Job summary
- Main area
- Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Junior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Start date: 6th August 2025 - 4th August 2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 153-M3620
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Poole Hospital
- Town
- Poole
- Salary
- £49,909 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Medical Education Training Fellows
NHS Medical & Dental: Junior Clinical Fellow
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.Ìý
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
We invite applications for 2 Clinical Teaching Fellow posts working across Royal Bournemouth Hospital and Poole Hospital. It is a fantastic time to join our enthusiastic team as we look to strengthen our, already highly regarded, Foundation and Simulation Programme supporting our doctors across University Hospitals Dorset.Ìý
University Hospitals Dorset is currently undergoing a £450 million pound transformation process which will make us one of the largest acute trusts in the south of England.
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Come and enjoy the wonderful mix of stunning coastline, idyllic countryside and vibrant nightlife and join our cohesive and happy educational team!
We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
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Main duties of the job
Foundation Medical Education Training Fellow: Ìý
The post will be based across UHD (Royal Bournemouth and Poole Hospitals) with 80% of the time allocated to education and 20% (1 day per week) to an area of clinical interest to ensure the post holder’s clinical skills are supported and maintained.Ìý This post does not require out of hours work.
Particular areas of focus within education will be to support the recentÌý redesign of the Foundation Year 2 Programme which currently runs as a collaboration between Poole, Bournemouth and Dorchester Hospitals and supporting teaching programmes during the transformation work at UHD.Ìý
Simulation Medical Education Training Fellow: Ìý
The post will be based across UHD (Royal Bournemouth and Poole Hospitals) with 80% of the time allocated to simulation-based education (SBE) and 20% (1 day per week) to an area of clinical interest to ensure the post holder’s clinical skills are supported and maintained. This post does not require out of hours work
The simulation time is anticipated to be split equally between post-graduate learners (Doctors, PAs and the wider MDT) and under-graduate learners (Medical Students and PA students).Ìý
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Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD.Ìý They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.Ìý
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term.Ìý Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview. Ìý
There is a planned move for this service anticipated.ÌýUpon relocation of the role/service, excess mileage allowance / reimbursement will not apply, and any travel between the postholder’s home and work base will be classified as a commute. Any other changes unrelated to this, will be handled in line with Trust/National terms and conditions. Ìý
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Foundation Medical Education Training Fellow: Ìý
The successful candidate will work alongside the medical education team including the Foundation Programme Directors, the Foundation Co-ordinators to support delivery of teaching programmes
For cross county teaching programmes e.g. the FY2 programme liaison with relevant representatives in other Trusts may be required e.g. Dorset County Hospital and Dorset Healthcare University Foundation Trust
The successful candidate will be encouraged to undertake medical education research projects and quality improvement projects and will be encouraged to submit abstracts and attend medical education conferences (for example the Association for the Study of Medical Education, ASME).
MAIN DUTIES OF THE POST
Clinical Teaching Fellows will be involved in the delivery of a wide variety of teaching including:
- Bedside teaching on wards
- Small group problem solving / tutorials
- Clinical skills teaching
- Simulation suite scenarios
- Facilitating sessions on the FY2 programme
- Course induction and feedback sessions
The successful candidate will help to develop and organise teaching sessions for doctors/PAs and medical students and will liaise with speciality lead clinicians to do so.
The CTF will support the medical education team with transformation processes at UHD.
Simulation Medical Education Training Fellow: Ìý
This post is one-year fixed term post based on 10 sessions per week
- Ìý Ìý Ìý 8 sessions of educational work
- Ìý Ìý Ìý 2 sessions of clinical work in a speciality of your choice
The successful candidate will be supported to undertake a Certificate in Simulation or Medical Education which will be funded.
The successful candidate will work alongside the multi-professional simulation team and the medical education team to support delivery of teaching.
The successful candidate will provide support to the Dorset FY2 programme with time dedicated to the simulation module and some wider non simulation modules
ÌýMAIN DUTIES OF THE POST
The successful candidate will be involved in the delivery and development of a wide variety of simulation teaching.
The simulation fellow will also support the simulation team with transformation processes at UHD.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Eligible to work in the UK
- Up to date with current NHS Clinical Practice
- Minimum of 2 years recent Postgraduate NHS clinical work experience
- Experience supporting the education of others
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of Audit and research projects
- Experience of commitment to medical education
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Current GMC registration and licence to practice
- Basic medical qualification
- Successful completion of 2 year foundation programme
Desirable criteria
- Medical Education teaching qualification
- Successful completion of 2 year UK foundation programme
- Compliant with all mandatory training
Skills, Knowledge and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Evidence of experience and enthusiasm for teaching
- Ability to prioritise workload and use own initiative
- Ability to know own limitations and when to seek advice
- Meet the requirements of the GMCs Good Medical Practice
- Enthusiasm for simulation-based education
Desirable criteria
- Computer/IT skills
- Research skills
- Completion of a Simulation Faculty Development Course
- An interest in technology enhanced learning
Interpersonal Skills
Essential criteria
- Approachable manner
- Good communication, interpersonal and organisational skills
- Ability to work effectively in multi-disciplinary team
- Demonstrates good time management skills
Desirable criteria
- Prepared to be flexible in working
Other Attributes
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration with licence to practice
- Able to speak English as necessary for the role
- Ability to fulfil all duties of the post
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Julie Mantell
- Job title
- Medical Education Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03000194268
- Additional information
Simulation: Rose Edwards, Simulation Lead: [email protected]Ìý
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