Junior Teaching fellow in ENT

Job summary

At St George's we have a new group of penultimate year medical students each week and the post holder will have regular teaching commitments in ENT for these undergraduates. This will involve a weekly introductory session to refresh clinical skills on the examination of the ear and neck and a weekly session at the end of the week to ensure all have achieved competencies and perform formative work-based assessments. There may be occasional large group lectures, formal clinical skills for large groups, writing of assessments and supporting undergraduates undertaking educational research, electives or projects within the department.

This role is primarily educational. This is not a post recognised for surgical training in ENT but working in the outpatient setting with supervision will deepen any applicant's knowledge and experience that would be useful when moving on to registrar training.

The post holder will need to demonstrate their ability to work at CT3 (senior SHO/junior Registrar) level to cover primarily the department's outpatient services. This may be at our main site or exceptionally at one of our peripheral hospital sites. There may be a requirement to lead the emergency(SOS) clinic and competency in procedures such as microsuction of the ear and nasendoscopy are required.

Main duties of the job

• To have responsibility for the Health, Safety and Welfare of self and others and to comply at all times with the requirement of the Health and Safety Regulations.
• The successful applicant will be expected to work with local managers and professional colleagues in the efficient running of services and will share with consultant colleagues in the efficient running of services and will share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management. He/she will be expected to observe the Trusts agreed policies and procedures drawn up in consultation with the profession on clinical matters and to follow the standing orders and financial instruction of the Trust.
• To ensure confidentiality at all times, only releasing confidential information obtained during the course of employment to those acting in an official capacity in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act and its amendments.
• To work in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities policy to eliminate unlawful discrimination in relation to employment and service delivery.
• To ensure skills are up-to-date and relevant to the role, to follow relevant Trust policies and professional codes and to maintain registration where this is a requirement of the role.
• To comply with St George's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust No Smoking Policies.
• To undertake such duties as may be required from time to time as are consistent with the responsibilities of the grade and the needs of the service.

About us

St George's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest healthcare units in the United Kingdom accommodating around 1170 beds and treating around 500,000 patients annually. The Trust employs over 5000 staff incorporating 575 Medical and Dental Staff. It provides general acute services together with specialty services including neurosciences, cardiothoracic and specialist children's services. St George's healthcare NHS Trust is now a level 1 trauma centre.

St George's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the main teaching hospital in the western sector of London, and as such has developed links with most district general hospitals throughout the South West supporting a significant training programme for junior doctors who rotate through the Trust. It serves 1.3 million people across south west London and is one of the major trauma centres in London servicing a much larger population.

St George's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust shares its site in Tooting with St George's University of London. The Medical School is one of the medical schools of the University of London with 300 students in each year group. The curriculum has recently been restructured to conform to revised GMC requirements.