Clinical Teaching Fellow Emergency Medicine (Maternity Cover)

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Professional Registration:

The post holder must have full registration with the GMC or NMC. It is no longer a requirement of employment within the NHS that medical staff be registered with a medical insurance organisation. Should you wish to maintain registration with such an organisation, this is entirely your own choice.

Personal Professional Development & Educational Research:

Carry out relevant educational research as appropriate.

Take an active part in training sessions run by UMED.

To represent the Department where appropriate in University exam and standard setting meetings and other associated courses

There will be opportunities throughout the year to present at local, regional and national conferences. The NUH UMED runs its own conference on an annual basis and encourages staff to present good practice initiatives as well as supporting staff to attend regional and national conferences, such as ASME and ASPiH.

Undergraduate Teaching:

The post will have a minimum of 3 days (6 sessions) of teaching that will be made up of the following activities.

5 sessions (half days) per week of 'shop floor teaching', clinical simulations, small group teaching, patient workshops and WBPA & DOPs assessments

1 sessions per week of office work - planning /evaluation and mentoring students.

Interspersed with the above outline will be teaching on other specific teaching days and commitment to exam-orientated activities.

Critical Illness Attachment:

From October to February, there will be cohorts of students based in the ED as part of the 4-week CIA in their final year. The focus for their time in ED will be the recognition and management of patients who are or have the potential to be critically ill. This will be in the context of team and inter-professional working.

The other half of the CIA will be based in Theatres and Critical Care areas. During the attachment, there will be an introductory and a final formative Students will also undertake a day in the Trent Simulation Centre and ILS days.

Foundation for Practice:

The FFP course for 3rd year students is the first full-time clinical attachment for medical students, which runs from February to October. There are 5 blocks of 6 weeks. The post holder will support with the junior medicine and junior surgery weeks, focusing on delivering and assessing acute medical knowledge and skills.

Early Clinical Experience:

From November to May 1st and 2nd Year students visit the hospital to practise basic skills in history taking and examination. The post holder will support and supervise these students in the Emergency Department and other wards throughout the Trust.

Clinical Duties:

The clinical duties of this post will predominantly take place in the Emergency Department. These duties will be assigned based on a comprehensive evaluation of the post holder's clinical experience.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• ALS certification
• GMC registration and license to practice
• NMC registration

Desirable criteria

• Teaching qualification (PgCert, MMedSci)

Experience

Essential criteria

• At least 3 years NHS experience
• 6 months experience of Emergency medicine in the NHS

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of the undergraduate medical training at Nottingham University

Communication and Relationship Skills

Essential criteria

• Evidence of good organisational, communication, team-working and interpersonal skills
• Evidence of participation in Inter-Professional Learning

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential criteria

• Evaluation of student feedback or learning to inform future session / programme planning

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of some previous involvement in research, presentation and/or publication

Planning and Organisation Skills

Essential criteria

• Able to plan teaching sessions with clear learning objectives
• Able to organise teaching sessions, liaising with other educators and members of clinical teams
• Evidence of participation in delivering undergraduate education

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

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