Clinical Teaching Fellow - Birmingham Medical School - 99926 - Clinical

Position Details

Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £40,052 to £68,402

Clinical

Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to September 2027

Closing date: 12th March 2025

4 positions available

Background

The introduction of the UK Medical Licensing Assessment in 2024/25 means that Birmingham Medical School needs to adopt a 2-stage change process to ensure our students are given the appropriate resources to have the opportunity to excel. The clinical years (years 3-5 of the 5-year course and years 2-4 of the GEC course) are in a process of change to enable learning to be reorganised, condensed and updated so that students can sit the applied knowledge test 4 months earlier than the current programme.

The Clinical Teaching Fellows will teach and contribute to the assessment of undergraduate medicine students supervised by senior members of staff who have ultimate responsibility.

Role Summary

The main focus of this role is to provide supporting clinical input to the undergraduate medical programme.

Clinical Teaching Fellows will be required to work with academic and clinical staff to:

• Support subject leads in ensuring content is appropriate
• Facilitate small group teaching to augment a reduced clinical placement programme
• Contribute to low stakes assessment and formative feedback
• Contribute to summative assessments

The post-holder will be expected to undertake a Postgraduate Certification in Education for Health Professionals run at the University, if not previously obtained.

There will also be the opportunity for the post-holder to undertake a project (with an academic supervisor) from a list of options available for the current academic year.

This role does not have any line management responsibility.

This role is not directly linked to income generation.

The post-holder’s reporting line is to the Clinical Deputy Programme Director for MB ChB. There are no roles reporting to the post-holder.

Main Duties

Under guidance from the academic supervisors who have the ultimate responsibility for the design, delivery and assessment of the module or teaching programme:

• Contribute to the design of modules with other colleagues including the development of on-line and face to face learning materials.
• Teach courses across the undergraduate medical curriculum, predominantly through lectures and small group teaching, so that the programme’s teaching objectives are met.
• Plan and prepare own teaching, including guidance notes and handouts in accordance with the established objectives of the teaching programme.
• Undertake full range of responsibilities in relation to supervision, marking and examining.
• Contribute, under supervision, to assessments including writing examination questions, organising pilots of new questions, taking part in standard setting.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of faculty development training sessions for clinical and non-clinical staff contributing to the MB ChB programme.
• Undertake administration arising from teaching.
• Undertake personal professional development in medical education, including self-reflection on own teaching, using student and peer review feedback, to enhance own teaching and learning processes and scholarship activities.
• Contribute to public engagement activities of manifest benefit to the College and the University, often under supervision of a project leader.
• Promote equality and diversity values, acting as a role model and fostering an inclusive working culture.

Person Specification

Essential

• Primary Medical Qualification (MBChB, MBBS or equivalent)
• Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice (or equivalent)
• Ability to teach in an undergraduate medicine context
• A knowledge of the GMC Outcomes for Doctors and the principles of the Medical Licensing Assessment
• Good organisational skills including the capacity to manage time and prioritise workload, balance important and urgent demands, as well as follow instructions.
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to establish good relations with colleagues
• Ability to use IT for teaching
• Willingness to learn and contribute to broader management/administration processes
• Willingness to undertake Postgraduate Qualification in Education, if not already held
• Knowledge of the protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010, and how to actively ensure in day-to-day activity in own area, that those with protected characteristics are treated equally and fairly.

Desirable

• Postgraduate medical qualification (MRCP, MRCS or similar)
• Experience of creating learning materials for use by medical students
• Experience of running and developing scenarios for use in simulation
• Evidence of recent audit and research projects completed satisfactorily in the last 2 years
• Knowledge of web-based learning design.

OH and DBS required

The University is committed to safeguarding and we promote safe recruitment practice, therefore all associated pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. Due to the nature of the work undertaken in this role all successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Occupational Health and DBS clearance prior to appointment.

Further particulars can be found here

Informal enquiries can be made to Hannah Hands H.Hands@bham.ac.uk

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