This post would suit an individual who aims to pursue a career in Surgery with a specialist interest in Medical Education, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. The successful candidate will be involved in coordinating and delivering the Trust's undergraduate clinical teaching programme (five sessions per week per annual average) and will undertake five sessions of clinical duties and professional development.

The main educational duties will be delivering structured clinical teaching sessions, including bedside teaching, seminars, and teaching clinics, as well as running formative assessments including objective structured clinical exams (OSCEs).

The main clinical duties will be to support the departments within the division of Surgery. Specialist clinics and skills training can be arranged according to career interest.

There are no on-call commitments to the post. Locum opportunities are commonly available, but can only be taken up as long as they do not impact on the educational service delivery.

The post-holder will have completed at least Foundation Training or equivalent. MRCS part A is desirable but not essential.

The successful applicants will have the opportunity to undertake the Integrated Foundations of Medical Education (iFME) programme at Cambridge or a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education (PGCME) if places available. This should be completed during the year of their employment within the Trust.

Main duties of the job

Teaching is provided in a variety of clinical settings and the post holder will be expected to spend approximately five sessions per week teaching undergraduate medical students from Cambridge. The post holder will be expected to participate in the student induction sessions, including those at Cambridge, and assessment sessions. It is expected that annual leave will be taken when students are not on placement in the Trust. If leave is taken during a student placement block a prospective cover will have to be agreed by the Medical Education Department.

Placements for students in their first two hospital blocks in their first clinical year take the form of Core Clinical Method that spans both medical and surgical specialties with specialty-specific blocks thereafter.

A variety of clinical sessions are provided within the job plan and it is expected that these will provide the post holder with valuable clinical experience as well as providing opportunities to deliver clinical teaching. There will be opportunity to participate in surgery departmental teaching and the clinical governance programme.

About us

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust provides acute care to our local communities via two District General Hospitals in Peterborough and Huntingdon, and a community hospital in Stamford.

We are promoting flexible working and a health work/home life balance. Agile working options are automatically considered for all roles within the Trust.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates from our local communities.

Your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay and here are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:

• Relocation allowance in line with the Trust policy
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays
• Free staff car parking on all our hospital sites during this financial year
• In-house Physiotherapy Services
• Career development and training opportunities
• Emotional Wellbeing Service covering a range of online support, access to mobile apps and 24/7 counselling services
• Subsidised meals at our hospital restaurants
• Access to exclusive discounts, cashback and vouchers via NHS Discounts and Blue Light Card 

If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to Team North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.

Job description
Job responsibilities

There will be five fixed educational sessions per week which will include preparation/administration and personal development time as well as formal face-to-face teaching sessions.

The remaining five sessions will be clinical and will be discussed at interview.

To meet with timetabling and curriculum requirements, an average term time week will be:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Morning

Clinical session

Clinical session

Clinical session

Clinical session

Clinical session

Afternoon

Teaching, including 1 hours preparatory work

Teaching, including 1 hours preparatory work

Teaching, including 1 hours preparatory work

Teaching, including 1 hours preparatory work

Continuing Personal & Professional Development work

Person Specification
Essential
Essential 

• GMC registration and License to practice
• At least 12 months recent experience of working in NHS

Desirable 

• Medical Education qualification
• evidence of formal teaching 

BMJ Ref: BMJ-108884/176-C-4931224-JT