Clinical teaching fellow - London, United Kingdom - Wales Medicines Strategy Group

Description

Employer Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Barnet Hospital Town London Salary £55,329 Per annum plus London living weight Salary period Yearly Closing 14/05/2024 23:59

Clinical teaching fellow - Gastroenterology Clinical Teaching Fellow

Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers' money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

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The aim of the undergraduate education role centres around the development and delivery of teaching to year 4 medical students undertaking haematology, infectious diseases and gastroenterology with support from the module leads. There are shared educational duties such as but not limited to being an examiner in UCL medical school exams and helping to organise and deliver UCL medical school assessments with a network of Barnet clinical teaching fellows. Fellows are also expected to provide support to medical students in Barnet Hospital during term time when not scoping at Chase Farm Hospital. The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is a central University College London (UCL) Medical School campus that teaches hundreds of medical students, at all stages of learning, every year across Barnet, Chase Farm and the Royal Free Hospitals.

This role will suit enthusiastic and motivated Gastroenterology trainees with an interest in education and will provide excellent clinical and educational experience for the progression of a career within Gastroenterology. It is a new and flexible post which offers the opportunity to be involved with undergraduate teaching, curriculum development and student assessment, while also maintaining core clinical skills. Minimum Experience in gastroenterology at IMT3 level is desired although candidates without prior experience may also be considered.

Main duties of the job

This role will suit enthusiastic and motivated Gastroenterology trainees with an interest in education, and will provide excellent clinical and educational experience for the progression of a career within Gastroenterology . It is a new and flexible post which offers the opportunity to be involved with undergraduate teaching, curriculum development and student assessment, while also maintaining core clinical skills.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Run an induction session at the start of each block

-Provide bedside teaching sessions, case-based discussion groups and simulation/clinical skills sessions

Work with the medical education administrators to co-ordinate formal teaching sessions including recruiting colleagues to deliver sessions - Collect, analyse, and act on feedback from students

Be involved in preparations for UCL medical school assessments - Attend relevant meetings with the Barnet education team and the UCLMS year 4 team.

Appraising the module 4A/B placement at Barnet Clinical role in Gastroenterology: This aspect will comprise 50% of the post and will be based at Barnet Hospital and Chase Farm Hospital. Barnet Hospital is a busy District General Hospital which is renowned for being an excellent and supportive place to work and train. The Gastroenterology services are led by a team of 10 consultants delivering inpatient and outpatient care at Barnet & Chase Farm Hospitals. , The Gastroenterology consultants deliver an "on the wards" Gastro rota, taking over the care of Gastro emergency admissions, supported by a team of junior doctors. On average of one day per week, the post holder will be the registrar on Olive ward and will carry the registrar bleep, see referrals and support activities on the ward. In the afternoon of this ward day, the post holder will have a therapeutic endoscopy inpatient list in theatres at Barnet Hospital with the supervision of the on-call consultant of the week.

The post holder will also have one outpatient clinic based at Barnet Hospital. Elective endoscopy takes place in Chase Farm Hospital and the post holder will spend all day Wednesday in endoscopy at Chase Farm Hospital. Depending on the needs of the post holder, this could be 2 training lists and could then progress to 1 training list and 1 service list with consultant support. Depending on clinical interests of post holder, there is also opportunity to join nutrition ward rounds, UGI/IBD MDTs and deliver other post graduate teaching such as IMPACT course and the annual UGIB simulation teaching on pig model at the Royal Free Hospital.

The successful applicant will engage fully and proactively in clinical governance activities, including clinical audit. The post holder will be expected to engage in continuing professional development. A formal, yet flexible, job plan will be agreed between the appointee and their service lead on behalf of the medical director prior to the commencement date of the appointment.

Please note - this post falls under the 2002 Hospital Medical and Dental staff terms and conditions. It is a trust grade role, and not a recognised training post. Further Details Dr Puja Ayrton, Undergraduate Tutor

Person specification World Class Values

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education/Qualifications

• Registration with the General Medical Council
• MBBS or equivalent
• ALS
• MRCP
• Qualification in medical education

Experience

• Ability to demonstrate broad clinical skills in the management of medical and gastroenterology patients
• Evidence of an interest in teaching
• Gastroenterology experience at IMT3 level or above
• Experience in endoscopy
• Awareness of principles of Risk Management
• Evidence of academic excellence e.g. BSc, prizes, distinctions etc
• Good understanding of the forces and drivers of influencing change in the NHS

Personal Qualities & attributes

• Able to communicate clearly & grammatically in both verbal & written English
• Able to work on own initiative
• Able to work well in a multidisciplinary team
• Well organised

Other

• Understands and abides by ethical principles and committed to the NHS
• Willing to take on responsibility
• Good general health, physically able to carry out the duties of the post

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Please note:

• Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.
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Name Dr Chehkuan Tai Job title Consultant Gastroenterology Email address Additional information

Contact name: Dr Ayrton

Contact job title: Undergraduate Tutor

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