Teaching Fellow

Job overview

Fixed Term | 2 years  (Full-Time or Two Less-Than-Full-Time Fellows)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a Teaching Fellow  in Undergraduate Medical Education at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. This post represents an exciting development in the provision of undergraduate teaching in Child Health, as part of the University of Sheffield’s MBChB degree.

The post-holder will benefit from the opportunity to work closely with undergraduates undertaking their rotation in Child Health at SCFT. The organisation and delivery of the undergraduate rotation has been revised to ensure all students have exposure to a broad range of patients, in different settings, with dedicated teaching and support.

The Fellow will be part of an Undergraduate Medical Education (UGME) team responsible for the evolution of the course and the delivery of high-quality undergraduate education to our doctors, and paediatricians, of the future. The post holder will be encouraged and supported to gain a qualification in medical education and consider undertaking or contributing to research in the field of Medical Education.

This post is suitable for a Medical Education OOPE, and applications are invited from candidates with training and experience in paediatric medicine who would like to be involved in this exciting development.

Main duties of the job

Some of your responsibilities will include:

To teach, mentor and assess students, and play a significant contributory role in the evolution and running of the Child Health course, including the delivery and coordination of the teaching of the students allocated to SC(NHS)FT for their clinical placement. This is likely to include an introductory session in week 1, thrice weekly bedside teaching, running practical skills sessions, coordination of the mentoring scheme for students and delivery of ILAs.

We anticipate the appointed fellow will train to become an assessor/examiner, both helping to mark the written work and performing formative and summative assessments. In addition, the fellow may be asked to deliver lectures.

The Fellow will be expected to contribute to the Child Health course by writing exam questions for Phase 3a examinations, and other phase examinations that include Child Health, overseen by the Research and Teaching Fellow and DUGME, with opportunities to attend an examination writing course run by the University and attend meetings at the Medical School.

They will be required to contribute to the Phase 3a written examination internal quality assurance, standard setting and marking, with opportunities to contribute more widely to Medical School activities such as interviewing for medical school entry.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on the main responsibilities for this post, please refer to the job description and person specification.

For an informal chat about this role, please contact Elisabeth Jameson Email: [email protected]  Tel: 0114 2717000

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