Job summary
To deliver high quality undergraduate clinical teaching within Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
To provide a broad range of educational experience to each fellow in order to progress their scholarship, teaching skills and clinical acumen.
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.
For a full time, teaching fellow these commitments should translate into teaching of undergraduate medical students (7 sessions per week), professional educational development (2 sessions), and administration/ project work (1 session), although the emphasis will vary throughout the year. It may be possible to negotiate up to one session per week for clinical work within the Trust at the discretion of the Director of Undergraduate Medical Education and the relevant clinical department.
If the successful appointee has over four years post qualification experience, they will be appointed on Specialty Doctor 2021 Terms and Conditions.
Main duties of the job
To assist in the development, co-ordination, and delivery of undergraduate teaching for students from Newcastle University across Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust at sites including, but not limited to, Hexham, North Tyneside, Wansbeck General Hospitals, Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital in Cramlington and community sites. The Teaching Fellow will participate in delivering and monitoring courses and clinical teaching across year 3, 4 & 5 of the Newcastle University undergraduate medical curriculum.
To develop the teaching and educational skills of the Teaching Fellow, the post holder will be expected to register for the Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education, institution to be confirmed, with Home Fees funded by the Trust. Alternatively, a similar qualification in education may be undertaken, supported by the Trust up to the equivalent Home Fee Rate.
To support the design, development, implementation and review of simulation and technology enhanced learning teaching sessions.To conduct a small-scale educational project, for example an audit or the development of new innovative teaching material.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Augment their existing clinical, educational, and intellectual skills in order to make decisions and problem solve for the benefit of the patient, students, and others within the Trust
Provide evidence-based clinical and educational practice which is robust and makes optimum use of available resources including local expertise and experience
Develop their current interpersonal and communication skills with regards to effective collaboration and conducive to co-operation within teams
Develop confidence and competence as a beginning specialist in clinical, educational, and scholarly practice
Convey enthusiasm for their specialty to undergraduate medical students
Gain experience of teaching across curricula and within rotations
Develop their academic and scholarship profile in their field of interest
Job description
Job responsibilities
Augment their existing clinical, educational, and intellectual skills in order to make decisions and problem solve for the benefit of the patient, students, and others within the Trust
Provide evidence-based clinical and educational practice which is robust and makes optimum use of available resources including local expertise and experience
Develop their current interpersonal and communication skills with regards to effective collaboration and conducive to co-operation within teams
Develop confidence and competence as a beginning specialist in clinical, educational, and scholarly practice
Convey enthusiasm for their specialty to undergraduate medical students
Gain experience of teaching across curricula and within rotations
Develop their academic and scholarship profile in their field of interest
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- UK Registered medical practitioner
Desirable
- Possession of higher degree or qualification (e.g., MSc, MA, MRCP or other UK recognised qualification in education
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Successful completion of Foundation Programme or equivalent
- Atleast 2 years of working post qualification
- Substantial clinical service delivery within the last 12 months
- Experience of teaching undergraduate medical students
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of planning an educational project
- Experience of small group teaching
- Experience of clinical teaching
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- UK Registered medical practitioner
Desirable
- Possession of higher degree or qualification (e.g., MSc, MA, MRCP or other UK recognised qualification in education
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Successful completion of Foundation Programme or equivalent
- Atleast 2 years of working post qualification
- Substantial clinical service delivery within the last 12 months
- Experience of teaching undergraduate medical students
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of planning an educational project
- Experience of small group teaching
- Experience of clinical teaching
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).
