Psychiatry Teaching Fellow (ST4-6 equivalent)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post offers significant opportunities for the ST4-6 to gain experience of developing, delivering and evaluating teaching and training as a core learning objective.

Specific teaching responsibilities include the following:

- Facilitate the Year 5 introductory lecture programme at the start of each rotation to a cohort of approximately 50 students (currently primarily delivered digitally).

- Support the Year 5 Course Leader (Psychiatry) to ensure the smooth running of the lecture programme (currently delivered digitally).

- Develop, enhance and evaluate the lecture programme.

- Deliver teaching on a variety of topics that is clinically focused, stimulates interest in Psychiatry and supports students to meet learning outcomes as highlighted within their curriculum.

- Explore new and innovative techniques / teaching methods to deliver the curriculum.

- Develop formative assessments within CNWL by leading on the provision of centralised mock-PACES (clinical exam) sessions (currently facilitated digitally).

- Host revision lectures (all students) and exam practice sessions (usually students taking re-sit exams).

- Proactively support the setting of both written and clinical exams for Year 5 (participate in question writing and PACES station piloting).

- Facilitate sessions on Ethics (during each rotation).

- Support the development of the curriculum as Psychiatry is introduced into earlier years.

- Provide support to ST4-6 undergraduate champions and other trainees engaged in teaching.

- Facilitate a weekly Balint group session for students (currently facilitated digitally) and engage in the supervision provided for this.

- Provide academic support / mentoring to students experiencing welfare / health difficulties, engaging other relevant individuals such as relevant Trust staff, Head of Year 5, Year 5 Programme Administrator and personal tutors.

- Maintain and update the webpages hosted on the student intranet (MedLearn).

- Develop e-learning resources hosted on the student intranet (MedLearn).

- Attend and contribute to CNWL's medical education group (MEG), which has oversight of all ICSM-related undergraduate activities within CNWL.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered with the GMC (or equivalent medical regulator if not UK based)
• MBBS (or equivalent)
• MRCPsych (or equivalent)

Desirable

• BSc (or other intercalated degree)
• MSc in Psychiatry
• Research degree (PhD, MD or equivalent)

Experience

Essential

• 3 years approved core specialist training in Psychiatry
• Experience of teaching in clinical settings

Academic Skills

Essential

• Experience of, and enthusiasm for undergraduate teaching
• Able to deliver high quality teaching, utilising both digital and face-to-face methods (in various Trust and Medical School settings)
• Willing to develop / innovate different teaching methods in undergraduate education, including as part of a digital teaching programme
• Willing to engage in teaching administration tasks such as facilitating a lecture programme and organising mock student exams

Desirable

• Willingness to pursue postgraduate qualification in teaching
• Previous experience of research
• Publications in peer review journals

Leaderhip Skills

Essential

• High standard of communication
• Competent to work without direct supervision where appropriate
• Clear, logical thinking showing an analytical / scientific approach

Knowledge

Essential

• Appropriate level of clinical knowledge
• Demonstrates knowledge and use of evidence-informed practice, appropriate to level of training
• Knowledge of Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act
• Awareness of own limitations

Desirable

• Demonstrates breadth of experience both in and outside Medicine

Other

Essential

• Willing to work remotely and travel to all relevant sites within the Trust and Medical School
• Experience with effectively using digital technology to teach and has advanced IT literacy skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chamberlain House, St Charles Hospital

Exmoor Street

London

W10 6DZ

Employer's website

https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)