Job summary
This post is FY3 salary £44,041 per annum
ESNEFT is an innovative expanding Trust with an excellent supportive network for student doctors and clinicians alike. ESNEFT has an excellent proven reputation for providing one of the best placements for student doctors and is renowned for being supportive, welcoming and friendly hospitals. We are looking to appoint 3 full time candidates on each site to work with us from August 2025 to August 2026 in a fixed term post.
This post is suitable for trainees who have already obtained Foundation Trainingor equivalent and have 2 years post-graduate experience. It would be particularly suitable for trainees who wish to take time out of their programme to gain experience in medical education. The successful applicant will also have the opportunity to be partially funded by the Trust to undertake either a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education or Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Leadership.
We are seeking enthusiastic, self -motivated clinicians who thrive in a team environment and who inspire to deliver the highest quality medical education experience to undergraduate student doctors from Cambridge University and University of East Anglia. This would be in the form of lectures, small group seminar work, structured bedside teaching, formative and mock OSCEs and provide pastoral support, academic guidance in liaison with clinical supervisors.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicants will be expected to continue to develop the teaching programme in line with the curricula and work closely with the Undergraduate Medical Education Team to audit, develop and improve undergraduate medical education and teaching offered by the Trust.
The post holders may have dedicated time to work in the East Anglian Simulation Training Centre or ICENI Centre to support high fidelity simulation training to the student doctors and be trained as Simulation Faculty, developing clinical expertise in simulation, human factors and medical education.
Each successful candidate will work 1 WTE, with job share of 0.8 WTE in Medical Education with 0.2 WTE in a sub specialty expected. We are recruiting for six roles in total, three based in Ipswich and three based in Colchester.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
- Offer our medical students high quality clinical skills and simulation sessions.
- The post holder will be involved in the clinical teaching of medical students across all the modules/years for which the Trust takes students on placements. This would be in the form of lectures, small group seminar work and structured bedside teaching.
- This post will offer excellent organisational and direct teaching experience at the undergraduate level along with the opportunity to work towards a qualification in Medical Education.
- It is expected that the post holder will undertake some training in medical education and perform some research/audit into medical education within the Trust, and this will be supported through leave and course fees by the Trust.
- To become familiar with the teaching objectives of all the programmes being delivered by the Trust and work with the students to help them achieve these objectives.
- To be familiar with the electronic curriculum and University web-based learning platform and be available to facilitate students self-directed learning.
- The post holder will have dedicated time to work with the simulation faculty to support high-fidelity simulation training to the medical students. The successful candidate will be trained as simulation faculty.
- Teaching medical students at the bedside is an integral part of the job however opportunities to utilize the clinical simulation suite to deliver teaching in a dynamic way will also be made available
- To work closely with the Undergraduate Medical Education Team to audit, develop and improve the teaching offered by the Trust. This may be through an audit or piece of research into the teaching activities. It is expected that the post holder will develop a project to be presented at the end of the year to the Clinical Sub Dean and UGME Faculty.
- To work closely with the undergraduate administration team to ensure co-ordination of all teaching programmes runs smoothly.
If offered a Colchester site role, your clinical placement speciality will be one of O&G or a surgical area.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Offer our medical students high quality clinical skills and simulation sessions.
- The post holder will be involved in the clinical teaching of medical students across all the modules/years for which the Trust takes students on placements. This would be in the form of lectures, small group seminar work and structured bedside teaching.
- This post will offer excellent organisational and direct teaching experience at the undergraduate level along with the opportunity to work towards a qualification in Medical Education.
- It is expected that the post holder will undertake some training in medical education and perform some research/audit into medical education within the Trust, and this will be supported through leave and course fees by the Trust.
- To become familiar with the teaching objectives of all the programmes being delivered by the Trust and work with the students to help them achieve these objectives.
- To be familiar with the electronic curriculum and University web-based learning platform and be available to facilitate students self-directed learning.
- The post holder will have dedicated time to work with the simulation faculty to support high-fidelity simulation training to the medical students. The successful candidate will be trained as simulation faculty.
- Teaching medical students at the bedside is an integral part of the job however opportunities to utilize the clinical simulation suite to deliver teaching in a dynamic way will also be made available
- To work closely with the Undergraduate Medical Education Team to audit, develop and improve the teaching offered by the Trust. This may be through an audit or piece of research into the teaching activities. It is expected that the post holder will develop a project to be presented at the end of the year to the Clinical Sub Dean and UGME Faculty.
- To work closely with the undergraduate administration team to ensure co-ordination of all teaching programmes runs smoothly.
If offered a Colchester site role, your clinical placement speciality will be one of O&G or a surgical area.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Full GMC Registration with licence to practice
- Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience and completion of foundation years
- Evidence of continued professional education/development
- ALS
- An interest in medical education and excellent teaching skills which include an ability to explain clinical concepts to medical students
- Experience of teaching at UK undergraduate level
- Ability to work as member of a team
- Good organisational skills
- Understanding of clinical governance
Desirable
- Postgraduate Certificate in medical education / Teaching qualification
- An interest in medical education and excellent teaching skills which include an ability to explain clinical concepts to medical students
- MRCP
- Commitment to multidisciplinary and multi-professional education
- Good verbal and written communication
- Able to work under pressure
- Research or clinical publications
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Full GMC Registration with licence to practice
- Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience and completion of foundation years
- Evidence of continued professional education/development
- ALS
- An interest in medical education and excellent teaching skills which include an ability to explain clinical concepts to medical students
- Experience of teaching at UK undergraduate level
- Ability to work as member of a team
- Good organisational skills
- Understanding of clinical governance
Desirable
- Postgraduate Certificate in medical education / Teaching qualification
- An interest in medical education and excellent teaching skills which include an ability to explain clinical concepts to medical students
- MRCP
- Commitment to multidisciplinary and multi-professional education
- Good verbal and written communication
- Able to work under pressure
- Research or clinical publications
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).
