Clinical Teaching Fellow - Medical Education

Job summary

Applications are invited for Clinical Teaching Fellows (CTF) post in Medical Education with an anticipated start date of 3rd August 2022. Posts will be for one year initially but with scope to extend by a further 12 months.

Posts are available for full time (10 sessions per week) or part time (5 sessions per week) and postholders will be required to work on both the University Hospital of Wales (UHW) and University Hospital Llandough (UHL) sites. Any out of hours work undertaken will be paid at a suppliment as agreed by the relevant Clinical Board

This role offers an exciting opportunity for a forward thinking doctor to gain extensive experience in medical education, practical skills and simulation teaching and to mentor medical students to prepare them for life as a foundation doctor. Support will be available to pursue a postgraduate medical education based qualification if appropriate and the postholder will also benefit from having an honorary contract with Cardiff University with the title Honorary Lecturer. .

Main duties of the job

Teaching is the primary function of this role and the successful postholder will be keen to develop a special interest in medical education and have some prior experience of teaching medical students. There is also the opportunity to contribute to the clinical and simulation based teaching delivered for the foundation programme.

The role will require working closely with the Department of Medical Education, Honorary Senior Lecturer and undergraduate tutors to develop, deliver and evaluate evidence based undergraduate education to Cardiff and Swansea University medical students following the C21 curriculum

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission is"Caring for People, Keeping People Well",and ourvision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.

Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiffand the Vale offers the best of both worlds.