Undergraduate Clinical Teaching Fellow

Job overview

Undergraduate Medical Education (Medicine & Surgery)

Applications are invited for the above post, based at Kingston Hospital Education Centre, to start from August 6th 2025, for 12 months fixed term. Appointments will be made in line with the stated salary scale MT02-MT03.

The post holder will be involved in the education of medical undergraduates from City St George’s University of London Medical School. They will deliver bedside teaching, tutorials, simulation and other educational activities such as a mock OSCE. Over the course of the year, there will be opportunities to take part in other events such as a careers fair, acting as an examiner and interviewing for the medical school.

The post holder will be encouraged and supported in undertaking a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education.

The post is full time for 37.5 hours per week and is a solely educational role with no clinical work attached.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work closely with the Undergraduate Tutor and Medical Education Coordinator to lead on the following,

• To coordinate and deliver teaching
• To assess feedback and together with medical education team respond to student feedback.
• To provide teaching of the undergraduate curriculum.
• The fellow's involvement in medical education would involve a range of activities, including but not limited to:- Coordination, delivery and development of teaching sessions and opportunities, small and large group tutorials- Skills based practical sessions- Bedside teaching and clinical skills teaching- Contribution to OSCE examinations of students, will be required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will play an important role in teaching and coordinating medical students from City St George’s MBBS programmes on rotation at Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Teaching will include bedside teaching sessions, tutorials, mock OSCEs, simulation sessions and involvement in the hospital Grand Round. Students on both medical and surgical placements will be taught examination and history taking skills as well as core generic knowledge such as x-ray interpretation. The successful candidate will take a part in delivering student inductions, alongside the Medical Undergraduate Coordinator. The teaching fellow will be given time to write and develop their own teaching material.

Student wellbeing is a priority within our team and the teaching fellow is key to ensuring that students are supported. The teaching fellow will provide a point of contact for students and the role includes answering queries from students (both face to face and by email) about their placement.

The post holder will work in the Undergraduate Education Team at Kingston Hospital. The team includes the Undergraduate Tutor/Sub Dean, a second teaching fellow (who works two days a week), the Medical Undergraduate Coordinator and administrative staff. The team meets monthly via MS Teams to review feedback and discuss the teaching programmes.

This job will also require liaison with St George’s, University of London, by attending Committee Meetings and Clinical Teaching Fellow meetings and attend training days at St George’s Medical School.

There will be opportunity to undertake a significant Quality Improvement Project within the Trust, to produce and present a poster.  The successful candidate will also undertake a project on a topic within the PgCert Course on undergraduate education.

Education and Training/Self-Development

• 1.    Identify own training and development needs and undertake appropriate training/education as required. 2.    Participate in an annual individual performance review process where objectives will be agreed, performance monitored and personal development needs discussed. 3.    To attend all statutory and mandatory training as and when required to do so. 4.    Act responsibly in respect of colleague’s health, safety and welfare following safe work practices and complying with the Trust’s Health and Safety Policies.