Fellow in Medical Education (Undergraduate) - psychiatry

Fellow in Medical Education (Undergraduate) - Psychiatry NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Registrar

Main area: Medical Education

Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Registrar

Contract: 12 months (Fixed Term Out of Programme Experience)

Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week

Job ref: 395-MED541-24

Site: NELFT Simulation Centre

Town: Chingford

Salary: £52,013 - £64,288 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 23/02/:59

Joining means you'll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway, providing community and mental healthcare services to adults and children.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.

Job Overview

Applications are invited from CT3 Trainees and SpR/ST4-6 for appointment to a Fellow in Medical Education (FME) placement. This unique post offers an exciting opportunity to develop experience and skills as a medical educator.

The role follows a hybrid work structure where the postholder can work remotely, from the Simulation Centre, or any other site depending on service requirements.

Main Duties of the Job

The successful applicant will play an active role in the teaching and training of undergraduate medical students, junior doctors, and other medical staff within NELFT; Barts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry (SMD); and the London Deanery.

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities

The main responsibilities include collaboration with the Associate Dean for undergraduate Medical Education to develop and deliver the in-house teaching programme for undergraduate medical students undertaking Psychiatry placements within the Trust. This will include:

1. Contributing to regular student induction days
2. Coordinating fellow psychiatric resident doctors to teach students
3. Organizing and delivering clinical interview skills simulation training
4. Leading weekly student reflective practice groups
5. Organizing the Trust's annual A-level student work experience summer school programme

The role expects the postholder to actively contribute to the development and delivery of the Trust's postgraduate education programme for resident doctors and other medical professionals. The postholder will undertake projects in medical education, under supervision, with support to attend a formal university course in medical education.

To maintain clinical involvement, it would be beneficial to carry out two sessions of clinical work per week in a psychiatric subspecialty of choice within NELFT. The successful applicant has an optional on-call commitment at either core or higher trainee level, which will be remunerated appropriately.

Person Specification

• CT3 Trainees and ST4-6 trainees
• Teaching experience
• Evidence of educational leadership potential

Working for Our Organisation

NELFT covers a large geographical area, and the role requires the ability to travel effectively throughout these sites when required.

Equal Opportunities Employer

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.