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Main area
Psychiatry
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Bank
Hours
  • Part time
  • Other
Medical Bank position - Time sheets to be submitted for hours worked, as and when required.
Job ref
380-MED-26-014-BANK
Employer
Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Elizabeth Raybould Centre
Town
Dartford
Salary
£61,542 - £145,478 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
26/02/2026 23:59

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Clinical Tutor in Undergraduate Medical Education (Psychiatry)

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.

Would you like to work flexibly?  In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.

Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

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Job overview

The Trust Medical Education department are seeking an experienced psychiatrist to join its teaching faculty, to deliver psychiatry teaching to medical students. This will enhance the existing Medical Education Faculty in the trust.

This is a Medical Bank position with flexibility to sign up to facilitate teaching sessions at your availability. 

At Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust we combine exceptional professional development opportunities within a geography and have a network of approximately 150 members of medical staff, not including our range of foundation doctors, GP trainees, core trainees and higher trainees.

There are exciting times ahead with the Kent and Medway Medical School now open, a collaboration between Canterbury Christ Church University and the University of Kent with KMPT as one of the NHS partners, inspiring the next generation of medical professionals.

Indulge your passion for research with our internationally known and enthusiastic team, who are involved in a whole host of national and home-grown studies that have the potential to shape future healthcare. You will be very welcome.

Main duties of the job

The post holder, in collaboration with the Trust Director of Undergraduate Medical Education, will take a lead role in delivering the in-house teaching programme for undergraduate medical students undertaking Psychiatry placements within the Trust. This will include contributing to regular student induction days, coordinating fellow psychiatric trainees to teach students and organising and delivering clinical interview skills simulation training.

The post holder will respond to student feedback regarding the teaching programme in order to ensure an appropriate range and level of teaching topics is provided. There will be opportunities to audit aspects of undergraduate programmes.

The post will offer adult learning opportunities allowing the postholder to develop educational insight, skills and can contribute to a portfolio of work linked to a PGCert or to support AoME membership. This will include lecturing and small group work with medical undergraduates

The post holder will have administrative and practical support from Medical Education Administrators.

The post holder will be supported to attend faculty development days.

Working for our organisation

We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust, providing mental health, learning disability, substance misuse and specialist services across Kent and Medway, with a population of 1.8million.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the Care Quality Commission regulator and Outstanding for care) has approximately 3,400 staff covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues from 52 nations, rich in their diversity, talents and experience, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

We have a team of empathetic leaders inspiring their staff in an environment where everyone is valued and plays a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Across our communities and within inpatient settings, our workforce is enhanced and strengthened by dedicated peer support workers, people with lived experience, a wonderful team of volunteers and a brigade of pets as therapy support dogs.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job Description

JOB TITLE:                           Clinical Tutor in Undergraduate Medical Education (Psychiatry)

 

BAND:                                    SAS or Consultant. Dependent on the postholder's current experience

 

DIRECTORATE:                  Medical Directorate

 

DEPARTMENT:                 Medical Education

 

HOURS OF WORK:     This is a Medical Bank position. The candidate can book to attend and deliver regular teaching for Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust.

 

RESPONSIBLE TO:         Director of Undergraduate Medical Education

 

ACCOUNTABLE TO:     Director of Medical Education

 

BASE:                                      Medical Postgraduate Centres, although this can vary

 

 Please refer to the attached Job Description for further information. 

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GMC full registration with current licence to practise
Desirable criteria
  • Prizes or distinctions. Presentation of work at a national or international meeting. Publications in peer reviewed journals. Additional degree or MSc in relevant subject area.
  • Working towards a higher professional qualification in Medical Education
  • MRCPsych or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant Experience in teaching undergraduate health care students
  • Experience delivering and organising teaching sessions
  • Previous experience in medical education
Desirable criteria
  • Demonstrates knowledge of career pathways in medical education. Good general knowledge / broad interest in academic medicine. Research experience.
  • Demonstrates how the post will benefit patients in future.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Good communication skills.
  • Able to work well in a multidisciplinary team.
  • Ability to motivate high performance in others.
  • Approachable and friendly. Tolerant and empathetic
  • Proven ability to work to and meet deadlines.
  • Effective organisational and time management skills.
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of innovation in teaching
  • Evidence of excellence in teaching

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Mudasir Firdosi
Job title
Director of Undergraduate Medical Education
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01622 589948
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