Clinical Teaching Fellow - Southend

at  Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust have an exciting opportunity to join us based at Southend Hospital in an interesting role that will be to primarily support the undergraduate teaching programme for medical students. The main duties of your role will be the implementation and integration of the medical curriculum.
This prestigious role may mean you are eligible for entry to the part-time taught PG Certificate in Medical Education and you will work closely with the Sub-Dean/Undergraduate Lead, Associate DME, CTF Site Lead, Medical Education Manager, Simulation Team and Undergraduate / Postgraduate Administrators.
The role will be split 50% Medical Education and 50% clinical. your placement will be six months in Medical Education and six months in a clinical specialty. There are a variety of specialties to choose for your clinical time including:
Gastroenterology
Acute Medical Unit
Renal Medicine
Respiratory Medicine
Stroke Medicine
Medicine for the Elderly
Emergency Medicine
General Surgery
Critical Care Unit
Your role is due to start on 7 th August 2024 and will be a fixed term contract until 5 th August 2025.
Please note that the role may close early depending on the number of applications.
Interviews for these posts will take place on 29th February and 5th March.
Your role will involve student teaching, it will focus on clinical skills, particularly beside patient teaching but also case-based discussions. You will identify and manage any teaching skills gaps and work to address these through a structured provision as well as helping identify medical students in ‘difficulty’. Simulation training will play a key part.
You will be expected to attend at undergraduate operational meetings at site as well as faculty meetings held off site at the Medical Schools in London and Chelmsford; you will be required to attend the Junior Doctor Patient Safety Forum/Medical Education Faculty meetings held at site.
As our Clinical Teaching fellows you will assist in organisation and development of student assessments, organising small group teaching, virtual teaching and be involved in the supervision and support of junior doctor (F1 & F2) led teaching of undergraduates.
It will be envisaged that you will provide education support for students including developing e-learning resources.
You will contribute to the departmental teaching Programmes at Undergraduate/Postgraduate level, assisting in the preparation and implementation of Royal College Mock and final PACES, Medical School Mock and Final MBBS.
It will be expected that your Annual Leave and Study leave will be split evenly between your two placements.
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.
We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook – if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.
We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress
Are you looking for a new role where you support our doctors in training and also study for your PG certificate, then we want to hear from you.
Core elements of the undergraduate teaching programme you will be expected to oversee will include:
Bedside clinical teaching
Clinical skills teaching
Lecture-based teaching
High-fidelity simulation for management of acutely unwell patients
Virtual reality simulation for management of acutely unwell patients
Preparation for Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs)
Preparation for Foundation Year 1
Prescribing teaching tailored for the Prescribing Safety Assessment exam
For more information about this exciting role please see the attached JD

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