Clinical Teaching Fellow

Clinical Teaching Fellowship in Medical Education

NHS Lanarkshire’s Department of Medical Education seeks enthusiastic individuals looking to develop an interest in teaching and training as a Clinical Teaching Fellow (CTF). These posts are available from 5th August 2026. Applicants must have successfully completed Foundation Training in a UKFPO affiliated Foundation Programme or equivalent prior to the post start date.

• Work with the Director, Deputy Director, Associate Director, and Hospital Sub Deans to organise and deliver undergraduate medical teaching across medicine, surgery, and other specialties at NHS Lanarkshire hospital sites.
• Support the development and delivery of the NHS Lanarkshire simulation and skills‑based teaching programme for undergraduate and postgraduate trainees and work‑experience programs for school pupils, including ALS, simulation‑based teaching, and foundation programme curriculum teaching.
• Contribute to case‑based learning sessions at the University of Glasgow, OSCE development, and examination.
• Attend regular group meetings to review educational outcomes, provide peer support, and develop on‑going educational activity.
• Undertake additional responsibilities in departmental research and contribute to medical education conferences.
• Maintain and develop clinical skills through a weekly clinical session; duties will be arranged by local negotiation based on experience.
• Comply with formal supervisory and assessment processes for both clinical and teaching activities.

• Successful completion of Foundation Training in a UKFPO affiliated Foundation Programme or equivalent.
• Ability to complete a Post‑Graduate Certificate in Medical Education within the year’s attachment (preferred provider: Dundee University). Paid time during working hours is provided (max. 1 session).
• Interest in medical education, with suitable experience or a desire to develop further (particularly suitable for trainees holding an NTN as an Out of Programme Experience).
• Confirmation of approval for Out of Programme Experience prior to interview.

• Mrs Catie Paton – Associate Director Medical Education
• Dr Robin Munro – Deputy Director of Medical Education (Undergraduates), University Hospital Wishaw
• Dr Ian Hunter – Director of Medical Education

Further information is available on our website at:

In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make‑up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care‑experienced or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

Care‑experienced applicants are people who have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by the UK Border Agency. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category.

Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship can access further information on the UK Border Agency’s new points‑based system that now governs the way individuals from outside the EEA can work in the UK at

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