Senior Clinical Tutor (E&S)

Job responsibilities

Job Description

UEMS at North Devon is seeking 2 Senior Clinical Tutors to support the delivery of our BMBS programme in North Devon. We are looking for senior clinicians working within RDUH North in Barnstaple, who are prepared to deliver the required amount of time on a regular weekly basis as medical school activity within the trust. The role is not just confined to term time, as a great deal of curriculum planning and development continues when the students are not on placement with us.

The role holder, like all of us within the UEMS North Devon team, will be prepared to work in a flexible manner. The role will be allocated 0.1 FTE (which will be incorporated into the candidates University workload/ Trust workplan). You will need to seek approval from your current line manager to undertake this role.

Main purpose of the job:

Working on site in North Devon, and remotely where appropriate, you will carry your share of the responsibility for delivery, oversight and logistics of all clinical student placements in North Devon. This means continually developing, monitoring and tweaking timetables, responding to feedback from students and educators; supporting funding following the students to their placement posts; and supporting all the clinicians in the organisation who deliver student education. We are committed Page 2 of 4 to continuously improving the educational opportunities and overall experience for medical students on placement in North Devon. The post is both strategic and operational. Operationally this means helping out with assessments, directly supporting the clinical programme in Devon when needed, providing students with remediation and signposting them to support services as required. Strategically, there is real change on the horizon for how medical student education is delivered at UEMS in year 3 and 4. We have the opportunity to increase and develop North Devon from clinical placement site to greater involvement in academic and clinical skills development. Joining the team now means there is huge potential to innovate as we work to increase what we can offer our medical students.

Main duties and accountabilities:

Expectations of the role holder include-

Being easily approachable, with excellent listening and communication skills.

Able to support the balance of an excellent student experience within the clinical environment with the increasing demands of service delivery on our providers by developing innovative approaches to placement provision.

Responsive to communications and queries within a short time frame to enable the swift resolution of issues that arise within the programme.

To have a flexible approach to workload management as it will vary across the academic year.

Where possible to take annual leave during student non-placement time.

The post holder will need to make themselves available where possible for the following regular commitments:

Weekly, Weds 09-10 Teams UEMS North Devon team meeting

BMBS CPILG meeting, Teams, generally 2 hours Weds pm once a month (individual attendance is not critical, but collectively as a North Devon Team we need to be in attendance)

There will be an expectation of involvement in some of the following:

Deliver teaching in the clinical environment

Complete workplace-based assessments with the students

Develop and update online and other teaching resources (Support will be given for developing online resources if required)

Attend programme development and delivery meetings

Attend and deliver University of Exeter and Medical School training as required

Submit posters and other research to educational conferences

Gain HEA Fellowship status or equivalent

This job description summarises the main duties and accountabilities of the post and is not comprehensive: the post-holder may be required to undertake other duties of similar level and responsibility.

Skills and Understanding

Essential

• Experience of managing teams and/or
• functions in a busy environment with
• conflicting priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal
• communication skills.
• Able to communicate complex and
• conceptual ideas to a range of groups.
• Able to participate in and develop
• external networks.

Circumstances

Essential

• Available to start immediately.

Behavioural Characteristics

Essential

• Stamina - ability to work well under
• pressure.
• Credibility - a person of stature
• demonstrated through
• professional/national standing, good
• interface with students
• /academics/clinicians, the potential
• quickly to earn internal credibility.
• Integrity - setting and demanding
• high standards of conduct in all
• internal and external relationships.
• Commitment - to medical education, to
• the Health Service, to the School.
• Ambassador - an ambassador for
• the School to demonstrate the value
• of the School to the health and
• research community.
• Personal -unflappable, sense of perspective,
• flexible.

Desirable

• Creativity - seeing, creating and
• seizing opportunities, finding
• imaginative and workable
• solutions.
• Vision - for medical education, for
• the School; ability to think
• strategically and conceptually.

Experience

Essential

• An active teacher and
• examiner/assessor in the clinical
• environment.

Desirable

• Have experience of providing
• academic support to medical
• students.
• Previous experience of, and an
• enthusiasm for medical
• undergraduate/postgraduate
• teaching.
• An understanding of the UEMS
• curriculum.

Qualifications

Essential

• Recent or ongoing experience as a senior clinician in secondary care.
• Membership of the appropriate Royal College or equivalent qualification.
• GMC registration with licence to practice.

Desirable

• A relevant qualification in Clinical Education.
• Fellow or Senior Fellow of the HEA.
• Fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators.
• Higher research degree or equivalent research.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).