Undergraduate Clinical Teaching Fellow - Surgery

Job overview

1 Year Fixed Term based at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT).

We are looking to recruit Surgical Undergraduate Clinical Teaching Fellows who will work as part of our integrated multi professional team and will focus on enhancing Surgery undergraduate education within the Trust. These posts will provide an exciting opportunity for someone looking to develop themselves as an educator.

You will join dynamic and friendly teams and will be the point of contact for medical students who are on clinical placements at the Trust. You will teach the students directly, and also coordinate and arrange a diversity of medical education sessions. Cross-site working to provide teaching support to different specialties across our various sites will be required.

These posts are open to trainees above the grade of FY2 in any grade/specialty.

There are part and full time roles available, starting August 2025.

Main duties of the job

The post holders will be expected to:

• Deliver required teaching sessions for the post
• Produce, coordinate and evaluate students’ timetables
• Attend weekly team meetings
• Participate in examination skills, clinical skills, simulation training and bedside teaching
• Work with UG Team to organise and ensure smooth running of OSCE and CPSA exams
• Contribute to educational development and quality improvement
• Promote educational research
• Provide welfare support for students
• Design and implement projects to develop new learning opportunities
• Support within a wide range of surgical specialties, such as General Surgery, ENT and Trauma & Orthopaedics.

Please state clearly on your application form which speciality you are interested in.

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

• Medical qualification with registration at the GMC
• Eligible to enter core training (post Foundation Year 2)

Desirable

• Eligible to commence a PG course or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Strong interest and involvement in medical education and previous experience of successful delivery of teaching
• Experience working as a doctor in an NHS Trust

Desirable

• Awareness of current educational initiatives with regard to: patient safety, quality improvement, risk management, cross-speciality training
• Participation in Quality Improvement projects

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in partnership with others across the range of professions and levels of seniority
• Ability to plan and organise own work to deadlines with minimal supervision
• Good teaching skills and keen to develop teaching skills further
• Strong written and oral communication skills, with an ability to negotiate with staff at all levels
• Good presentation skills
• Able to work independently  and within a formal team structure both as leader and team member
• An ability to use information technology effectively and to manage data intelligently
• Self-motivating with a flexible approach to work and ability to work independently
• Able to manage simultaneous workstreams and deliver to deadlines
• Able to manage fluctuating workloads