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Job summary

Main area
medical & dental
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Junior Clinical Fellow
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (can extend to 24 months)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week (on-call rota for x 3 jobs)
Job ref
164-7120290
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
QMC
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£43,923 - £63,152 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
27/04/2025 23:59

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Clinical Teaching Fellow in Surgery

NHS Medical & Dental: Junior Clinical Fellow

Job overview

The post not only involves teaching opportunities but the chance to build your CV when applying for a training number or for any other future post.  It offers the chance to undertake a higher degree, via the Masters in Medical Education programme, present at local, regional, national conferences and research innovative ideas in medical education.  The Department fully supports all Clinical Teaching Fellows in developing the course and UMED also has its own annual Undergraduate Medical Education Conference, where best and innovative practice can be shared.

Main duties of the job

 

  • To deliver ward based general surgery teaching on the new Surgery curriculum, across both the City and QMC Campus.
  • To provide reasonable cover where appropriate for the other Clinical Teaching Fellows (and vice-versa.)
  • Contribute to the clinical assessment of students during the formal competency assessments
  •  Contribute to Induction of surgery students.
  • To provide teaching on the Early Clinical Experience Course (14 x Year 1/2 hospital visits).
  • Contribute to the formal examination of these students including OSCE examinations and exam question writing. Take part in one-to-one tutoring of students re-sitting their exams and provide one-two-one teaching support for struggling students.
  • Contribute in a strategic sense to the evolution of teaching for all the above groups.
  • Support teaching across the clinical course as required.
  • Working with the Undergraduate Manager and other Teaching Fellows to develop innovative teaching methods across the clinical course. 
  • Undertake appropriate projects to support your own learning and improve the experience of the Department.

For 50% of the week you will be joining the clinical rota and will be involved in working in a variety of clinical areas.   You will also share a slot on the CT on-call rota, which will give you valuable clinical time and experience.   Miss Cat Boereboom Colorectal Surgery is the lead for this part of the post.

 

Working for our organisation

Every day, our teams at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) make a difference. We save lives, we improve lives and we usher in new life. We are proud to play a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of people in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and our surrounding communities.

 

With more than 18,000 colleagues, we are the largest employer in Nottinghamshire and one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country, serving more than 2.5m residents of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and a further four million people across the East Midlands and beyond.

 

We provide a range of national and internationally renowned specialist services and we are at the forefront of new surgical procedures and research programmes. We are home to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, the Nottingham Children's Hospital and in partnership with the University of Nottingham we host a Biomedical Research Centre carrying out vital research into hearing, digestive diseases, respiratory, musculoskeletal disease, mental health and imaging.

 

As a teaching hospital, we are instrumental in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. We are proud of our strong relationships with universities across the East Midlands, including the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and Loughborough University.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

 

Teaching in Surgery

The aim of the post is to work alongside the Clinical Teaching Fellows  and the Undergraduate Education Manager (currently Nick Kythreotis) to both deliver teaching to medical students at NUH and also to develop new initiatives when teaching students.

 

  • To deliver ward based general surgery teaching on the new Surgery curriculum, across both the City and QMC Campus.
  • To provide reasonable cover where appropriate for the other Clinical Teaching Fellows (and vice-versa.)
  • Contribute to the clinical assessment of students during the formal competency assessments
  •  Contribute to Induction of surgery students.
  • To provide teaching on the Early Clinical Experience Course (14 x Year 1/2 hospital visits).
  • Contribute to the formal examination of these students including OSCE examinations and exam question writing. Take part in one-to-one tutoring of students re-sitting their exams and provide one-two-one teaching support for struggling students.
  • Contribute in a strategic sense to the evolution of teaching for all the above groups.
  • Support teaching across the clinical course as required.
  • Working with the Undergraduate Manager and other Teaching Fellows to develop innovative teaching methods across the clinical course. 
  • Undertake appropriate projects to support your own learning and improve the experience of the Department.

Clinical Duties - where applicable

 

For 50% of the week you will be joining the clinical rota and will be involved in working in a variety of clinical areas.   You will also share a slot on the CT on-call rota, which will give you valuable clinical time and experience.   Miss Cat Boereboom Colorectal Surgery is the lead for this part of the post.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • • Full registration with the GMC • MBBS • Significant experience of working in NHS
Desirable criteria
  • • MRCS (Gen.Surg) or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria
  • • Relevant General Surgical Operative experience
  • • A minimum of two years’ experience in a training post at FY1 and FY2 level of working in the NHS
  • • Interest in Undergraduate surgical teaching

Teaching, Audit and Research

Essential criteria
  • • Evidence of participation in Clinical Audit. • Able to teach and support junior staff effectively

Teaching, Audit and Research

Desirable criteria
  • • Original research • Publications • Experience and enthusiasm for undergraduate and post graduate teaching.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Nick Kythreotis
Job title
[email protected]
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0115 924 9924
Additional information

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