Teaching Fellow in Surgery

Job summary

1 Post - Teaching Fellow In Surgery (General Surgery)

Grade MN37 1year Fixed (No Banding)

Northwick Park Hospital

Suitable for doctors who have completed their foundation training F2 and are interested surgery.

There is a fantastic job opportunity coming up at Northwick Park Hospital starting, August 2023 for an initial period of 1-2 years (negotiable and extendable subject to performance). Post with responsibility of teaching undergraduate medical students and clinical opportunities if wanted. The job offers the candidate the opportunity to obtain a certificate in medical education. (Requires separate application)

once a week Orthopaedic session would be examinations of the knee, hip and shoulder.

In addition, the successful candidate will get an opportunity to take part in part-time based research and to teach on medical simulation training sessions for Foundation doctors.

Opportunities

• Free medical education workshops at Imperial College
• Pursue higher degree in medical education
• Participate in medical education or medical research projects
• To teach on postgraduate courses run on-site

Contact Mrs Anup Jethwa - a.jethwa@imperial.ac.uk

Main duties of the job

1. A) THE TEACHING COMMITMENT

The teaching will involve a range of activities such as tutorials, skills laboratory, bedside teaching, and dedicated teaching clinics on an out-patient basis. To teach on medical simulation training sessions for Foundation doctors.

Time is allocated for preparation of tutorials, lectures & teaching materials such as handouts. The teaching fellow will be also encouraged to show initiative & develop other teaching ideas such as student case presentations and student grand rounds and role playing. All teaching should be patient-centered approach.

A major emphasis of the teaching will be focused on the core curriculum and clinical skills required for the year 3 students during their main 8-week medical/surgical attachment to the campus. There will also be basic clinical teaching of a very general clinical nature to the two-week introductory course in year 2 in December & March and year 1 in May (with the emphasis on history taking) and a subsequent 8 week secondment at the start of year 3 (with the emphasis on system clinical examination).

Although the focus is mainly on Year 3 students the TF will have commitment as a Tutor for the Final Year 6 Students from August to December. This will take form of a lecture-based course and small group bedside teaching. The TF will be expected to play an integral role in the organisation and delivery of this course e.g., PACES and OSCE stations.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.