Junior Clinical Teaching Fellow - Gastroenterology

Job summary

This post would suit an individual who aims to pursue a career in Gastroenterology and/or wishes to develop their interest in teaching. The successful candidates will be involved in coordinating and delivering the Newcastle University Undergraduate Medicine clinical teaching programme (20 hours per week per annual average) and will undertake clinical duties and professional development for the remaining 20 hours per week. The main clinical duties are to support a busy gastroenterology ward. Specialist clinics and endoscopy training can be arranged according to career interests.

Main duties of the job

Applications are invited from registered Medical Practitioners for the above post based in the Department of Gastroenterology in Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust.

The Trust has been recognized by Health Education England for the quality of training provided to both our undergraduate and foundation students, following feedback on the GMC National Trainee Survey.

The department provides undergraduate teaching to medical students from Newcastle University across all stages of undergraduate education - from early clinical experience visits to ward based assistantships. Teaching is provided in a variety of clinical settings and the post holder will be expected to spend approximately 20 hours per week teaching undergraduate medical students and will be trained as simulation training faculty members whilst in post. The post holders will be expected to participate in student induction sessions and assessment sessions along with the Consultants. A variety of clinical sessions are provided within the job plan and it is expected that these will provide the post holders with valuable clinical experience as well as providing opportunities to deliver clinical teaching.

About us

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.