Job overview

Junior Clinical Teaching Fellow  - Emergency Department

This is an exciting opportunity to spend a year as a dedicated teaching fellow in the Emergency Department (ED) at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust.  The Emergency Department is partnered with the Peninsula Medical School – University of Plymouth, and aims to provide high quality clinical experience of Emergency Medicine for students in years 3 to 5. 

PHNT is the largest teaching and acute hospital in the South West, providing general hospital services alongside regional specialist services to a diverse population, with a wide variation in health and life expectancy, including areas of high deprivation and coastal poverty.  PHNT has an established reputation for high quality research and, in a city with a strong military tradition, is host to a tri-services staff of over 200 military doctors, nurses and allied health professionals.

Main duties of the job

Job Purpose

The post holder will focus on facilitating student learning by providing teaching and support on the shop floor of the ED.  Students in years 3 and 4 spend one pathway week with us in the ED, learning about the management of sick and injured patients.  Each week culminates in a Consultant lead clinical reasoning session.  The post holder will be available throughout the working week, teaching small groups of students within the ED, providing tutorials, delivering clinical skills teaching and assessing competencies.

Year 5 students are attached to the department in 6-week blocks and are encouraged to work alongside the clinical team, clerking patients and practicing clinical skills.  The post holder will be responsible for guiding and supporting this process, as well as providing opportunities for case based teaching and discussion.

This post is a fixed term, full time, dedicated teaching fellow role and as such, there will be no expectation to contribute to on call or clinical service delivery.  Teaching will be during academic term time only and as such the post holder is required to take annual leave during medical school holidays.  The role offers a unique opportunity for personal and career development, promoting specialist-teaching skills, augmented by completing a “PGCert” if the post holder wishes to do so.

Working for our organisation

     We are a people business – where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment team on 01752 432100. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.