Job summary
We are delighted to offer the opportunity for a dynamic, engaging and committed Teaching Fellow to join our team in Critical Care Medicine. This role will combine clinical duties in critical care with a significant role in the delivery of the teaching, training and support of trainee Advanced Critical Care Practitioners (ACCPs) in addition to supporting the ongoing education of newly qualified ACCPs, critical care residents and wider members of the critical care team.
This teaching fellow post (ST3+) in Critical Care Medicine will be based in Critical Care across Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The post is available from November 2025 for up to 24 months.
Main duties of the job
The department has a well-established team of Advanced Critical Care Practitioners who are embedded within the clinical board and contribute to the resident staffing across all four critical care units within the trust. It is expected that a new cohort of trainee ACCPs will commence their Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) Masters programme in December 2025-January 2026. This 2-year teaching fellow post has been created to support and complement the generic ACP training delivered by the HEI to provide a well-rounded training experience which will provide trainee ACCPs with the specific knowledge and skills required to develop into foundation ACCPs, which is the expectation for the third year of the Masters programme.
About us
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
o Freeman Hospitalo Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)o Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)o Newcastle Dental Hospitalo Newcastle Fertility Centreo Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbriao Northern Genetics Serviceo Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post is at registrar level, and successful candidate will be expected to have completed foundation training, have 2 years post foundation experience in acute specialties in the NHS and to be competent to work with indirect supervision within the intensive care unit. Prior experience in intensive care is required.
The primary purpose of this post is to develop, deliver and evaluate classroom and workplace based resources to complement the Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice. The post holder must hold a formal teaching qualification, have experience of teaching trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs) and be familiar with the curriculum and role specific to trainee and qualified ACCPs.
The successful candidate will work closely with the medical leads for ACCP, the lead ACCP and collaborate with the higher education institution (HEI) with which the trainee ACCPs will be completing their Masters studies.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post is at registrar level, and successful candidate will be expected to have completed foundation training, have 2 years post foundation experience in acute specialties in the NHS and to be competent to work with indirect supervision within the intensive care unit. Prior experience in intensive care is required.
The primary purpose of this post is to develop, deliver and evaluate classroom and workplace based resources to complement the Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice. The post holder must hold a formal teaching qualification, have experience of teaching trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs) and be familiar with the curriculum and role specific to trainee and qualified ACCPs.
The successful candidate will work closely with the medical leads for ACCP, the lead ACCP and collaborate with the higher education institution (HEI) with which the trainee ACCPs will be completing their Masters studies.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification.
- Full GMC registration at time of application, with license to practice
Desirable
- Post graduate intensive care qualification (or part).
- Postgrad qualification in general medicine/ Anaesthesia / emergency medicine or part
- Post graduate qualification in anaesthesia or medicine/emergency medicine at a level suitable for ICM ST3 application
Clinical Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Satisfactory completion of foundation training or equivalent
- 2 years UK NHS experience
- 2 years post graduate experience in medicine/anaesthesia/ICM
- 3 months postgraduate ICM experience (post foundation)
- Good history & examination skills.
- Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague.
- Written evidence of satisfactory training to date e.g. workplace assessments.
- Suitable procedural skills for ST3, i.e CVC, arterial line
Desirable
- 6 months prior experience in Intensive care
- 6 months prior experience in anaesthesia
- Prior general medicine training
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce.
- Able to communicate well with patients and colleagues.
- An understanding of Clinical Governance.
Desirable
- Proven management and administration ability.
- Understanding of management goals.
- Experience with audit
- Evidence of leadership / project management
- Evidence of having implemented change
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of teaching undergraduate medical students & Foundation Doctors.
- Experience supervising junior medical colleagues.
- Experience of teaching ACPs.
- Experience of working with and understanding of the role of ACCPs.
- Evidence of feedback from teaching
- PgCert in Med Ed (or equivalent)
Desirable
- Teaching course (i.e Train the Trainer, GIC)
- Evidence with teaching QI/research/audit
- Demonstrates understanding of Newcastle Medical School Undergraduate Curriculum
- Evidence of contribution to Medical Student Assessment
- Evidence of contribution to curriculum design (i.e. development of course material)
- Diploma or Master's in medical education (or equivalent)
Clinical Governance, Audit and Research
Essential
- Understanding of audit / research.
Desirable
- Audit experience or experience of research.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification.
- Full GMC registration at time of application, with license to practice
Desirable
- Post graduate intensive care qualification (or part).
- Postgrad qualification in general medicine/ Anaesthesia / emergency medicine or part
- Post graduate qualification in anaesthesia or medicine/emergency medicine at a level suitable for ICM ST3 application
Clinical Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Satisfactory completion of foundation training or equivalent
- 2 years UK NHS experience
- 2 years post graduate experience in medicine/anaesthesia/ICM
- 3 months postgraduate ICM experience (post foundation)
- Good history & examination skills.
- Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague.
- Written evidence of satisfactory training to date e.g. workplace assessments.
- Suitable procedural skills for ST3, i.e CVC, arterial line
Desirable
- 6 months prior experience in Intensive care
- 6 months prior experience in anaesthesia
- Prior general medicine training
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce.
- Able to communicate well with patients and colleagues.
- An understanding of Clinical Governance.
Desirable
- Proven management and administration ability.
- Understanding of management goals.
- Experience with audit
- Evidence of leadership / project management
- Evidence of having implemented change
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of teaching undergraduate medical students & Foundation Doctors.
- Experience supervising junior medical colleagues.
- Experience of teaching ACPs.
- Experience of working with and understanding of the role of ACCPs.
- Evidence of feedback from teaching
- PgCert in Med Ed (or equivalent)
Desirable
- Teaching course (i.e Train the Trainer, GIC)
- Evidence with teaching QI/research/audit
- Demonstrates understanding of Newcastle Medical School Undergraduate Curriculum
- Evidence of contribution to Medical Student Assessment
- Evidence of contribution to curriculum design (i.e. development of course material)
- Diploma or Master's in medical education (or equivalent)
Clinical Governance, Audit and Research
Essential
- Understanding of audit / research.
Desirable
- Audit experience or experience of research.
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).
