Job overview

The Christie Education Teams deliver a range of services from Clinical Skills Training, Medical and Non-Medical Education Teaching (from work experience, through to Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Consultants), developing and delivering on-line training and managing National and International Conferences and Courses.  Our teams also work closely with Service and Clinical Leads to look at the workforce and development needs of all Services across the Trust. The Medical Education Fellow post will be an integral part of the Postgraduate and Undergraduate Education Team within Christie Education and you will work closely with our Administration and Faculty.  The post is for 40 hours per week and is 80% Education and a minimum 20% Clinical.

The main purpose of the post is to develop accessible multi professional learning programs in Undergraduate Education within the trust. It is further intended that the post-holder will also be involved in other educational activities within Christie Education. The exact nature of such involvement can be discussed and developed based on the post-holders’ own interests and prior experience.  It is likely to include a combination of ward-based and clinic sessions within oncology/palliative care

Main duties of the job

1. EDUCATION (80%)

Clinical Fellows in Education will have the opportunity and the expectation to be directly involved in face-to-face teaching. 

Education Programme Role

•           Hybrid learning packages to cover –e.g., clinical induction, basic oncology

•           Multi professional learning packages

2.  CLINICAL (20%)

The Clinical service work and training will be discussed and developed based on the post-holders’ own interests and prior experience. It is likely to include a combination of ward-based and clinic sessions within oncology/palliative care.

3.  RESEARCH AND AUDIT

Post holders will be encouraged to undertake a piece of audit/research during their tenure. Similarly, they will be encouraged to engage in in-house clinical governance projects to improve patient management/experience and/or optimize patient pathways.

Working for our organisation

The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.

We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.