Main area All will be considered Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Clinical Fellow Contract 12 months (Fixed Term - 12 Months) Hours
* Full time
* Part time
* Flexible working
40 hours per week (Full Time and part time) Job ref 434-EDFELLOW-2025
Employer Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Stoke Mandeville Hospital & Wycombe Hospital Town Aylesbury Salary £42,008 - £70,425 per annum, pro rata 2016 Resident Doctor Contract Payscales Salary period Yearly Closing 07/03/2025 23:59 Interview date 07/04/2025
Medical Education Fellow
NHS Medical & Dental: Clinical Fellow
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
* provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
* nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
* regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
* deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact bht.recruitment@nhs.net or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
The Core Medical Education Fellow post is a unique and exciting opportunity which combines an educational role aimed at developing undergraduate and postgraduate education in Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) with a one day a week clinical role in a speciality within the trust. It is a one year (usually non-training) fixed term post for prospective candidates who have at a minimum completed the Foundation Programme and would be suitable for candidates of any grade above FY2 up to pre-CCT.
The post holder would work with the Director of Medical Education, the Undergraduate Director of Medical Education, the Lead Education Fellow, and Undergraduate and Postgraduate Faculty to develop teaching at BHT. Time would be split between undergraduate teaching and the foundation teaching programme. There will be opportunities to develop teaching with service leads and directly deliver teaching, as well as continuing to develop supporting foundation doctors to develop their own teaching skills. As part of the role, fellows will undertake the Mastering Medical Education Programme for Clinical Teaching Fellows and Educators course, leading to accreditation with the Academy of Medical Educators.
The supernumerary clinical day will allow continued clinical exposure in the candidate’s base speciality. We are currently offering clinical posts for any speciality based within BHT depending on applicants experience and preference.
Interviews are in person on Monday 7th April 2025 and last all day. They will be held in-person at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
Main duties of the job
Duties of the Education Fellow post holder
The main teaching duties of the post holder are to support the delivery of the BHT’s high quality medical education including the development, delivery and evaluation of courses in undergraduate medical education (with students from University of Oxford Medical School, St George’s Medical School and University of Buckingham Medical School) and postgraduate medical education and related activities.
The post holder would split their time 80:20 between their education role and base speciality. As part of the role fellow will undertake a medical education course leading to accreditation with the Academy of Medical Educators.
There are also opportunities to attain membership to AdvanceHE and apply for a Honorary Lectureship of the University of Buckingham.
More extensive information can be found in the attached Job description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
Working for our organisation
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
* As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
* We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
* We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
* We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
* As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
* Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
* Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
* Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
* Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
More extensive information can be found in the attached Job description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
Please note that this job advert may close before its advertised closing date dependent upon the total volume of the applications received.
Person specification
Skills, Knowledge and Personal
* Experience of delivering clinical and simulation teaching
* Ability to design and run teaching programmes
* Ability to work independently and manage own workload
* Ability to be part of a team
* Good command of spoken and written English
* PGCert Med Ed
* A teaching course
* Prepared to be flexible in working patterns and to deputise on occasions for absent colleagues
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
* Ability to travel to and between sites
EXPERIENCE
* Completed foundation programme or equivalent
* Experience of Core training
* Previous educational fellow experience
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TR
* MBChB or equivalent
* Full registration with GMC and Foundation 1-2 year or equivalent
* Higher medical degree Eg. FRCA, MRCP etc
TRUST 'CARE' VALUES
* Collaborate - Communicates openly, honestly and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships
* Aspire - Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong self-awareness with a desire to grow.
* Respect - Treats all with compassion and kindness. Ensures everyone feels valued.
* Enable - Consults others and listens to their views/opinions. Enables others to take the initiative
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.
Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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.
Name Joanne Rocks Job title Undergraduate Programme Manager Email address joanne.rocks@nhs.net Telephone number 01296 831011 Additional information
To find out more about the role we are running an open evening with our current fellows on 26th February 2025 at 1830. on MS Teams. If you would like to attend, follow the link below
Microsoft Teams Application:
Meeting ID: 371 951 165 041
Passcode: kG6ru334
If you intend to join the open evening, we would appreciate if you could RSVP to bht.educationfellows@nhs.net so we have an idea of numbers, but this is not essential.
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