# Education Fellows

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- **Location:** Base site to be confirmed
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Education
- **Grade:** Junior
- **Salary:** £52,656 per annum
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 11 months (until 3 August 2027)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-31T15:00:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-19T11:20:45.863Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/East_Sussex/EastbourneHastings/East_Sussex_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Education/Education-v8240533
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8240533?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.esht.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are pleased to offer several exciting opportunities for motivated and enthusiastic doctors at FY3 level (or equivalent) to join us as Education Fellows working across East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, in partnership with Brighton & Sussex Medical School and King’s College London GKT School of Medical Education.

These roles provide a unique chance to gain invaluable experience in medical education, working within one of the region’s largest integrated care providers and two outstanding medical schools. You will join dynamic education teams to help deliver innovative, integrated, and high‑quality educational programmes for Undergraduate Medical Students and Resident Doctors.

The Trust supports approximately 400 Resident Doctors across Foundation, Core, GP and Higher Specialty programmes. Educational delivery is overseen through a strengthened Interprofessional Educational Governance Structure, including:

- Local Faculty Groups
- Support of Integrated Education Service including DME/Education Leads
- Education Assurance Group (Interprofessional remit)
- Regional wide Quality & Governance Assurance processes
- External quality oversight by the GMC National Training Survey (NTS), and the wider National Training Survey.

This governance structure ensures high standards in learning environments, student experience, and clinical education.

### Main duties of the job

As an Education Fellow, you will contribute primarily to Undergraduate Medical Education, with opportunities to support selected Postgraduate Medical Education activities depending on interests and service needs. This is a leadership‑development role offering exposure to Trust‑wide education processes.

Responsibilities include:

- Delivering clinical skills, simulation, bedside and small‑group teaching
- Coordinating and supporting undergraduate teaching activities across multiple specialties
- Contributing to educational leadership, including teaching planning, curriculum support and interprofessional teaching initiatives
- Leading or participating in Quality Improvement (QI) projects focused on education, learning environments, or clinical teaching
- Developing and evaluating teaching materials, digital learning resources and assessment formats
- Supporting interprofessional education within Trust governance structures
- Working closely with Resident Doctor Representatives and Local Faculty Groups
- Supporting student experience, placement organisation and educational governance evaluation

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Working for Our Organisation

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS organisations in East Sussex and the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex.

We deliver safe, compassionate and high‑quality hospital and community care for around 500,000 people.

Our Services and Sites

We operate:

Two acute hospitals: Conquest Hospital (Hastings) and Eastbourne District General Hospital

Three community hospitals: Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield

Over 100 community sites across East Sussex

Care delivered by over 8,000 staff, supported by a £700 million annual budget

Quality Ratings

The Trust is rated ‘Good’ overall by the CQC and ‘Outstanding’ for Caring and Effective services. Conquest Hospital and Community Services are rated ‘Outstanding’, with Eastbourne DGH rated ‘Good’.

Specialist Services

At Bexhill Hospital and Bexhill Health Centre, services include: maternity, paediatrics, heart failure clinics, dietetics, ophthalmic day surgery, macular degeneration follow‑up, diabetic retinal screening and rehabilitation via the Irvine Unit.

We are proud to be a great place to work, offering development, support and opportunity across acute and community settings. \[apps.trac.jobs\]

Preferred Areas of Interest

As the posts will cover a range of curricula, please indicate your preferred specialty area when applying:

- Medicine
- Surgery (including Anaesthetics)
- Emergency Medicine
- Women & Children’s

In the event that we receive a high volume of applications, we may need to close the application process earlier than planned. To avoid missing out, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Teaching

**Essential**

- Teaching experience and a sound knowledge of the medical school curriculum
- Engagement in high quality education & training.

### Administration

**Essential**

- Excellent organisational & administrative skills

### Training and experience

**Essential**

- Successful completion of Foundation Programme

**Desirable**

- ALS certified

### Personal skills & attributes

**Essential**

- Effective communicator, able to work in a multi-disciplinary team
- Leadership qualities
- Excellent IT skills
- Excellent presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Ability to work as part of a dynamic team that is committed to innovation and high standards
- Ability to work on their own and take initiative without close supervision.

**Desirable**

- Demonstration of initiated projects.

### Qualification & Registration

**Essential**

- MBBS or equivalent
- Full GMC Registration with a licence to practice

**Desirable**

- Part A FRCA, MRCS, MRCP, MRCEM
- Educational qualification

### Audit & Research and Publications

**Essential**

- Understanding of principles of medical audit
- Understanding of the role of research

**Desirable**

- Emerging track record of highquality publications in reputable journals and other appropriate media of a similar standing
- Experience of generating research or knowledge exchange income.

## Documents

- [educational fellow jd (pdf, 504.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10551352)
- [guidance for applicants - afc (pdf, 152.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=672)

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