Assist, were requested, in generating written questions in conjunction with clinical teams
- Other smaller roles that might be included depending on appointees interests and availability include.
- Lecturing/ seminar delivery
- Student admissions interviewing
- Educational teaching fellows are encouraged to undertake professional development in educational field including attending courses and undertaking further qualifications. Half of the study leave should be allocated towards this, and remaining study leave should be used for developing clinical skills. There are appropriate opportunities for free CPD sessions either in UEA or as part of CPD training for tutors in NNUH (4 sessions a year). They are expected to attend at least 2 events per year of the NNUH CPD sessions.
- It is expected that an educational appraisal of the fellows should be conducted by either the secondary care module lead or Clinical Sub dean. It is expected that they will have regular meetings with both.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties of the Post Holder
Clinical
The post holder will work in Endocrinology and Diabetes wards covering general Endocrinology and Diabetes dealing with acute admissions.
The post would be also suitable for those wishing to take up to an year out prior to commencing specialty training.
Candidates will be providing clinical care in the Endocrinology and Diabetes department in a similar role to the other Tier 1 or Tier 2 level of doctors within the department. These duties will be finalised at the beginning of this post in conjunction with the duties of the other junior doctors. These roles will include:
- Ward round participation and other ward-based duties
- Participation in Clinical Governance and Audit meetings
These clinical duties will be outside time allocated for Norwich Medical School commitments (see below).
- Teaching/Educational
Exact role to be negotiated with Secondary Care Module lead and Clinical Sub Dean for Norwich Medical School to suit current needs and specific skills and interests of appointee however there will be involvement in the following.
- Secondary Care teaching: (During Student Placement periods)
Norwich Medical School runs a modular programme with defined exposure for medical students to secondary care in a stipulated period. The department contributes to Module 5 teaching. Currently there are either three or four rotations during the year when the students are placed in the department for a period 3-4 weeks. Due to increasing undergraduate student numbers, the secondary care placements may increase to 4 weeks per rotation. It is expected that the Teaching Fellow spends most of their time during these periods to deliver clinical teaching. It would be appropriate that the Teaching Fellow does not book their leave or be on call duties during these periods. The schedule of the rotations is available from Clinical Skills and Research Area at the beginning of the academic year would help/ allow the secondary care module lead to ensure that the Teaching Fellow is available for the teaching.
The Teaching Fellow may be expected to provide substitute teaching for consultants who are on leave (with 6 weeks notice) during the secondary care teaching placements. We would not expect the teaching fellows to provide last minute cover unless there are exceptional circumstances.
Delivery of seminars at UEA campus is by consultants but on rare occasions the Teaching Fellow may be asked to deliver a seminar if appropriate, after discussion with the Secondary Care Lead.
They will be expected to support the Secondary Care module lead in all aspects of managing, developing and supervising the teaching in individual speciality
- During periods outside of secondary care weeks, the educational fellow should provide one session per week in consultation with CSRA staff to provide generic teaching for the medical students of all years in CSRA. The Educational Teaching fellow will be expected to participate in following activities.
- Delivering some appropriate clinical skills training in liaison with clinical skills team and relevant module teams. These may include teaching e.g.
- technical skills e.g., cannulation
- simulation teaching using SIMMAN
- prescribing skills teaching
- long case teaching
- structured patient teaching
- inter-professional clinical skills training
- Assessment
- Assess at OSCEs for MBBS students (At least 2 OSCEs per 6-month period preferably in their module)
- Assist as requested with OSCE planning and question generation
- Assist, were requested, in generating written questions in conjunction with clinical teams
- Other smaller roles that might be included depending on appointees interests and availability include.
- Lecturing/ seminar delivery
- Student admissions interviewing
- Educational teaching fellows are encouraged to undertake professional development in educational field including attending courses and undertaking further qualifications. Half of the study leave should be allocated towards this, and remaining study leave should be used for developing clinical skills. There are appropriate opportunities for free CPD sessions either in UEA or as part of CPD training for tutors in NNUH (4 sessions a year). They are expected to attend at least 2 events per year of the NNUH CPD sessions.
- It is expected that an educational appraisal of the fellows should be conducted by either the secondary care module lead or Clinical Sub dean. It is expected that they will have regular meetings with both.
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
- Full GMC with licence to practise
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
- Completed at least 2 years of foundation level training
- Teaching experience
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
- Full GMC with licence to practise
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
- Completed at least 2 years of foundation level training
- Teaching experience
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
