Start date: 5 August 2026
Hours: Full‑time or LTFT
Are you a psychiatry trainee passionate about teaching and ready to step into a leadership role? Join us as a Senior Clinical Teaching Fellow, where you'll shape education across AWP and help lead our growing, innovative faculty.
What You'll Gain
Senior‑level teaching, leadership and project experience
Opportunities to supervise and support junior educators
A strong education portfolio suitable for higher training or future leadership roles
Funded enrolment on the University of Bristol Postgraduate Medical Education programme (aiming for Certificate completion)
Supportive mentorship from the DME and senior faculty
This is a fixed term contract for 12 months commencing on 5th August 2026 until 3rd August 2027 (subject to employment clearances).
What You'll Do
Lead and deliver high‑quality teaching for undergraduates and postgraduates
Support the DME with Trust‑wide educational strategy and key projects
Develop and quality‑assure teaching programmes (seminars, tutorials, simulation, workshops, CBL, digital materials)
Contribute to faculty development and strengthen educational activity across the Trust
Optional protected clinical session to maintain and develop clinical skills
No on‑call commitment
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Joanna Whitson Job title: Director of Medical Education Email address:
We welcome informal enquiries and visits.
Dr Joanna Whitson, Director of Medical Education
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