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Job summary

Main area
Medicine
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 3 (MT03)
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (starting 5/8/26 for 12 months 32 hours per week over 4 days)
Hours
Part time - 32 hours per week (Working days are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday with some flexibility)
Job ref
164-7922348
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
NUH Education Centre QMC campus
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£52,656 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/07/2026 23:59

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Simulation Education Fellow

NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 3 (MT03)

Job overview

Simulation Education Fellow – 12 months from August 2026  4 days/32 hours per week 

MTO3 

 

NUH Education Centre is a centre of excellence for multiprofessional learning and education and is a regional centre for advanced clinical simulation-based education as well as offering a range of clinical skills based teaching for local and regional NHS staff. Our educational activities include teaching programmes related to patient safety, Human Factors and team training. 

 

This is an exciting time to join our team as Simulation Education Fellow and would be suited to a doctor who has successfully completed their Foundation training or Basic Specialist training and who is interested in a career in medical education. The post is 4 days a week, providing opportunity for one day a week of clinical work in a speciality of choice, subject to discussions and agreements in advance. 

 

Working alongside our expert simulation team, you will develop personal skills around writingdeveloping and delivering simulation based teaching, and debriefing skills 

You will be responsible for organising teaching programmes and programme evaluation, working with multiprofessional colleagues  to ensure programmes meet learner needs. 

 

 

 

For further information about the post, please contact Prof. Brigitte Scammell, Clinical Educator Lead for simulation  [email protected] or Giulia Miles, Simulation and Human Factors Lead [email protected] 

Main duties of the job

  1. You will have the opportunity to develop and extend your knowledge and practice in research methodology  that applies to educational practice or outcomes and /or Human Factors. It is expected that activity undertaken whilst in post will result in providing presentations to local, national meetings,and  publication of abstracts and papers. 

  2. You will work with Centre clinical education lead and multiprofessional Simulation Education team to develop and deliver high quality multiprofessional simulation and skills based education to doctors in training, medical students, nurses and allied health professionals. 

  1. Take a lead role in the development and achievement of education research projects related to educational excellence and application to practice to support delivery of safe practice.   

 

  1. Actively contribute to the design, development, piloting and evaluation of course programmes including technology enhanced learning. This will include taking a lead role in quality assurance of advanced simulation programmes, ensuring courses respond to changing learner needs and curricula/commissioner requirements. 

 

  1. Contribute to the organisation of regular departmental research and “journal club‘ meetings for simulation teaching and patient safety/human factors  

 

  1. You will have the opportunity to undertake a postgraduate certificate in medical education (start autumn 2026 of which 50% funding is available, up to a maximum of £2000. 

Working for our organisation

We are a multidisciplinary team including nurses, ODPs, AHPs, multimedia simulation technicians, Human Factors experts and an admin and operations team. You will be joining a flexible, supportive, positive, “can do” team that enjoys its work and operates without rigid hierarchy or unnecessary bureaucracy. 

 

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is  one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country. We are, a large, complex, person-centred organisation with an excellent national and international reputation for the quality of patient care, research, education and innovation.  For more information about the Trust, visit our website 

 

Some of the benefits of working for our organisation include: 

Flexible working 

Opportunities for  to be innovative/creative in the workplace 

Friendly and supportive work colleagues within the team 

Salary sacrifice schemes 

Cycle to work and travel 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification for key duties and responsibilities.

Person specification

COMMITMENT TO TRUST VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS

Essential criteria
  • Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s behavioural standards

Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MBBS or equivalent
  • Full GMC Registration with a License to Practise
  • Completed Foundation training in a UKFPO by time of appointment or equivalent
  • Evidence of satisfactory / more than satisfactory progress through training, including an Outcome 1 at Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP)
  • Evidence of clinical competencies in your specialty appropriate for your stage in training
Desirable criteria
  • • Teaching qualification
  • • ALS or ATLS Instructor

Experience

Essential criteria
  • 12 months working as a doctor in the UK in an acute medical or surgical  speciality
  • Evidence of acute and/or specialist medicine/surgery training
  • Evidence of designing and delivering clinical teaching to  undergraduates and/or postgraduates
  • Enthusiastic and experienced in teaching clinical skills in the workplace or training environment
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of  designing and/or successfully delivering high fidelity simulation based training
  • Evidence of designing and/or successfully delivering inter-professional learning
  • Evidence of incorporating Human Factors in an educational setting
  • Evidence of designing and/or successfully delivering technology enhanced learning e.g. VR,  AR

Communication and realtionship skills

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Evidence of effective team working and leadership, evidenced  by multi- source feedback or workplace-based assessments
  • Evidence of ability to work collaboratively across grades, specialties and professions
  • Evidence of ability to work both independently and as part of a team
  • Evidence of great interpersonal and communication skills that enable you to:   articulate vision  communicate effectively  encourage ability  engage well with a variety of stakeholders  inspire and motivate

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of capacity to use logical / lateral thinking to solve problems / make decisions, indicating an analytical / scientific approach and, where appropriate, creativity in problem solving
  • Evidence of completed audit or quality improvement project.
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of participation in a clinically-based and/or educational research project with involvement at key stages (design, data collection, analysis, preparation of abstracts and final paper).
  • Evidence of completed a closed loop audit or quality improvement project.

Planning and Organisation Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent organisational abilities
  • Ability to forward plan
  • Ability to keep on track to deliver sustainable outcomes
  • Time management and prioritisation skills
  • Adept in using MS Office (Excel; Word; PowerPoint) and advanced digital skills

Physical Skills

Essential criteria
  • Able to move /lift relevant teaching materials aids as necessary for the delivery of teaching programmes

Other

Essential criteria
  • Commitment to personal and professional development
  • Self-starter, motivated, shows initiative and enthusiasm
  • Able to travel across region/nationally
  • Occasionally able to start early/finish late, occasional weekend working
Desirable criteria
  • Actively seeks to develop own knowledge, skills and ability

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Brigitte Scammell
Job title
Clinical Education Lead for Simulation
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01159249924
Additional information

Giulia Miles ,Simulation and Human Factors Lead,

[email protected]  0115 9249924 x 87095

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