Job summary
Have you considered pursuing a career in Surgery with a specialist interest in Medical Education, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level?
This is an excellent opportunity for you to join the Medical Education Team at Hinchingbrooke Hospital on a full-time fixed term basis from August 2024 for a period of 12 months.
At North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, we are providing undergraduate and postgraduate clinical teaching to medical students from the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine and the University of Leicester School of Medicine.
You will be involved in coordinating and delivering the Trust's undergraduate clinical teaching programme and will undertake five sessions of clinical duties and professional development.
Teaching is provided in a variety of clinical settings, and you will be expected to spend approximately five sessions per week teaching undergraduate medical students as well as participate in the student induction and assessment sessions. In addition, you will develop and deliver simulation sessions alongside the clinical teaching fellow in medicine.
You will have completed a minimum of Foundation Training or equivalent. MRCS part A is desirable but not essential.
Main duties of the job
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.
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.
When leave is taken during a student placement block a prospective cover will have to be agreed by the Medical Education Department.
About us
We are committed to ensure a work-life balance to all our staff by offering full time and part time roles, flexible working hours on a shift pattern to fit around your family life.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates form our local communities.
Benefits to you
- 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);
- NHS Pension Scheme:
- Flexible working opportunities;
- Increased hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;
- Career development and training;
- Wellbeing support and activities;
- In-house physiotherapy Service;
- On-site canteens with subsidised meals;
- Subsidised staff parking (currently free);
- Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Trust provides undergraduate clinical teaching to medical students from the University of Cambridge, School of Clinical Medicine.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Trust provides undergraduate clinical teaching to medical students from the University of Cambridge, School of Clinical Medicine.
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.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
Essential
- GMC registration and Licence to Practice
- 12 months recent experience of working in the NHS
- Experience in formal and informal teaching
Desirable
- MRCS Part A
- Medical Education qualification
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
Essential
- GMC registration and Licence to Practice
- 12 months recent experience of working in the NHS
- Experience in formal and informal teaching
Desirable
- MRCS Part A
- Medical Education qualification
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
