Simulation Education Fellow – 12 months from August 2025 4 days/32 hours per week
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Trent Simulation and Clinical Skills Centre is a centre of excellence for multi-professional 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 relatedtopatient 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 writing, developing and delivering simulation based teaching, and debriefing skills.
You will be responsible for organising teaching programmes and programme evaluation, working with medical and multiprofessional colleagues across the organisation to ensure the programmes meet learner needs.
You will have the opportunity todevelop and extend your knowledge and practice in research methodology (both qualitative and quantitative) that applies to educational practice or outcomes and /or Human Factors.
1. You will work with Centre Director and multi-professional Simulation Education team to develop and deliver high quality multi-professional simulation and skills based education to doctors in training, medical students, nurses and allied health professionals.
2. 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.
3. 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 key advanced simulation programmes, ensuring courses respond to changing learner needs and curricula/commissioner requirements.
4. Contribute to the organisation of regular departmental research and “journal club‘ meetings for simulation teaching and patient safety/human factors
5. You will have the opportunity to undertake a postgraduate certificate in medical education ( start autumn 2025) of which 50% funding is available, up to a maximum of £2000.
We are a multidisciplinary team including nurses, ODPs, AHPs, multimedia simulation technicians, Human Factors experts and an admin and operations team. Youwill 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 ourwebsite
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
Please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification for key duties and responsibilities.
This advert closes on Thursday 13 Mar 2025