Job summary
Aims
o To provide an excellent candidate with the opportunity to develop his/her research skills to the level of MD or PhD.
o To further develop and improve teaching of undergraduate medical students within Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
o To facilitate and encourage high quality educational research within Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
o To strengthen the links between Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and the Newcastle Medical School, and between the constituent hospitals within the Trust.
Main duties of the job
Objectives
o To enable the Teaching and Research Fellow to undertake a substantive project, and to submit the work for a higher degree and publication in peer reviewed journals.
o To provide the Teaching and Research Fellow with experience and training in developing, delivering and monitoring the intensive Stage 3 teaching and traditional clinical teaching in stages 4 & 5 for Newcastle medical undergraduates.
o To provide the Teaching and Research Fellow with training in research methods; critical appraisal; project management; data analysis and academic writing.
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, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This Teaching and Research Fellowship post is suitable for a registered medical practitioner with at least two years post registration experience, possessing MRCP(UK), MRCGP or equivalent, who wishes to undertake a PhD and gain training and experience in medical education. The post offers exciting opportunities for developing research and teaching skills. Higher degree completion rates from within the Education Directorate of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are high.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is the lead Trust for the Northumbria Base Unit of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, and plays a major role in co-ordinating, directing and delivering undergraduate teaching. Students are based at North Tyneside General Hospital and Wansbeck General Hospital.
The successful applicant will undertake a project entitled The prevalence, and epidemiology, of Parkinsons Disease (PD) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The PhD will be supervised by Professor Richard Walker (RW) and Dr Catherine Dotchin (CD).
Job description
Job responsibilities
This Teaching and Research Fellowship post is suitable for a registered medical practitioner with at least two years post registration experience, possessing MRCP(UK), MRCGP or equivalent, who wishes to undertake a PhD and gain training and experience in medical education. The post offers exciting opportunities for developing research and teaching skills. Higher degree completion rates from within the Education Directorate of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are high.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is the lead Trust for the Northumbria Base Unit of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, and plays a major role in co-ordinating, directing and delivering undergraduate teaching. Students are based at North Tyneside General Hospital and Wansbeck General Hospital.
The successful applicant will undertake a project entitled The prevalence, and epidemiology, of Parkinsons Disease (PD) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The PhD will be supervised by Professor Richard Walker (RW) and Dr Catherine Dotchin (CD).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- UK Registered medical practitioner
- Possession of MRCP or equivalent
Desirable
- UK recognised qualification in education
- ALS or equivalent (or at least a place on a recognized course prior to appointment start date - appointment would be subject to passing course)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- UK Registered medical practitioner
- Possession of MRCP or equivalent
Desirable
- UK recognised qualification in education
- ALS or equivalent (or at least a place on a recognized course prior to appointment start date - appointment would be subject to passing course)
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).
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).
