Academic Teaching Fellow - Crewe, United Kingdom - University of Buckingham Medical School

Description

Job summary

Are you looking for an exciting medical education role for a fixed term period of either 8 or 12 months at FTE (2, 3 or 4 days a week) at our Northern Campus in Crewe?

We are now recruiting to this role for successful applicants to start in July or August.

This post is an idealopportunity for a doctor who wishes to develop educational insight andcapability. The post holder will workwith the unit leads in planning and delivering all aspects of undergraduatemedical education in Phase 1 of the curriculum in a variety of differentmethods. The role has an emphasis on clinical skills and providing clinicalcontext for students learning in early years. As part of the educatorteam the position offers the opportunities for involvement in a variety ofacademic tasks including student assessmentand applicant selection for placesat the medical school. Additionally, there is an opportunity to apply for a fully funded University of Buckingham PGCert in Medical Education, for thosecommitting to completing a 12-month post working a minimum of three days aweek ( FTE).

We are a short 5 minute walk from Crewe train station and only 10 minutes from the M6, giving us excellent connections to Manchester, Liverpool and beyond.

Main duties of the job

The primary role of the clinical educators is to support the unit leads in delivering group work sessions, to act as group work facilitators and integrate biomedical science in a clinical context for the students learning in the early years.

Secondary to this there is a varied number of additional tasks which an educator may be required to participate in when opportunities arise. These include:

This is not a complete list but provides a flavor of the scope of involvement that the educators have within the Medical School. From time to time, you may be asked to perform additional tasks at the discretion of the Medical School senior leadership team.

About us

The University of Buckingham created the UK's first independent, not-for-profit, Medical School in 2015, with campuses in both Buckingham and Crewe. Our guiding philosophy is to produce highly ethical, honest, and compassionate doctors who will put the patient first. We now have an intake of around 120 students at our South Campus and 80 per year at the North campus. We received our GMC accreditation in May 2019 and our first intake who graduated in June 2019, took up their Foundation Training in August 2019.

Job responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting prospect in Medical Education for 2 - 4 days a week?

This post is an ideal opportunity for a doctor wishing to develop educational insight and capability. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your clinical teaching and group facilitation skills. Working 2 - 4 days a week at The University of Buckingham Medical School: Crewe Campus, you will facilitate biomedical science and clinical teaching of first and second year medical students. This will support high quality teaching of undergraduate medical students and is both rewarding and enjoyable. This fixed-term post ( FTE) is suitable for doctors who have completed the UK Foundation Programme and who wish to build on their personal teaching experience and develop expertise in medical education.

The role leaves time to continue with clinical work for the rest of the week. Working to , it gives an opportunity to study for exams and develop interests outside of medicine. The role is also extremely beneficial to your CV and can contribute to points on specialty training applications.

The role offers the opportunity to complete a Post Graduate Certificate in Medical Education at the University of Buckingham. This is fully funded by the Medical School if you work at least FTE for a minimum of 12 months. This course compliments the role of an Academic Teaching Fellow, evidences your pedagogical development and can contribute to recognition of Fellowship with Advance HE.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary role of the educators is to support the unit leads in delivering group worksessions, to act as group work facilitators and integrate biomedicalscience in a clinical context for the students learning in the earlyyears.

Secondary to this roleis a varied number of additional tasks which the educators may berequired to participate in depending on when opportunities arise. These include:

Examquestion writing, review and marking

OSCEwriting, review and assessing

Filmingvideos for clinical skills foundation course, selection stations, OSCE training

Studentselection assessing

Participatingin open days to showcase our clinical skills facilities and talk to prospectivestudents

Reviewand development of teaching materials, including question and model answerwriting

Deliveryof revision sessions (to include both written and OSCE revision)

StudentSelection Component supervision

Personaltutor mentorship for students

Involvement in Quality Improvement projects inthe faculty

This list is notcomplete but provides a flavor of the scope of involvement that the educators have within the Medical School. From time to time, you may be askedto perform additional tasks at the discretion of the Medical School seniorleadership team.

Qualifications

Essential

Right to Work

Essential

Experience

Essential

Desirable