Job summary
- Main area
- Medical Education
- Grade
- LAS Foundation Year 1 Doctor
- Contract
- Fixed term: 11 months (From Start date to 5th August 2025)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (on call)
- Job ref
- 362-A-24-6509411
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stepping Hill Hospital
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £32,398 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
LAS Foundation Year 1 Doctor
LAS Foundation Year 1 Doctor
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust to work within the Medical Education Team to support and coordinate the delivery of training and education to medical students and doctors in training within the Trust.
Assisting the undergraduate team in the delivery of the MBChB curriculum to 3rd, 4th and 5th year students during their attachment at the hospital. In addition, there will be the opportunity to become involved in AUC Overseas Student Teaching, Foundation Teaching, training of the Physician Associates, and delivery of in-situ simulation.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to attend educational activities held in the trust including Grand Rounds, audit meetings and relevant specialty meeting. There will be a flexible approach to clinical work which will be discussed on an individual basis.
Main duties of the job
- Delivery of the MBChB curriculum to all undergraduate medical students attached to the hospital
- Delivery of bedside teaching for University of Manchester (UoM) and American University of the Caribbean (AUC) medical students
- Delivery of clinical examination teaching to medical students of all years
- Opportunities to utilise the Pinewood clinical simulation facilities to deliver teaching in a dynamic way will also be made available
- Ability to adapt teaching skills to fit the environmental situation eg: remote and face to face delivery of teaching
- Assist with orientation and induction of medical students to the clinical environment
- Involvement in the delivery of AUC OSCE examinations
- Delivery of teaching for Foundation Trainees and Physician Associates
- Form part of the in-situ simulation team
- Actively engage with virtual technology pilots the team are involved with
- Financial support up to £1200 will be provided for the undertaking of a teaching qualification (i.e PGCert in Medical Education) during your time at the Trust and there will be opportunities to participate in audit and small research projects
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Communications
- Liaise with members of the Medical Education team, Educational Fellows and the wider Medical Education team to ensure a high standard of training is provided
- Build working relationships with specialty clinical teams to ensure a smooth transition to the delivery of bed side teaching and in-situ simulation
- Liaise with Manchester Foundation Trust – Wythenshawe (MFT-W) student support services when required
- Key member of the Undergraduate Team delivering regular inductions for the 3rd year medical students
- Involvement in the Trust junior doctors’ inductions
Responsibility for Patient Care
- Assist patients /service users/carers/relatives during contact in the clinical environment
- Respectful of patients consent/non consent around clinical examinations and history taking
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MB ChB or equivalent
- Registration with GMC
- Completed FY2 Training
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Equivalent to stage of training
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of the UoM Curriculum requirements
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of delivering clinical teaching
Desirable criteria
- Experience of delivering simulation training
- Experience of delivering remote teaching
- Additional clinical experience beyond FY2
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Appropriate clinical skills for level of experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience of simulation training
- Ability to deliver remote teaching
Work Related Circumstances
Essential criteria
- Occupational Health Clearance
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nicole Beveridge
- Job title
- Undergraduate Administrator
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 419 4321
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