Clinical Teaching Fellow in Medicine Junior clinical fellow/Clinical Teaching Fellow

Job overview

This innovative full-time teaching post provides an opportunity to develop teaching skills and undertake clinical research or career development. This Trust is the most advanced in the development of Clinical Teaching Fellows. Fellows play a key role in the design, development, delivery and assessment of undergraduate teaching. There are no on call commitments. The flexible timetable can be tailored to provide training in medicine or related specialities, according to the needs of the successful applicant.

Applicants are likely to have completed a period of training at FY2 level or higher with a view to applying for Specialist Registrar/Training posts in the future. Completion of MRCP /MRCS Part 1 is essential . This is a flexible post which offers excellent career progress opportunities to those wishing to develop their curriculum vitae for UK Specialty posts.

The successful applicant will be invited to undertake a Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare and Biomedical Education (based on seat availability ) and will be eligible for an Honorary Lectureship at St. George’s University of London. The post will be based at one site though the candidate is expected to work across all sites and St Georges when required.

We will be recruiting more than one candidate for this post.

We may close the advert before the closing date if enough applicants. If you have not heard 3 weeks after closing then you are not successful on this occasion.

Main duties of the job

This innovative full-time teaching post provides an opportunity to develop teaching skills and continue to develop your career in general medicine or any sub-specialty medicine. Approximately 50 % of the timetable will be allocated to teaching and 50 % to clinical training. The flexible timetable can be tailored to provide training in specific medical specialties medicine according to the career needs of the successful applicant. There are no on call commitments.

Working for our organisation

Undergraduate education is provided at all of our hospitals, providing vital clinical education and training to future healthcare professionals.

We are very proud of our strong relationships with St George’s, University of London (SGUL, formerly St George’s Hospital Medical School), Imperial College of London, the affiliated international medical schools and the high quality of teaching we offer their medical students.

The Undergraduate Centre runs a pioneering and thriving undergraduate teaching team which includes Clinical Teaching Fellows in different specialties.

Person specification

GMC/Qualiifation/Eperience

Essential criteria

• GMC registration with license to practise
• MBBS or equivalent
• Experience of working in the NHS at FY2 level or above
• Medicine or medical specialities experience at foundation level or above
• Personal experience of UK undergraduate medical training system and having engaged in their training in UK
• Understanding of clinical governance , research principles and participation in audit

Desirable criteria

• MRCP (Part 1)
• Completed Core Medical Training (IMT)
• Formal Teaching qualification
• Publications, Prizes and other achievements

Teaching

Essential criteria

• Experience of teaching medical students (formally or informally ) in NHS environment for at least 2 years

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