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Postgraduate Education Fellow


Location
Salary
£45,715 - £69,976 per annum +LDN Weighting
Profession
Medical doctor
Grade
Senior
Deadline
21 Jun 2026
Contract Type
12 months (Fixed term(Start Date 05-08-2026))
Posted Date
05 Jun 2026
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Job overview

Medical Education Fellow (x2 posts)

We are seeking two motivated and enthusiastic Medical Education Fellows to join our dynamic Medical Education team. These roles offer an excellent opportunity to develop skills in medical education, leadership, and project delivery within a large, forward-thinking NHS Trust.

As part of this fellowship, there will also be opportunities to contribute to a major North West London Acute Provider Group (APG) quality improvement programme focused on Infection Prevention & Control, Antimicrobial Stewardship and patient safety across four acute NHS trusts.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities

  • Deliver and develop medical education programmes, including IMG induction, MRCP PACES teaching, simulation, and contributions to training pathways, health and wellbeing, leadership development, and educator workforce initiatives
  • In collaboration, develop and refine portfolio pathways and explore wider training pathway opportunities
  • Manage, analyse, and utilise programme data (e.g. HEAT or equivalent systems) to evaluate impact and inform continuous improvement
  • Design, lead, and evaluate medical education projects, including stakeholder engagement, project delivery, data analysis, and dissemination through reports, presentations, and research outputs
  • Contribute to quality assurance, governance, and workforce development, including participation in education committees, regulatory preparation, outreach activity, and wider organisational improvement initiatives

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please refer to the Job Description attached to the advert

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Eligible to enter ST3+ training in chosen specialty
  • Full Royal College Membership

Desirable

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Education
  • Project management qualification

Skills, Experience & Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of project management principles
  • Awareness of current educational initiatives with regard to: patient safety, quality improvement, risk management, cross-speciality training
  • Strong IT skills across MS Office
  • Self-motivating with a flexible approach to work and ability to work independently
  • Able to manage simultaneous workstreams and deliver to deadlines
  • Ability to critically evaluate information, solve problems, and make data-driven decisions
  • Good writing skills, able to write in different formats for a range of audiences
  • Methodical and organised in managing information and processes
  • Confident presentation skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in partnership with others across the range of professions and levels of seniority
  • Effective team working skills both as leader and team member
  • Strong interest and involvement in medical education
  • Proven experience in data analysis
  • Experience of developing and delivering clinical teaching/training programme
  • Experience of audit
  • Experience of developing interventions to change professionals’ behaviour
  • Experience of report writing

Person specification

Experience

Essential

  • Strong interest and involvement in medical education
  • Experience of developing and delivering clinical teaching/training programme
  • Experience of audit
  • Experience of developing interventions to change professionals’ behaviour
  • Experience of report writing
  • Proven experience in data analysis

Desirable

  • Participation in Quality Improvement projects
  • Experience of leading a project team to achieve successful deliverables
  • Conference presentations or publications in clinical education/training

knowledge/Skills

Essential

  • Understanding of project management principles
  • Awareness of current educational initiatives with regard to: patient safety, quality improvement, risk management, cross-speciality training
  • Strong IT skills across MS Office
  • Self-motivating with a flexible approach to work and ability to work independently
  • Able to manage simultaneous workstreams and deliver to deadlines
  • Good writing skills, able to write in different formats for a range of audiences
  • Methodical and organised in managing information and processes
  • Confident presentation skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in partnership with others across the range of professions and levels of seniority
  • Effective team working skills both as leader and team member
  • Ability to critically evaluate information, solve problems, and make data-driven decisions

Desirable

  • Knowledge of education/training programme evaluation methodology
  • Understanding of education commissioning

Eduaction/Qualifications

Essential

  • Eligible to enter ST3+ training in chosen specialty
  • Full Royal College Membership

Desirable

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Education
  • Project management qualification

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