Teaching Fellow in Specialty of Choice (FY2,ST1-2,ST3+ Equivalent)

Job Overview

The purpose of this post is to identify and train doctors to be clinical teachers. It is aimed at applicants looking for posts at FY2/ST1-2/ST3+ scale. This is a challenging post that will test skills that are not the focus of most clinical training roles yet are highly relevant and transferable to senior clinical roles. This post will encompass more than just teaching.

Main duties of the job

• Teaching of medical students
• This will be in a variety of clinical settings such as on a ward, ITU, theatre, clinic or assessment units
• This will be in a variety of non-clinical settings such as seminar rooms, clinical skills labs and lecture theatres
• Clinical and communications skills teaching across the whole course, in liaison with clinical skills lead and staff
• Teaching both year 5 students and year 4
• Support and organisation of clinical skills training
• Support and organisation of critical care programme
• Delivering classroom/seminar based teaching
• Co-ordinating medical student activities. This will involve liaison with relevant clinical teachers, practice educator team and secretariat
• Evaluation of aspects of curriculum and curricular delivery
• To participate in student assessment by mini-CEX, Direct Observation of Procedures (DOPs), case based discussion and OSCE examination
• To complete formal study in medical education
• To maintain clinical skills
• Full involvement with the whole week teaching programme for year 5 students
• Covering for tutors for bedside teaching, if required
  
  

Working for our organisation

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.

Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust’s catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east. The main towns include: Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch (in Shropshire); Newport, Telford and Wellington (in Telford & Wrekin); and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys) – all beautiful and unique.

Our main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in Shrewsbury which are located 20 minutes’ drive apart. Together they provide 99% of our activity. Both hospitals provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.