Education Fellow - General Surgery

at  Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic surgical trainee to undertake an important role within our Trust. The aim is to enable you to develop competences and engage in formal training in medical education while gaining further experience in elective and emergency General Surgery. You will be key to enhancing the training of foundation doctors, core and higher surgical trainees and the wider multi-professional team.
These posts would be suitable for trainees with full MRCS (or equivalent) who have completed Core Surgical Training and have an interest in medical education. They will also be helpful if you wish to enhance your CV prior to applying to a specialty. One to one careers advice is available from our careers tutor. The posts are for one year.
You would be expected to study for a postgraduate certificate in medical education or equivalent. This will be funded by the Trust.
You will have a clinical commitment which will include OPD, theatre and on call commitments, with the intention of splitting your time between clinical (60%) and educational (40%) activity. On call commitment to be confirmed but will consist of participation in the registrar emergency general surgery rota. There are 15 slots on this rota which enables us to have 2 registrars on call during each day shift. Nights consist of resident shifts at GRH with an SHO and 2 F1s.

You would be expected to

• Develop competences in medical education through studying for the Post Graduate Certificate. (This will be funded by the Trust.)
• Undertake a variety of educational roles which could include (list not exhaustive):

o Undertaking educational projects with the Surgical Division and College Tutors
o Undertaking projects relating to technical skills simulation and multiprofessional simulation with the intention of achieving presentations at national conferences
o Work with the consultant body to develop local faculty
o Undertake teaching sessions for Foundation and Core trainees

o Continue to organise virtual teaching and journal club sessions

• Develop further competences in General Surgery (subspecialty to be decided) by:

o Undertaking outpatient clinics with a supervising consultant.
o Undertaking inpatient work and operating lists in the specialty
We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital to a population of 652,475* in Gloucestershire as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond. Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staffs are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred, high quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are world leaders in healthcare, teaching and research. You could make a real difference to our patients’ lives by joining our team.
The In-patient Upper GI Service is based at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital (GRH). The in-patient Colorectal Service is based at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital (GRH) and Cheltenham General Hospital (CGH). At GRH GI surgery services are provided on wards 4A and 5A with 5B acting as a Surgical Assessment Unit. There are 16 GI Surgery consultants, 15 WTE equivalent registrars, 9 WTE F2/CST level trainees and 11 F1s. The team has a reputation for excellent training within the region and is widely regarded as friendly and supportive.
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic surgical trainee to undertake an important role within our Trust. The aim is to enable you to develop competences and engage in formal training in medical education while gaining further experience in elective and emergency General Surgery. You will be key to enhancing the training of foundation doctors, core and higher surgical trainees and the wider multi-professional team.
These posts would be suitable for trainees with full MRCS (or equivalent) who have completed Core Surgical Training and have an interest in medical education. They will also be helpful if you wish to enhance your CV prior to applying to a specialty. One to one careers advice is available from our careers tutor. The posts are for one year.
You would be expected to study for a postgraduate certificate in medical education or equivalent. This will be funded by the Trust.
You will have a clinical commitment which will include OPD, theatre and on call commitments, with the intention of splitting your time between clinical (60%) and educational (40%) activity. On call commitment to be confirmed but will consist of participation in the registrar emergency general surgery rota. There are 15 slots on this rota which enables us to have 2 registrars on call during each day shift. Nights consist of resident shifts at GRH with an SHO and 2 F1s.

You would be expected to

• Develop competences in medical education through studying for the Post Graduate Certificate. (This will be funded by the Trust.)
• Undertake a variety of educational roles which could include (list not exhaustive):

o Undertaking educational projects with the Surgical Division and College Tutors
o Undertaking projects relating to technical skills simulation and multiprofessional simulation with the intention of achieving presentations at national conferences
o Work with the consultant body to develop local faculty
o Undertake teaching sessions for Foundation and Core trainees

o Continue to organise virtual teaching and journal club sessions

• Develop further competences in General Surgery (subspecialty to be decided) by:

o Undertaking outpatient clinics with a supervising consultant.
o Undertaking inpatient work and operating lists in the specialty
o Undertaking on call in the Emergency General Surgery service
The department actively engages in collaborative research via a variety of networks and the postholder would be encouraged to participate in this.
The Trust has an established framework for Clinical Governance that incorporates a Clinical Audit programme. In addition to the Trust Clinical Governance committee there are procedures at Directorate and Department level for reviewing and implementing action with regard to Clinical Governance issues. There is also a strong drive for Quality Improvement initiatives led from the Gloucestershire Safety & Quality Improvement Academy which was established in June 2015.
The Trust has been widely praised for its approach to Quality Improvement and was rated outstanding at a previous CQC inspection.
The department is actively engaged in audit and there is an internal audit programme

Please refer the Job description for details