# Teaching Fellow in Acute Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/teaching-fellow-in-acute-medicine/6e008832-5b45-4e43-9c37-a61c74e11c88 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/teaching-fellow-in-acute-medicine/6e008832-5b45-4e43-9c37-a61c74e11c88.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Derby - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Acute Medicine - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £67,325 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term) - **Employment type:** 40 hours per week (Full time position - Working arrangement to be agreed) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-26T11:52:33.205Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Derbyshire/Derby/University_Hospitals_Derby_Burton_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Acute_Medicine/Acute_Medicine-v8031153 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8031153?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are appointing new colleagues for our medical team within the Acute Medicine Business Unit.  This is a full-time, fixed-term service appointment for 12 months.  Based at Royal Derby Hospital, the appointees will undertake duties for the Medical Services Division. Provision of Acute and General Internal Medical Care in the Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) and Medical Same Day Emergency Care (MSDEC) at middle grade (medical registrar) level  Supervision and teaching of medical students based in Acute Medicine  Management, Audit and Patient safety opportunities. Job Holders will be expected to engage with departmental work in the above categories such as presenting a case for mortality review. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will support the Acute & Specialist Medicine Business Units, specifically within acute/ general internal medicine. Whilst on duty the post holder will be clinically and professionally responsible for their patients. It will also be their duty to: - communicate with patients (&/or their carers if appropriate) about their condition; - involve patients (&/or their carers if appropriate) in decision making about their treatment; - maintain professional standards & obligations as set out from time to time by the General - Medical Council (GMC) & comply in particular with the GMC’s guidance on ‘Good Medical Practice’ as amended or substituted from time to time; - carry out any work related to, & reasonably incidental to, the duties set out in their schedule of duties, e.g. keeping of records & provision of reports, proper delegation of tasks, maintaining skills & knowledge. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post holder will be expected to be flexible and to co-operate with all reasonable requests to cover for their colleagues’ absences where they are safe and competent and where it is practicable to do so. Where the post holder undertakes duties in accordance with this paragraph and such duties take place outside of their contracted hours they will receive either an equivalent off duty period or remuneration. Where this adversely impacts on the schedule of duties and/or opportunities for individual doctors a temporary schedule of duties will be agreed for the period of cover. Where covering is not practicable, the Trust will be responsible for the engagement of a locum tenens, but the post holder will have the responsibility of bringing the need to the notice of the Trust The post holder will be expected to contribute to graduate and continuing medical education activity locally as appropriate and to participate in clinical audit under local arrangements (in light of relevant departmental guidance). The Medicine Division want to offer any locally employed doctor the opportunity to access support and training/supervision and will take a flexible approach for individuals wishing to gain specific skills within an area of Medicine. A formal schedule of duties will be agreed between the post holder and the Assistant Clinical Director for the Acute Medicine Business Unit on appointment.  It will be a prospective agreement that sets out the post holder’s duties, responsibilities and objectives for the coming year. It will cover all aspects of the post holder’s professional practice including clinical work, administration, audit, teaching and CPD responsibilities.  It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external.  In addition, it will include personal objectives, including details of the post holder’s link to wider service objectives, and details of the support required by the post holder to meet the timetabled duties and their objectives. The post holder will be expected to work as part of a team with responsibility for maintaining the highest standards of clinical care, for teaching of junior staff and medical students and for actively participating in continuing medical education, and department and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and Audit. ## Job Details We are appointing new colleagues for our medical team within the Acute Medicine Business Unit. This is a full-time, fixed-term service appointment for 12 months. Based at Royal Derby Hospital, the appointees will undertake duties for the Medical Services Division. Provision of Acute and General Internal Medical Care in the Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) and Medical Same Day Emergency Care (MSDEC) at middle grade (medical registrar) level Supervision and teaching of medical students based in Acute Medicine Management, Audit and Patient safety opportunities. Job Holders will be expected to engage with departmental work in the above categories such as presenting a case for mortality review. ## Job Description The post holder will support the Acute & Specialist Medicine Business Units, specifically within acute/ general internal medicine. Whilst on duty the post holder will be clinically and professionally responsible for their patients. It will also be their duty to: communicate with patients (&/or their carers if appropriate) about their condition; involve patients (&/or their carers if appropriate) in decision making about their treatment; maintain professional standards & obligations as set out from time to time by the General Medical Council (GMC) & comply in particular with the GMC’s guidance on ‘Good Medical Practice’ as amended or substituted from time to time; carry out any work related to, & reasonably incidental to, the duties set out in their schedule of duties, e.g. keeping of records & provision of reports, proper delegation of tasks, maintaining skills & knowledge. ## Responsibilities The post holder will be expected to be flexible and to co-operate with all reasonable requests to cover for their colleagues’ absences where they are safe and competent and where it is practicable to do so. Where the post holder undertakes duties in accordance with this paragraph and such duties take place outside of their contracted hours they will receive either an equivalent off duty period or remuneration. Where this adversely impacts on the schedule of duties and/or opportunities for individual doctors a temporary schedule of duties will be agreed for the period of cover. Where covering is not practicable, the Trust will be responsible for the engagement of a locum tenens, but the post holder will have the responsibility of bringing the need to the notice of the Trust The post holder will be expected to contribute to graduate and continuing medical education activity locally as appropriate and to participate in clinical audit under local arrangements (in light of relevant departmental guidance). The Medicine Division want to offer any locally employed doctor the opportunity to access support and training/supervision and will take a flexible approach for individuals wishing to gain specific skills within an area of Medicine. A formal schedule of duties will be agreed between the post holder and the Assistant Clinical Director for the Acute Medicine Business Unit on appointment. It will be a prospective agreement that sets out the post holder’s duties, responsibilities and objectives for the coming year. It will cover all aspects of the post holder’s professional practice including clinical work, administration, audit, teaching and CPD responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external. In addition, it will include personal objectives, including details of the post holder’s link to wider service objectives, and details of the support required by the post holder to meet the timetabled duties and their objectives. The post holder will be expected to work as part of a team with responsibility for maintaining the highest standards of clinical care, for teaching of junior staff and medical students and for actively participating in continuing medical education, and department and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and Audit. ## Person Specification ### Eligibility **Essential** - Completed core medical training (or equivalent - 4+ years postgraduate training) **Desirable** - Experience at middle grade level ### Qualifications **Essential** - MBBS or equivilent - Full MRCP(UK) or at least part 2 written with plans to take PACES - ALS Certificate ### Licence to practice **Essential** - Full GMC registration with licence to practice on application ### Clinical Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Experience in making clinical decisions & managing risk. Knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need **Desirable** - Minimum 1 year NHS experience ### Teaching Experience, Audit and Research **Essential** - Evidence and experience of supervising and teaching resident doctors and medical students - Evidence of knowledge and experience of teaching clinical skills - Evidence and ability to assess and apply evidence-based research into every day clinical practice **Desirable** - Any teaching courses or qualifications - Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements relevant to the specialty ## Documents - [job description teaching fellow acute medicine (pdf, 936.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10318669) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.