Clinical Teaching Fellow - Medical Education

Clinical Teaching Fellow - Medical Education

We are looking for enthusiastic doctor with a passion for medical education and a desire to support the medical & physician associate students as well as the Foundation doctors at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust.

You will be joining a well-established medical undergraduate team that sits within the wider medical education team.

Knowledge of the UK Medical School process and UK Foundation teaching programme will help build a foundation to this role and allow you to make a connection with the student and trainees you are supporting.

As well as beside teaching, in-house teaching and simulation support, this role will help with self-development and development of non-clinical skills, such as event planning, admin skills, management skills.

This post sits within the Medical Director Directorate and is accountable to the Executive via the Associate Medical Director Medical Education.

The post holder will develop their skills in delivering various teaching initiatives to a wide range of staff including medical students, Foundation and Core trainees. Leading on teaching initiatives developed within Medical Undergraduate Education to support medical students in training.

Exact role to be negotiated with Director of Medical Undergraduate Education and the Clinical Education Team suit current needs and specific skills and interests of appointee.

The Clinical Teaching Fellow would also work one day supporting Acute Medicine/Frailty as agreed with the Division of Medicine. This clinical commitment will ensure that the post holder maintains their clinical involvement during the attachment, and encounters postgraduate doctors in a clinical setting.

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving our local population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act the right way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities of Rotherham.

As a Trust we are on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart of everything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey, we are the second most improved Trust in England for would you recommend the Trust as a place to work? and were one of the most improved for staff engagement overall.

But don't just take our word for it each year hundreds of colleagues receive nominations for our Excellence and Proud awards, showcasing our brilliant people and recognising their achievements. Our people make a difference to the lives of patients every day and we are proud of the improvements we are making.

All of our 5,100 colleagues are key to our improvement journey and we are continuing to improve our services by upholding the Trust's values of Ambitious, Caring and Together. If you are passionate about making a difference, then please apply to join us on our journey to excellence.

The post holder will develop their skills in delivering various teaching initiatives to a wide range of staff including medical students, Foundation and Core trainees. Leading on teaching initiatives developed within Medical Undergraduate Education to support medical students in training.

The exact role will be negotiated with Director of Medical Undergraduate Education and the Clinical Education Team to suit the current needs and specific skills and interests of the appointee. However there will be some involvement in the following:

• Provide bedside teaching to students
• Continue ongoing projects from previous teaching fellows
• Supporting all the aspects of managing, developing and supervising the teaching of simulation and clinical skills programmes within the Trust
• Delivering clinical skills, practical procedures to medical and PA students, doctors in training and other healthcare staff
• Developing a simulation programme for medical and PA students, doctors in training and other healthcare staff
• Prepare and produce resources and IT materials required to support the skills training and simulation courses
• Develop simulation teaching packages which reflect current, evidence and policy based practices
• Assist with OSCE planning, question…