About this role
Job summary
The post holder will support simulation and clinical skills teaching, primarily for the Leicester undergraduate medical students, on clinical placement at Queen's Hospital, Burton and Foundation Programme trainees based at Queen's Hospital.
The appointee will undertake 4 days of Simulation & Clinical Skills and 1 day of clinical work per week, Monday to Friday.
Applicants must hold MBBS or an equivalent medical qualification, and possess a minimum of 2 years postgraduate experience, including Foundation Programme (or equivalent experience).
Applicants must also hold Full Registration and License to Practice with the GMC at time of application.
Applicants must also have excellent skills in written and spoken English to enable highly effective communication with undergraduate and postgraduate learners, patients and colleagues. They must also have a sound knowledge and skills of general medicine and surgery; sufficient to teach undergraduate medical students and foundation doctors. Good working knowledge of UK healthcare in the NHS is essential.
The post holder will work as an integral member of the multi-disciplinary Clinical Skills Team and Manager to ensure that all teaching is carried out to a high standard. The appointee will be expected to cover for absence from duty of other members of the Clinical Skills Team on the basis of mutually agreed arrangements with the Trust.
Main duties of the job
Teaching
Undergraduate: Delivery of simulation and clinical skills teaching for undergraduate and postgraduate learners at Queen's Hospital, Burton; including medical students undertaking their clinical placements at QHB and Foundation Programme trainees.
Support the ongoing development of undergraduate teaching for medical students in accordance with their curriculum. These duties may include audit, report writing, service evaluation and service improvement projects.
Postgraduate: Deliver postgraduate teaching for Foundation Programme trainees based at Queen's Hospital. You will be expected to plan, support and contribute to the agreed programmes in conjunction with the Foundation Programme Directors and the Simulation & Clinical Skills Tutors.
You will be expected to be flexible and to work collaboratively with the Simulation & Clinical Skills Team. This may, on occasion, require work outside of normal hours when this is necessary for particular courses or teaching sessions. Where this is necessary and occurs outside of contracted hours, you will receive an equivalent duty period off.
Clinical
You will be expected to undertake clinical duties, one day a week, at Queens Hospital, Burton. This will enable you to maintain and develop your clinical skills. Where possible, these duties will be undertaken in a department or departments relevant to the career aspirations of the post holder. These duties will be limited to a maximum of 1 day (2 sessions) per week.
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
o Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership developmento On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.o A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts about our Trust:
o We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.o We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.o An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.o Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.o Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.o We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.o We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
Job description Job responsibilities
The post holder will support simulation and clinical skills teaching, primarily for the Leicester undergraduate medical students, on clinical placement at Queens Hospital, Burton and Foundation Programme trainees based at Queens Hospital. The post holder will also support other simulation and clinical skills activity as deemed appropriate by the Simulation & Clinical Skills Tutor or Resuscitation & Clinical Skills Manager.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
MBBS or equivalent medical qualification Life Support Qualifications - BLS and AED/ ILS ALS
Desirable
Certificate in Medical Education, MRCP / MRCS Anesthetic exams/ RCGP
Eligibility Essential
Full GMC Registration and License to Practice at time of application Minimum 2 years full time postgraduate training including Foundation Programme in the UK/NHS (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis)
Clinical knowledge and skills Essential
Experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk. Experience in teaching either undergraduate medical students or postgraduate trainees by various methods Evidence of knowledge and experience of teaching clinical skills
Desirable
Experience with simulation scenario development at either undergraduate or postgraduate level
Clinical governance /improving quality of patient care Essential
Evidence of interest and experience in teaching medical students. Ability to innovate and develop new technology/methods where appropriate
Desirable
Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements
Communication skills Essential
Experience of formal presentations Evidence of ability to work as part of an MDT, sharing administrative duties Experience of providing constructive feedback
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address Queen's Hospital Burton
Belvedere Road
Burton-Upon-Trent
DE13 0RB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)