Clinical Education Fellow - Medicine

NHS; Gloucester, Forest of Dean; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

With its close proximity to the Cotswolds and the Forest of Dean, its excellent cultural and recreational facilities, superb housing and schools, you will find Gloucestershire a highly desirable place to live and work. At Gloucestershire Hospitals we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the best care for everyone. We are one of the largest hospital Trusts in the South-West, committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment, and this can be seen in our growing community of staff networks and engagement projects. We want you to thrive, we encourage a culture of learning and innovation through our Quality Improvement Academy and offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives. Successful applicants will be supported and encouraged to develop all-round capabilities in Medical Education whilst gaining experience in one or two medical specialties and acute medicine on call. You will be key to enhancing the training of Foundation Doctors, Internal Medical Trainees, Physician Associates and Advanced Nurse Practitioners.

PLEASE NOTE THIS VACANCY MAY CLOSE EARLY IF THERE ARE SUFFICIENT APPLICANTS

Main duties of the job

These posts are suitable for trainees with full MRCP (or equivalent) who have completed Core Medical Training and would like to develop an interest in medical education. They are also helpful if you are unsure which specialty you wish to pursue or wish to enhance your CV prior to applying to specialty training. The posts are for one year. You would be supported to study for a PG certificate in medical education (Teaching and Learning for Health Professionals) at the University of Bristol. This is funded by the Trust. You will receive training in one or two sub-specialties including Cardiology, Renal Medicine, Neurology, Rheumatology, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Respiratory Medicine, depending on your interests. Other interests can be accommodated. Training includes both clinic and ward based experience, along with becoming an integral part of the Acute Internal Medicine Team.

About us

We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital to a population of 652,475 in Gloucestershire as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond. Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred, high-quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are World Leaders in Healthcare, Teaching and Research. You could make a real difference to our patients' lives by joining our team. We value our differences, champion kindness and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger. Valuing your health and well-being, we support our staff with a dedicated 2020 Hub, flexible working and a number of programmes. We are passionate about providing Safe and Compassionate Care, and we will fully support you on your Career Journey.

Job responsibilities

Post-holder opportunities include: Participation in Medical Education Programme Development, including Research and Innovation and NHSE's Enhancing Generalist Skills Programme. Scholarship in Postgraduate Medical Education including Research, Presentation and Publication Facilitation of supervised Learning Events/Workplace Assessment with Foundation, Internal Medical and GPVTS colleagues. Organisation of bedside teaching, whilst supporting PACES Delivery of Mock PACES Examination.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GMC full registration with licence to practice
• Must have completed Core Medical Training
• Full MRCP

Experience

• Broad Clinical Experience within General Medicine
• Experience of demonstrating Clinical Procedures to other HealthCare Professionals
• Participated in Research/Audit/Quality Improvement Project(s)
• Good organisational skills including personal time-management

Knowledge/Skills

• Interest in developing capabilities in Medical Education
• Ability to deliver feedback and mentor learners, motivating staff of all disciplines
• Caring attitude to patients and colleagues, whilst having excellent inter-personal qualities

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Address

Gloucester Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust