Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Commitments 

Clinical commitments will be arranged depending on the applicant’s ability and competence. Clinical experience will be established through the application process and interview. Clinical sessions will make up 50% of the job and include clinics, skin biopsy/surgery lists and acute dermatology (9am-5pm). The teaching fellow will be supervised by a consultant. There are opportunities to take part in clinical audit, quality improvement projects and research, which may lead to presentations and publications

Undergraduate Medical Teaching 

The post holder will be responsible for the development and teaching to the Foundation for Practice Students (FFP) Dermatology medical students as they rotate through their placement at QMC. They will also have input alongside other Teaching Fellows into the Year 1 & 2 Early Clinical Experience Course and support other MACCS assessments and patient workshops within NUH.  Responsibility for the following:

·           Organisation of a programme of learning over 12 months

·           Deliver induction, tutorials and practical skills sessions for medical students

·           Improve and develop teaching material to enhance the learning experience for students

·           Organising and conducting formative assessments

·           Contributing questions for online summative assessment. 

·           Collating and disseminating feedback and updating the course/curriculum

·           To establish case histories available for tutorial discussions and develop self-directed             learning materials.

·           Maintain key working relationships with clinical staff, administrative staff, academic staff, clinical directors in Dermatology Module and the undergraduate co-ordinator at QMC.

·           Support all areas of the clinical course, especially when the Dermatology teaching is not running, this includes bedside teaching and support, workshops, teaching fellow meetings and other initiatives

·         Providing intensive coaching for Dermatology re-sit and other clinical students