Description
This Undergraduate Medical Education Clinical Teaching Fellow in Rheumatology post has been established to enhance the teaching of medical students in the Trust and City St George's Medical School.
The majority of the post holder's time will be spent on undergraduate teaching activities, with the remainder used for clinical work to develop the individual's career or to complete a research project.
The post holder will teach and co-ordinate students across all acute services to ensure that students achieve their learning objectives.
Main Duties of the Job
The successful candidate will be based within Rheumatology and have a named educational supervisor for their post.
The successful candidate will play an important role in the development and delivery of clinical teaching to medical students on the St George's University MBBS programmes.
As well as scoping and designing the placement structure for the coming academic year, the post holder will be responsible for delivering teaching components, including lectures, small group sessions, and case-based workshops.
The post holder will also deliver Rheumatology clinical teaching for students on ward-based placements.
Administrative tasks will include timetabling and liaising with Consultant staff to maximise the use of clinical resources across the Trust.
Benefits
The Trust is committed to supporting flexible working arrangements.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- MBBS and Membership in relevant specialty
- Intercalated BSc or equivalent (desirable)
Experience
- Fully completed Core Medical Training
- MRCP
- Broad medical experience with experience in Rheumatology
- Clinical experience beyond core training, research with publications (desirable)
Skills and Knowledge - Clinical
- Basic knowledge of diagnosis and management of common clinical conditions
- Management of acutely ill patients
- Specialty-based knowledge (desirable)
Skills and Knowledge - Teaching
- Teaching medical students
- Clinical and organisational teaching experience
- Experience of delivery virtual teaching
- Lecturing and assessment (desirable)
- Knowledge of PBL and CBL (desirable)
- Teaching course (desirable)
Other Skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Behaves in a professional manner and demonstrates the Trust's values
- Good interpersonal skills
- Works collaboratively with all team members
- Self-motivated to develop personal and professional knowledge
- Remains calm and approachable within challenging situations
- Proactive, self-starter
- Career aspiration in academic medicine (desirable)