Junior Medical Education Fellow
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Date: 1 day ago
City: Chester, England
Salary:
£49,909
-
£61,825
per year
Contract type: Full time

Working Full or Part time hours
The post of Junior Medical Education Fellow will work within the Medical Education department It would ideally suit doctors wishing to expand their clinical teaching experience and is anticipated to appeal to those thinking undertaking an F3 year or at core level.
This is a 10 month fixed term post working in education (20hrs per week).
The working pattern would be fixed days although there would need to be some flexibility. Weekends are not included.
The post offers an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated doctor to join a dynamic and rapidly expanding team delivering medical undergraduate and multi-professional.
Due to the short term nature of the role/service demand, the successful candidate must hold full registration with the GMC, must have completed a Foundation Equivalent Programme.
The successful candidate must have at least 6 months experience of working within the NHS and have a good understanding of UK medical undergraduate training.
Develop a working understanding of research and education design methodology as it relates to Medical Education.
Pursue and evidence a wide-ranging portfolio of teaching experience including: small group bedside teaching, class room based teaching, clinical skills, clinical simulation and the development of elearning and other teaching resources.
Contribute to the supervision and feedback to undergraduate medical students in their trust, under the direction of an accredited educational supervisor
Contribute to University Fellow Network group learning exercises on the design and review of proposed educational development.
Support the students with pastoral support and signposting.
Development of the medical education newsletter
Support the medical education faculty with OSCEs and ARCPs with foundation doctors.
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 5916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
The post of Junior Medical Education Fellow will work within the Medical Education department It would ideally suit doctors wishing to expand their clinical teaching experience and is anticipated to appeal to those thinking undertaking an F3 year or at core level.
This is a 10 month fixed term post working in education (20hrs per week).
The working pattern would be fixed days although there would need to be some flexibility. Weekends are not included.
The post offers an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated doctor to join a dynamic and rapidly expanding team delivering medical undergraduate and multi-professional.
Due to the short term nature of the role/service demand, the successful candidate must hold full registration with the GMC, must have completed a Foundation Equivalent Programme.
The successful candidate must have at least 6 months experience of working within the NHS and have a good understanding of UK medical undergraduate training.
Develop a working understanding of research and education design methodology as it relates to Medical Education.
Pursue and evidence a wide-ranging portfolio of teaching experience including: small group bedside teaching, class room based teaching, clinical skills, clinical simulation and the development of elearning and other teaching resources.
Contribute to the supervision and feedback to undergraduate medical students in their trust, under the direction of an accredited educational supervisor
Contribute to University Fellow Network group learning exercises on the design and review of proposed educational development.
Support the students with pastoral support and signposting.
Development of the medical education newsletter
Support the medical education faculty with OSCEs and ARCPs with foundation doctors.
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 5916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
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