Teaching Fellow (Full Time)

Job overview

The main base site is Wansbeck General Hospital but the role will also include working Trust wide.

To deliver high quality undergraduate clinical teaching within Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

To provide a broad range of educational experience to each fellow in order to progress their scholarship, teaching skills and clinical acumen.

In addition to the above, the post will allow the post holder sufficient independence to develop their own area of interest within medical education and to study towards a recognised teaching qualification.

Main duties of the job

Principle activities within the role – Education:

To assist in the development, co-ordination, and delivery of undergraduate teaching for students from Sunderland University across Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust at sites including, but not limited to, Hexham, North Tyneside, Wansbeck General Hospitals, Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital in Cramlington and community sites. The Teaching Fellow will participate in delivering and monitoring courses and clinical teaching across year 3, 4 and 5 of the Sunderland University undergraduate medical curriculum.

To develop the teaching and educational skills of the Teaching Fellow, the post holder will be expected to register for the Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education, institution to be confirmed, with Home Fees funded by the Trust.

To support the design, development, implementation and review of simulation and technology enhanced learning teaching sessions.

To conduct a small-scale educational project, for example an audit or the development of new innovative teaching material.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Expectations from post holder:

Augment their existing clinical, educational, and intellectual skills in order to make decisions and problem solve for the benefit of the patient, students, and others within the Trust.

Provide evidence-based clinical and educational practice which is robust and makes optimum use of available resources including local expertise and experience.

Develop their current interpersonal and communication skills with regards to effective collaboration and conducive to co-operation within teams.

Develop confidence and competence as a ‘beginning’ specialist in clinical, educational, and scholarly practice.

Convey enthusiasm for their specialty to undergraduate medical students.

Gain experience of teaching across curricula and within rotations Develop their academic and scholarship profile in their field of interest.