Clinical Teaching Fellows - General Surgery Leicester Medical Students

at  North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

Have you considered pursuing a career in Surgery with a specialist interest in Medical Education, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level?
This is an excellent opportunity for you to join the Medical Education Team at Peterborough City Hospital on a full-time fixed term basis from August 2024 for a period of 12 months.
At North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, we are providing undergraduate clinical teaching to medical students from the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine and the University of Leicester School of Medicine.
You will be involved in coordinating and delivering the Trust’s undergraduate clinical teaching programme and will undertake five sessions of clinical duties and professional development.
Teaching is provided in a variety of clinical settings, and you will be expected to spend approximately five sessions per week teaching undergraduate medical students as well as participate in the student induction and assessment sessions.
You will have completed a minimum of Foundation Training or equivalent. MRCS is desirable but not essential.
The main educational duties will be delivering structured clinical teaching sessions, including bedside teaching, seminars, and teaching clinics, as well as running formative exams including OSCE examinations. This will include three Saturday mornings per year for student assessments with time off in lieu. We encourage postgraduate study and support engagement in educational research.
There will be five fixed educational sessions per week which will include preparation/administration and personal development time as well as formal face-to-face teaching sessions.
The remaining five sessions will be clinical and delivered within the Division of Surgery. Specialist clinics and skills training can be arranged according to career interest.
When leave is taken during a student placement block a prospective cover will have to be agreed by the Medical Education Department.
There are no on-call commitments to the post. Locum opportunities are commonly available but can only be taken up as long as they do not impact on the educational service delivery.
We are committed to ensure a work-life balance to all our staff by offering full time and part time roles, flexible working hours on a shift pattern to fit around your family life.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates form our local communities.
Benefits to you
27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);

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