Paediatric Tutor for Medical Education

Job overview

Paediatric Tutor for Medical Education

• hours per week

Fixed Term for 12 months (Maternity Cover) - Secondment will be considered

Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata

Closing Date: Friday 26th June 2026

Interview Date: Monday 6th July 2026

**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **

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A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

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Main duties of the job

• To plan, design, facilitate and evaluate delivery of paediatric and neonatal related education and assessments, in collaboration with the medical education team, for medical students on placements at George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.
• To ensure medical students have the opportunity to achieve their learning objectives in line with their curriculum, placement year and block, GMC learning outcomes and stakeholder SLA requirements through delivery of theoretical, simulated, and practical teaching and clinical supervision.
• To ensure medical students are supported and enabled to access appropriate and meaningful learning opportunities, assessment, and feedback in a safe manner as part of a team which delivers quality care and education to patients and learners.
• The post holder will be clinically based, placing the clinical environment at the heart of learning and will participate in project delivery, research and evaluation related to paediatrics practice and delivery of education including responding and action planning against learner feedback.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical/Professional

• Act professionally, developing the role of MDT clinicians in the best interests of the patient and professions in accordance with the relevant professional body codes of professional conduct and educational outcomes.
• Maintain an identifiable clinical presence and undertake relevant clinical activities to maintain own clinical competency and to support staff and students in developing clinical practice.
• Provide specialist knowledge, advice and guidance while ensuring evidence based practice is developed and implemented to improve patient care and learner experience. Respond to any professional, operational, or clinical concerns as per Trust policy while promoting professional practice at all times, ensuring the Head of Medical Education is made aware of relevant concerns and the actions taken.
• Ensure any incidents related to learner activity or concerns related to learner activity are raised appropriately and responded to effectively, discussing with the Head of Medical Education where appropriate.

Clinical Leadership

• Act as a clinical role model for effective clinical leadership enabling and facilitating others to take forward initiatives and deliver quality care.
• Continuously support improvements to service provision by maintaining current/up to date knowledge of best practice and by creating an environment of trust and respect.
• Work collaboratively with other professional groups to maximise development opportunities and inter - professional learning opportunities.
• Maximise opportunities to share good practices, innovations, audit, and research outputs with colleagues locally and nationally.
• Represent the Trust on external professional groups and network with colleagues from other organisations as appropriate.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.