Senior Anaesthetic Teaching Fellow

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 02 May 2025

Job summary

Objectives:

To provide the Anaesthetic Teaching Fellow an opportunity to gain supervised training in anaesthesia, intensive care and labour ward management at CT2+ level through participation in a limited number of weekday sessions, in addition to participation in evening, overnight and weekend daytime on-call.

To provide the Anaesthetic Teaching Fellow with experience in developing, delivering, and monitoring a contemporary intensive clinical skills course, simulation-based training and traditional clinical teaching.To allow the Clinical Teaching Fellow to carry out an educational development or research project, with a view to submitting the work for publication in learned journals.

If the successful appointee has over four years post qualification experience, they will be appointed on specialty doctor 2021 terms and conditions

Please note we reserve the right toclosethis vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

To provide supervised training in anaesthesia, intensive care and labour ward management

To give training in strategic planning and organisation of undergraduate education, including named responsibility for negotiated specific components

To further develop theoretical understanding of clinical education

To participate in a community of educational practice, including design and delivery of innovative teaching, peer observation, evaluation and research

To provide high quality clinical teaching within Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

To further develop and improve teaching of undergraduate medical students within Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation 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 isn't, 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

29 April 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£37,068 to £57,570 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-7153039NR

Job locations

Trustwide

North Tyneside General Hospital

Rake Ln, Tyne and Wear, North Shields

NE29 8NH


Job description

Job responsibilities

Detailed aims Anaesthesia

The post holder will participate in any of the anaesthetic on call rotas at the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital (NSECH). In addition, it is envisaged that the successful candidate will also be allocated to attend one half day supervised Consultant list per week at either Wansbeck, North Tyneside, Hexham General Hospitals, or at NSECH.

Detailed aims Teaching

The Fellow will assist in the development, co-ordination, and delivery of undergraduate teaching, across all Trust sites, but the post-holder may also be required to teach at other hospitals within the Trust. Wansbeck has recently seen the opening of a new state-of-the-art Simulation and Student Assessment Centre. Using this resource, the post holder will be encouraged to explore and develop new teaching and training opportunities.

The Fellow will participate in developing, delivering, and monitoring the contemporary intensive courses for stage 3 (third year) medical students, as well as traditional clinical teaching of senior medical students at the bedside and in the clinic. To ensure these objectives and to provide the Fellow with further training, the post-holder will be expected to register for the Certificate in Medical Education, institution to be confirmed, with Home Fees funded by the Trust. This comprises two and a half days residential course, with approximately 60 hours of self-directed learning. Alternatively, a similar qualification in education may be undertaken, supported by the Trust up to the equivalent Home Fee Rate. Where appropriate, the post-holder may also undertake an educational research project, under the supervision of one of our Senior Lecturers.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Detailed aims Anaesthesia

The post holder will participate in any of the anaesthetic on call rotas at the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital (NSECH). In addition, it is envisaged that the successful candidate will also be allocated to attend one half day supervised Consultant list per week at either Wansbeck, North Tyneside, Hexham General Hospitals, or at NSECH.

Detailed aims Teaching

The Fellow will assist in the development, co-ordination, and delivery of undergraduate teaching, across all Trust sites, but the post-holder may also be required to teach at other hospitals within the Trust. Wansbeck has recently seen the opening of a new state-of-the-art Simulation and Student Assessment Centre. Using this resource, the post holder will be encouraged to explore and develop new teaching and training opportunities.

The Fellow will participate in developing, delivering, and monitoring the contemporary intensive courses for stage 3 (third year) medical students, as well as traditional clinical teaching of senior medical students at the bedside and in the clinic. To ensure these objectives and to provide the Fellow with further training, the post-holder will be expected to register for the Certificate in Medical Education, institution to be confirmed, with Home Fees funded by the Trust. This comprises two and a half days residential course, with approximately 60 hours of self-directed learning. Alternatively, a similar qualification in education may be undertaken, supported by the Trust up to the equivalent Home Fee Rate. Where appropriate, the post-holder may also undertake an educational research project, under the supervision of one of our Senior Lecturers.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • UK Registered medical practitioner
  • IOAC and previous participation in obstetric anaesthesia on-call

Desirable

  • UK recognised qualification in education
  • Part 1 FRCA

Experience

Essential

  • 2 years training in Anaesthesia at ACCS or Core Trainee Level including acute medical take
  • Practical skills to participate in out of hours obstetric, theatre and ITU cover
  • 2 years UK Experience of working in the NHS
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • UK Registered medical practitioner
  • IOAC and previous participation in obstetric anaesthesia on-call

Desirable

  • UK recognised qualification in education
  • Part 1 FRCA

Experience

Essential

  • 2 years training in Anaesthesia at ACCS or Core Trainee Level including acute medical take
  • Practical skills to participate in out of hours obstetric, theatre and ITU cover
  • 2 years UK Experience of working in the NHS

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).

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.

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

North Tyneside General Hospital

Rake Ln, Tyne and Wear, North Shields

NE29 8NH


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

North Tyneside General Hospital

Rake Ln, Tyne and Wear, North Shields

NE29 8NH


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Education Co-ordinator

Abbie Sparrow

Abbie.Sparrow@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk

01670529697

Date posted

29 April 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£37,068 to £57,570 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-7153039NR

Job locations

Trustwide

North Tyneside General Hospital

Rake Ln, Tyne and Wear, North Shields

NE29 8NH


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