Job summary
- Main area
- Training and Development
- Grade
- Junior Fellow
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 188-MT11125
- Employer
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southampton General Hospital
- Town
- Southampton
- Salary
- £52,656 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/12/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 19/12/2025
Employer heading
Clinical Teaching Fellow
Junior Fellow
Job overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for two enthusiastic and motivated doctors to join our undergraduate education team as Clinical Teaching Fellows at University Hospital Southampton (UHS).
These posts are ideal for doctors post-Foundation Training (or equivalent) who have a genuine interest in medical education and wish to develop as clinical educators while maintaining close links with patient care.
You will work alongside the education team to deliver high-quality, innovative teaching to medical students from the University of Southampton’s BM programmes.
You will deliver bedside and small-group teaching, support simulation-based learning, facilitate assessment and feedback sessions, and take a lead in mentoring students in Years 3–5.
There will be opportunities to design and evaluate novel educational projects such as Clinical Reasoning Groups, Simulation-On-Call, and MARS week, all highlighted by the University’s recent Quality Assurance visit as examples of best practice at UHS.
Working for our organisation
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. UHS is rated ‘Good’ by the CQC and in the latest national NHS Staff Survey, we were in the top 10 acute trusts for staff engagement and for staff recommending the hospital as a place to work or receive care.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For an overview of the position, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification document.
This includes a detailed breakdown of the key responsibilities, role expectations, and the qualifications we are looking for.
It outlines the essential criteria for the role and is designed to support you in preparing your application by helping you evaluate how your skills, experience, and professional background align with the requirements of the role.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Appointment will be made under local contractual terms and conditions of service for Trust appointed (non-training fellow doctors and dentists). Applicants requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship should ensure they meet the Home Office application criteria prior to submitting an application.
Successful candidates will have an educational framework equivalent to training grade doctors, and there will be a named educational supervisor assigned at the start of the post. The opportunity for Continued Professional Development (CPD) is highly supported and encouraged by the Trust, with options available to take study leave.
Grades for Trust appointed (non-training) fellows will be paid a basic salary at a nodal pay point linked to the grade, at the rate set out in the National Medical and Dental pay circular. Basic salary plus any additional remuneration (as applicable) for hours set out in the doctors work schedule (e.g. additional hours, weekend allowance, and any hours which attract enhanced pay)
Proposed interview date: 19th December 2025
This vacancy closes on or before 4th December 2025
Person specification
Qualifications, Training & Experience
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- GMC registration with a licence to practise
- Satisfactory completion of Foundation programme (or equivalent experience)
- Evidence of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Demonstrates a critical and enquiring approach to knowledge acquisition
Aptitudes and skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence and ability to work effectively in multi-professional teams
- Understanding of equality and diversity and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
- Evidence and ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and colleagues (verbal and written communication skills in English)
- Demonstrate good organisational skills including ability to prioritise effectively and meet deadlines
- Demonstrate the ability to be calm, compassionate, and able to respond efficiently to various circumstances, which may change rapidly
- Appropriate knowledge base, and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems
- Able to plan a week full of teaching in different clinical areas
- Able to work closely with all the module and placement leads in more than one area simultaneously
- Understands the responsibilities of being an employee in the NHS
- Displays honesty, integrity, aware of ethical dilemmas, respects confidentiality
- Contributes to teaching and learning of others in the clinical setting
- Keen interest to develop knowledge and experience in Medical Education
- Understands the basic principles of audit, research, and quality improvement
- Keeps professional knowledge and skills up to date
- Maintains clinical and non-clinical skills
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of leadership qualities (not necessarily in medicine)
- Demonstrated experience working in a team and values the input of other professionals
- Has received positive feedback on teaching skills
- Organisation of teaching locally, regionally, or nationally
- Publications, abstracts, peer reviewed articles, book chapters
- Participation in audit/research or quality improvement
- Ability to practice evidence-based medicine
Living Trust Values
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate behaviours that meet the Trust Values: Patients First, Always Improving, Working Together
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
- Dr Iain Beardsell
- Job title
- Consultant & Associate Clinical Sub Dean
- Email address
- [email protected]
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