Teaching Fellow

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Applications are invited from registered medical practitioners for the post of Teaching Fellow, within the Education Directorate of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, available August 2021. The post will be of 12 months duration and would be suitable for a Doctor with an interest in teaching, training or education wishing to pursue a career with special responsibility for undergraduate or postgraduate education. With the current expansion of medical schools and new GMC standards for education and training, senior posts with an emphasis on education are becoming increasingly important.

Successful candidates must be fully registered medical practitioners with at least two years Foundation Programme experience. They will be accorded Honorary Associate Clinical Teacher status with Newcastle University. The post will be based between North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham General Hospitals, as well as Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, for medical undergraduate teaching.

Main duties of the job

It is envisaged that the commitments of the post will be divided between teaching of medical students (7 sessions per week), continuing professional educational development (2 sessions) and administration/ project work (1 session). It may be possible to negotiate up to one session per week for clinical work at the discretion of the Clinical Sub-Dean and the relevant clinical department. Personal development will include undertaking a Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Education at Newcastle University, or an equivalent qualification. The post-holder will be expected to make a significant contribution to the continued development and delivery of the undergraduate course.

Supported by a Consultant supervisor and the Director for Undergraduate Medical Education together with senior staff and other teaching/ research fellows, the successful applicant will contribute to the delivery and development of the undergraduate medical teaching programme at all levels within the trust.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isnt, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read applicant guidance notes before submitting your application.

Date posted

24 Mawrth 2021

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Specialty registrar

Salary

£32,478 to £51,069 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

319-2733536MS-A

Job locations

Northumbria House

Silver Fox Way

Newcastle

NE27 0QJ

Woodhorn Lane

Ashington

Northumberland

NE63 9JJ

Northumbria Way

Cramlington

Northumberland

NE23 6NZ

Rake Lane

North Shields

Tyne And Wear

NE29 8NH

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide a broad-range of educational experience to each fellow in order to progress their scholarship, teaching skills and clinical acumen, whilst they deliver high quality undergraduate clinical teaching within Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. In addition to the above, the post will allow the post holder sufficient independence to develop their own area of interest within medical education and to study towards a recognised teaching qualification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

UK Registered medical practitioner

Desirable

Possession of MRCP or equivalent
Postgraduate qualification in education

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

UK Registered medical practitioner

Desirable

Possession of MRCP or equivalent
Postgraduate qualification in education

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).