ABOUT US

At Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, we’re committed to supporting our employees with a range of benefits designed to enhance your professional and personal life. We offer:

• Flexible working options to help you balance work and life
• NHS pension scheme for long-term financial security
• Generous annual leave allowance to recharge and relax
• A strong focus on career development to help you grow and achieve your potential

Additionally, you’ll gain access to our Blue Light Card, unlocking exclusive discounts on shopping, dining, and leisure activities, as well as NHS-specific perks to support you both inside and outside of work.
We are proud to foster a diverse, skilled, and inclusive workforce, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds.
Why Somerset? Somerset offers the perfect blend of idyllic countryside, outstanding areas of natural beauty, and breathtaking coastlines, with vibrant cities like Bristol, Bath, and Exeter just a short drive away - and only two hours to London.
The region is home to excellent educational facilities, and with affordable housing compared to other parts of the country, it’s a great place to build both your career and your future.
Somerset truly has it all - the peaceful countryside and cosmopolitan city life, with something for everyone to enjoy.

JOB DESCRIPTION

To work 60/40 split between clinical work in General Medicine (across Respiratory, Cardiology, Neuroscience and Stroke, Care of the older adult, and General medicine) and undergraduate medical education.
To gain experience in general Medicine and encouraged to keep an up-to-date portfolio for ST applications. Interview practise and help with the portfolio is available, and the successful candidate will be encouraged to take part in audit and other projects.
This is not a recognised training post but provides an excellent opportunity to develop teaching and clinical skills as well as portfolio preparation. You will be fully supported to develop your portfolio, interview skills etc.

The post holders will help facilitate the delivery of the University of Plymouth undergraduate curriculum to year 3, 4 & 5 medical students at Musgrove Park Hospital.

• Clinical teaching fellows (CTFs) deliver core curriculum content, act as tutors and are involved with the assessment of medical students.
• The post holder will be expected to act as a role model and mentor to the medical students.
• The post holder will help develop teaching materials.
• Clinical teaching fellow are expected to be able to deliver several types of teaching including induction sessions, small group tutorials, clinical-based history and examination sessions, facilitation of inter-Academy Hub sessions, Bedside teaching, Teaching clinics, Clinical reasoning skills and simulation based teaching.

ESSENTIAL

• Full GMC Registration
• A minimum of 18 months full time hospital service in the UK,
• Basic level training certificate (BLTC)
• Able to carry out the duties described in the job description

MANAGEMENT/ ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Willing and able to work with colleagues in management, nursing and other specialties to ensure the delivery of a high quality, safe and reliable service
Familiar with clinical governance
Proficient at Microsoft Teams, Excel, Powerpoint

This post will be 60% clinical and 40% undergraduate teaching. The post holder will either have:
1) Teaching duties for years 3,4 and 5 students from Peninsula Medical School in Somerset. You will be part of a clinical fellow team delivering planned sessions such as tutorials, clinical skills sessions, simulation based sessions and bedside clinical teaching.
2) The post holder will have teaching duties for helping teach and develop the foundation trainees at Musgrove Park, as well as support the induction and education of the International Medical Graduates. You will be part of a clinical fellow team delivering teaching, SIM, and QI/Portfolio support to the Foundation trainees.