Clinical Teaching Fellow in Undergraduate Medical Education

at  Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

To support the educational needs of hospital based medical students from the Three Counties Medical School, based in Gloucestershire.
The Three Counties Medical School is newly formed medical school based in Worcester and established in 2023. The innovative course is open to postgraduate entrants and is based on Problem Based Learning with early clinical exposure. The students will be on 4 week block clinical placements in Gloucestershire Hospitals NHSFT between March and August 2025. This post is to help support the Three Counties Medical Students whilst on placement in the Trust.
This post is an ideal opportunity to add clinical teaching practice evidence to your CV and in particular become involved in innovative teaching practices such as Problem Based Learning. Ideal for those currently undertaking clinical locum work that would like to enhance their CV.
The role is for 1 WTE for 5 months – we will consider either one applicant or two applicants to share the role at 0.5 WTE each - please state clearly on your application which you would prefer.
Clinical Care
No clinical care duties are included in this role.
Patient Care
No patient care duties are included in this role
Professional Development & Education
Education; This post is not recognised by the Royal Colleges for General Professional Training nor by the Royal College of General Practitioners for Vocational Training.
Applicants must ensure they are aware of the implications to their career plans when they are applying for this post.
Applicants are encouraged to join other Three Counties Clinical Teaching Fellows based in Worcester for CPD and training in PBL techniques. Opportunities to become further involved in TCMS teaching and facilitation will be supported. Support may be available if the post-holder wishes to apply for applicable teaching qualifications.
At the Gloucestershire Hospitals we’re proud to put our people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the ‘best care for everyone’.
Health and wellbeing - We are committed to a culture where staff feel able to openly raise their concerns with the clear expectation that they will be listened to, their concerns taken seriously and acted upon. We have a Lead for Freedom To Speak Up Guardian who is working closely with staff to understand and support safe speaking up in the Trust.
We also have a staff advice and support hub that will help you to make the right choices for your health because it puts all the information you need in one place. Whether you’re looking for information about your physical, emotional or financial wellbeing, we can help support you.
Gloucestershire Hospitals is committed to promoting the Health and Wellbeing of its staff. The Trust is a smoke free site; smoking is not permitted anywhere in the grounds.
This post offers the opportunity to be involved in the Medical Education of Medical Students from Three Counties Medical School (TCMS) whilst they are on clinical placement at GHNHSFT. The prime function of the post holder is as a facilitator delivering core content and providing bedside clinical teaching for medical students from Years 1 and 2 based on the Undergraduate Curriculum of Three Counties Medical School.
Teaching will take place in a variety of forms: small group tutorials, bed-side clinical teaching and clinical based history and examination. The post holder will be expected to spend time developing teaching sessions in a variety of formats including e-learning materials. Contributions to the appraisal and examination (OSCE’s) of students will be required.
This is a 5 month annualised hours post based on availability to provide supervision, education and facilitation of students during their clinical placements at Gloucestershire Hospitals between March and August 2025. The post-holder must be available during these dates. The post-holder must hold full GMC registration for this post.
The post will be split between Cheltenham General Hospital and Gloucester Royal Hospital and there will be opportunity to attend CPD sessions with Three Counties Clinical teaching fellows based at the medical school in Worcester and to also be involved in facilitating PBL sessions in Worcester if desired

Please refer the Job description for details