Job summary
Job Purpose: Birmingham has a decades-long tradition of solid academic and teaching excellence in psychiatry. The opening of the new medical school at Aston University, and their very first cohort of undergraduate placements in psychiatry from September 2021 has brought a renewed drive and dynamism to the Academy and desire to introduce innovative teaching methods at undergraduate level across both universities.
BSMHFT is delighted to announce that we are in a position to recruit three full-time Clinical Teaching Fellows (CTF) to support the development and delivery of teaching to Aston and Birmingham medical students during their 4th year psychiatry placements. In the coming year, the Academic Department will be supporting around 500 student medical student placements, 60 at the new Aston Medical School, and the remainder at Birmingham Medical School. This is a one-year renewable post.
Main duties of the job
Job Summary: The CTF posts confer considerable opportunities for clinical teaching and educational activity. These posts have been specifically designed to support the undergraduate Psychiatry Teaching Academy in Birmingham in becoming a centre of teaching excellence. The posts are also designed to nurture junior clinical staff to develop their teaching skills and progress along a clinical academic and teaching route in psychiatry should they wish.
About us
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust provides a comprehensive mental healthcare service for residents of Birmingham and Solihull, and a range of specialist mental health services to communities across the West Midlands and beyond. The Trust operates out of more than 40 sites, serves a culturally and socially diverse population of 1.3 million spread over 172 square miles, has an income of more than £240 million and a dedicated workforce of around 4,000 staff. A wide range of local and regional services and partnerships covering inpatient, community and specialist mental healthcare make it one of the most innovative and complex mental health foundation trusts in the country.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main duties and responsibilities
- The CTFs will work together with the Academy team to inspire and educate undergraduate medical students in the fundamentals of psychiatry as a medical specialty within the MBChB programme.
- They will contribute to small group teaching, communication skill assessments and simulation training.
- They will be expected to create online resources, support the delivery of the lecture and seminar programme and participate in running the end of placement assessments. In addition they will have opportunities. to develop their lecturing skills.
- The CTFs will be expected to support the Academy in hosting the final year OSCE exams.
- The post holder will also have opportunities to broaden their teaching experience by contributing to postgraduate teaching within BSMHFT.
- All post holders will be funded and supported over the course of the year to undertake the PG Certificate in Higher Education provided by Birmingham or Aston University, depending on previous training.
- The post holder will receive an honorary contract with Aston and Birmingham University.
- There will be opportunities for collaborative evaluation or research projects and each post holder will be encouraged to publish a paper in a peer reviewed journal.
- The CTFs will be expected to attend and contribute to Academy committee meetings. There is no on-call commitment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main duties and responsibilities
- The CTFs will work together with the Academy team to inspire and educate undergraduate medical students in the fundamentals of psychiatry as a medical specialty within the MBChB programme.
- They will contribute to small group teaching, communication skill assessments and simulation training.
- They will be expected to create online resources, support the delivery of the lecture and seminar programme and participate in running the end of placement assessments. In addition they will have opportunities. to develop their lecturing skills.
- The CTFs will be expected to support the Academy in hosting the final year OSCE exams.
- The post holder will also have opportunities to broaden their teaching experience by contributing to postgraduate teaching within BSMHFT.
- All post holders will be funded and supported over the course of the year to undertake the PG Certificate in Higher Education provided by Birmingham or Aston University, depending on previous training.
- The post holder will receive an honorary contract with Aston and Birmingham University.
- There will be opportunities for collaborative evaluation or research projects and each post holder will be encouraged to publish a paper in a peer reviewed journal.
- The CTFs will be expected to attend and contribute to Academy committee meetings. There is no on-call commitment.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
Desirable
- MRCPsych
- PGCert in Medical Education
- Masters
- PhD
Experience
Essential
- Engagement in medical education at undergraduate or postgraduate level
- Experience in delivery of small group teaching
Desirable
- Development of teaching materials
- Involvement in assessment of medical students
- Participation in simulation training
- Delivery of lectures to large group
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly
- Good IT skills
- Ability to evaluate teaching methods and publish findings
Desirable
- Interest in qualitative and quantitative evaluation of teaching methods
- Publications related to undergradaute medical education
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to develop good working relationships as part of a team
- Motivated in desire to see tasks through to completion
- Ability to show initiative and work under minimal guidance
- Excellent organisational skills
- Excellent communication skills
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
Desirable
- MRCPsych
- PGCert in Medical Education
- Masters
- PhD
Experience
Essential
- Engagement in medical education at undergraduate or postgraduate level
- Experience in delivery of small group teaching
Desirable
- Development of teaching materials
- Involvement in assessment of medical students
- Participation in simulation training
- Delivery of lectures to large group
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly
- Good IT skills
- Ability to evaluate teaching methods and publish findings
Desirable
- Interest in qualitative and quantitative evaluation of teaching methods
- Publications related to undergradaute medical education
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to develop good working relationships as part of a team
- Motivated in desire to see tasks through to completion
- Ability to show initiative and work under minimal guidance
- Excellent organisational skills
- Excellent communication skills
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
