Teaching Fellow in Chosen Specialty

Job overview

The purpose of this post is to identify and train doctors to be clinical teachers. It is aimed at applicants looking for posts at FY2/ST1-2/ST3+ scale. This is a challenging post that will test skills that are not the focus of most clinical training roles yet are highly relevant and transferable to senior clinical roles. This post will encompass more than just teaching.

Main duties of the job

• Teaching of medical students
• this will be in a variety of clinical settings such as on a ward, ITU, theatre, clinic or assessment units
• this will be in a variety of non-clinical settings such as seminar rooms, clinical skills labs and lecture theatres
• Clinical and communications skills teaching across the whole course, in liaison with clinical skills lead and staff
• Teaching both year 5 students and  year 4
• Support and organisation of clinical skills training
• Support and organisation of critical care programme
• Delivering classroom/seminar based teaching
• Co-ordinating medical student activities. This will involve liaison with relevant clinical teachers, practice educator team and secretariat
• Evaluation of aspects of curriculum and curricular delivery.
• To participate in student assessment by mini-CEX, Direct Observation of Procedures (DOPs), case based discussion and OSCE examination
• To complete formal study in medical education
• To maintain clinical skills
• Full involvement with the whole week teaching programme for year 5 students
• Covering for tutors for bedside teaching, if required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful applicant will take part in various modes of assessment and appraisal. The post-holder will also have a significant role in the delivery of the new curricular components of Year 5 of the Keele University Medical School Curriculum. The post holder will support teaching in the “year spine” component of the fourth year of the curriculum, including ethics, drug administration and pain management. The curriculum is in a continuous process of development, presenting other opportunities for training and participation in other varied teaching activities. These include problem-based learning, clinical and communication skills tuition, and use of advanced medical simulation (via use of SimMan 3G). Post holders will receive formal training in advanced medical simulation.

Successful applicants will be enrolled in the Keele University Teacher the Teachers Course and will be funded to study for the Keele Post Graduate Certificate of Medical Education. Consideration will also be given for funding of other relevant educational courses.

There will be one clinical day per week allocated to the successful applicant in their preferred specialty (subject to availability). The timetable is flexible to allow continued development of specialty skills and every attempt will be made to match clinical sessions with teaching fellow’s individual wishes. There will be some out of hours and overnight working by arrangement. The opportunity exists for extra clinical sessions to be paid separately. There will also be the opportunity to negotiate out of hours banding.

Shropshire is an area of outstanding natural beauty and offers extensive outdoor recreational facilities and easy access to North Wales and the Welsh Coast. Housing standards are high in the county both in town and country with good local state and private schools. The M54 motorway starts just outside Shrewsbury and provides quick access to the national motorway network. Keele University is located just under 40 miles from the hospitals.