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Clinical Teaching Fellows – 4 posts available starting August 2024

1. Internal Medicine / Respiratory (2 posts)
2. Obstetrics and Gynaecology
3. General Surgery/Urology 

These 12 month posts are an excellent opportunity for candidates to work as a Clinical Teaching Fellow in Medical Education (40%) whilst gaining clinical experience in (60%) All training will take place at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.

The teaching fellow posts include a fully funded place on the Postgraduate Certificate in Health Education at University of Reading.

The Royal Berkshire Hospital hosts students from both the University of Oxford and the University of Southampton, in addition to Physician Associate students from the University of Reading. From September 2024, the Trust will welcome its first cohort of students from Brunel Medical School.  These posts have been established to enhance the teaching of students and maintain the Royal Berkshire Hospital’s reputation as a centre of excellence for medical education.

The successful applicant must have a license to practice from the GMC, and ideally completed core training and hold MRCP/ MRCOG/ MRCS.  Applicants with at least 2 years NHS post-graduate experience and a strong interest in medical education will be considered

40% of the post holder’s time will be spent on teaching activities with the remaining 60% of time spent doing clinical work, including relevant on call rota.

Main duties of the job

Undergraduate Teaching

The post will be tailored to the successful applicant and their specific interests and the roles could include any of the following;

• Responsibility for facilitating the medical attachments and placements of medical students
• This will include production of teaching resources and delivery of formal teaching sessions.
• Helping develop and adapt existing teaching models and courses for medical students
• Taking on a leadership and mentorship role for medical students and providing a forum to give feedback and help develop and enhance their learning and well being
• Engage in quality improving projects and developing potential teaching courses.
• Bedside teaching including demonstration of clinical signs and examination
• Procedural skills teaching
• Coordinating student timetabling
• Contribute to running and developing simulation sessions for Medical Students and liaising with the department of Simulation.
• Assisting the Undergraduate Managers in delivering key medical student inductions
• Contributing to University activities including student examination question writing and piloting

Working for our organisation

Internal Medicine / Respiratory

The clinical part of this post will be general internal and respiratory medicine, with an option for roles in other medical specialties subject to availability of posts.  Candidates interested in other specialties, including acute medicine are encouraged to apply. 

General Surgery/ Urology

The clinical part of this post will be based in the Urology department.  The Urology department at Royal Berkshire has 10 Consultants and consistently receives excellent feedback from trainees in the department and the majority go on to receive a number in national selection.

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Medical education is well recognised and valued as part of professional and team development within the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department. The clinical teaching fellow post positions itself well to combine both clinical work, study of postgraduate certificate in healthcare education and the application of this learning to the workplace.