Clinical Fellow - Medical Education and Simulation

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust (MYHT) is seeking highly motivated, clinically able applicants; who wish to gain experience in clinical teaching, medical education and simulation; to work within our highly innovative and exciting medical education team.

These posts have been specifically designed for trainees who are looking to take a 12-month break from their training, after successfully completing their FY2 year, and applicants must have some prior experience in teaching medical undergraduates. This role will enable successful appointees to develop a specialty interest in medical education.

The majority of teaching will be to undergraduate medical students, of all levels; but this role will also offer the exciting opportunity to be involved with postgraduate education, in delivering teaching to foundation year 1 doctors, developing and facilitating our STR1DE Teaching Programme. For those that wish to, there is also opportunity to be involved with delivering the STR2DE teaching programme to foundation 2 doctors.

These are 12-month posts, beginning in August 2023, averaging 3 days per week over the year (0.6 WTE). However, most days are worked during medical student term times; with more time off over the Christmas, Easter and Summer periods.

Successful applicants will work cross-site at Pinderfields Hospital and Dewsbury District Hospital, based within the education centres.

We envisage appointees will organise regular additional clinical locum work, within MYHT, in specialties of their choice; to maintain clinical competencies, provide evidence for revalidation, and gain clinical experience in individuals areas of interest. Locum work needs to be organised around the educational commitments of this post, and remain EWTD compliant, and will be remunerated at published internal locum rates.

This post is not a recognised UK training post. However, the post-holder will have an enthusiastic educational supervisor, and be supported in undertaking a wide range of CV-enhancing activities, as part of their role as a member of the medical education team; with the opportunity to apply for a Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Education at the University of Leeds.

Work in the medical education department will be as part of an enthusiastic, dynamic and growing team of clinicians, clinical teachers and supporting staff, with a wide breadth of experience.

MYHT is well recognised within the region as a centre for educational excellence. We have strong links with Leeds Medical School, and receive excellent feedback regarding our undergraduate teaching; with MYHT one of the most popular student placements in the Yorkshire region. We have been awarded a great number of Clinical Teaching Excellence Awards, from Leeds Medical School, in recognition of this.

Clinical fellows receive simulation training, regular appraisals and support to complete a Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Education, should they wish to do so, during their year in post. There are also opportunities to attend other educational or professional courses. We will support clinical fellows who have significantly contributed to undergraduate educational projects to apply for Junior Doctor Developmental Clinical Teaching Excellence Awardsfrom Leeds Medical School.

Clinical fellows will have teaching commitments on all their educational days; receiving close mentoring and support to develop as teachers, and will have opportunities to add to and improve existing educational programmes.

At Pinderfields, we have excellent simulation facilities; with clinical skills and simulation rooms, high-fidelity 3G SimMan manikins, medium-fidelity ALS/ SimPad manikins, and an extensive range of part-body simulators. We are currently developing a simulation suite, in the Oakwell Centre, at Dewsbury and District Hospital. Clinical fellows facilitate simulation courses for medical students from Y2-Y5, and for foundation doctors.

The wide and expanding range of clinical fellow educational activities includes:

- IMPRES5: Our innovative, progressive 8 week teaching programme for Y5 medical students, including case based learning, diagnostic teaching and simulation.

- Y4 Specialty Teaching: Clinical teaching and simulation sessions for Y4 medical students on their specialty placements: Acute & Critical Care, Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Sexual Health, and Paediatrics.

- Y3 Teaching: Tutorial, simulation, and bedside teaching; in a range of specialties.

- Y2 Teaching: Skills, simulation, and bedside teaching.

- Practice OSCEs

- Post-Finals Assistantship Programmes

- Cardiac Arrest Simulation

- Virtual learning programmes

- Digital content for MYHT MESH Platform

- Pastoral support & mentorship

- Providing student feedback

- Multi-disciplinary team working

- Supporting clinical areas within area of professional interest and clinical locum work

- STR1DE: Our FY1 teaching programme, including core curriculum teaching cases, simulation, prescribing, leadership, and development of teaching skills

- STR2DE: Our new FY2 teaching programme combining clinical knowledge and educational content with post FY2 career planning

There are opportunities for clinical fellows to lead on educational activities, reflective of their key interests and objectives for the year, within the teaching programme; and clinical fellows will be supported in creating new initiatives where possible.

Motivated applicants may wish to apply for the excellent Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Education, at The University of Leeds. Successful applicants will be granted study leave, to attend the face-to-face sessions. Limited study funding will be granted towards this, for each successfully appointed clinical fellow.

The post is offered for a 12-month fixed term, on the basis of the current local scale, which is based on national TCS and pay scales for this grade. These will be provided upon request. The current salary is £40,257 pro rata.

Formal visits may only be offered to candidates who have been shortlisted for interview. Such candidates may be reimbursed their travel and subsistence expenses for one such visit only. In the case of candidates travelling from abroad, travelling expenses are normally payable only from the point of entry to the UK.

Should you require any further information please contact the Medical Staffing Department at The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust on Tel: 01924 543642.

Person Specification

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Good communication skills.
• Flexibility.
• Able to demonstrate team working
• Willingness to provide and learn all aspects of hospitals internal systems and processes and adhere to local policies
• Physically able to carry out the duties as specified in the job description and ability to evidence competencies
• Disclosure + Barring Service (DBS) Clearance

Desirable

• Has personal insight into own strengths and weaknesses.
• Ability to contribute to the development of the Trust, the Unit and its services.
• Evidence of multidisciplinary team working
• Evidence of leadership, creativity and innovation.
• Specific educational interests and evidence of educational ideas.

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of an enthusiastic interest in medical education.
• Evidence of delivering teaching

Desirable

• Recent experience working in UK NHS hospitals.
• Evidence of teaching on educational programmes and sessions, personally developed and presented.
• Evidence of self-directed individual educational project work.
• Evidence of clinical skills or simulation teaching.
• Recent educational conferences or courses attended.
• Feedback and assessment of educational activity

Management skills

Essential

• Demonstrates intelligent and analytical approach to problem solving.
• Good time management.

Desirable

• Good organisational skills

Qualifications

Essential

• Medical Degree from recognised medical school
• Successful FY2 ARCP outcome or equivalent
• IT experience (i.e. Microsoft Office packages)

Desirable

• Medical School Prizes
• Teaching qualification or prize

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

The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Pinderfields Hospital

Aberford Road

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 4DG

Employer's website

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