Clinical Teaching Fellow – Surgery / Urology
Clinical Teaching Fellow - Surgery / Urology
12 month post starting August 2025
This 12 month post is an excellent opportunity for candidates to work as aClinical Teaching Fellow in Medical Education whilst gaining clinical experience in urology. All training will take place at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
The teaching fellow posts include a fully funded place on the PGCert in Health Education at University of Reading.
The Royal Berkshire Hospital hosts students from University of Oxford, University of Southampton and Brunel Medical School, in addition to Physician Associate students from University of Reading. The Trust successfully welcomed its first cohort of students from Brunel Medical School in 2024 and will have a larger intake in forthcoming years. The CTF roles 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 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.
All teaching fellows will have access to a tutor who will provide mentorship with educational projects as well as an educational supervisor.
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:
1. Responsibility for facilitating the medical attachments and placements of medical students.
2. Production of teaching resources and delivery of formal teaching sessions.
3. Helping develop and adapt existing teaching models and courses for medical students.
4. 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.
5. Engage in quality improving projects and developing potential teaching courses.
6. Bedside teaching including demonstration of clinical signs and examination.
7. Procedural skills teaching.
8. Contribute to running and developing simulation sessions.
9. Assisting the Undergraduate Managers in delivering key medical student inductions.
10. Contributing to University activities including student examination question writing and piloting.
We encourage development of teaching skills and publication of work and projects. Previous teaching fellows have successfully presented work at national and international meetings.
Collaboration and shared teaching opportunities for different groups of students is encouraged and organising postgraduate sessions will also be welcomed by the department. There may also be opportunities to attend training workshops provided by Brunel and Southampton University.
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We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where possible. All applicants who have a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the post can opt for a guaranteed interview.
Job responsibilities
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.
The department has a specialist robotic programme for Uro-oncology and also offers specialist andrology, paediatric and endourology services for the wider local population. The department has a strong education and research background, having been both nominated for and won awards. The candidate would take part in 60% on call duties; in addition, they would have opportunity to gain confidence with flexible cystoscopy, local anaesthetic prostate biopsies, lithotripsy and core surgical procedures.
The candidate would be supported by a supervising consultant and would be expected to be involved in medical student teaching as well as PA teaching and within the multidisciplinary team. Teaching would be for the general surgery syllabus in addition to the Urology syllabus. Having passed the MRCS would be a requirement for the post. There are opportunities to expand simulation and teaching practical surgical skills.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* MBChB, MBBS or equivalent
* Full GMC Registration
* MRCS (or MCEM / MRCP) or equivalent
Experience
* Broad Medical Experience
* Previous experience of working within the NHS (2 years)
* Minimum of six months experience in Urology
* Post registration experience of working in other specialties relevant to Urology
Ability and Knowledge
* Good basic and wide-ranging knowledge of clinical medicine and surgery
* Ability to teach and enthuse other medical staff
Motivation
* Strong interest in delivering high quality medical education
* Experience of delivering medical education including experience of developing teaching programme.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£61,825 to £70,425 a year ST level 3+, depending on previous service.
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