Detailed job description
and main responsibilities
A) THE TEACHING COMMITMENT
The teaching will involve a range of activities such as tutorials, skills laboratory, bedside teaching, and dedicated teaching clinics on an out-patient basis. To teach on medical simulation training sessions for Foundation doctors.
Time is allocated for preparation of tutorials, lectures & teaching materials such as handouts. The teaching fellow will be also encouraged to show initiative & develop other teaching ideas such as student case presentations and student grand rounds and role playing. All teaching should be patient-centred approach.
A major emphasis of the teaching will be focused on the core curriculum and clinical skills required for the year 3 students during their main 8-week medical/surgical attachment to the campus. There will also be basic clinical teaching of a very general clinical nature to the two-week introductory course in year 2 in December & March and year 1 in May (with the emphasis on history taking) and a subsequent 8-week secondment at the start of year 3 (with the emphasis on system clinical examination).
Post holder will supervise and co-ordinate acute takes and major surgery lists provide small teaching and surgical skills teaching at Northwick Park and to help with Thursday afternoon surgical lecture programme.
Although the focus is mainly on Year 3 students the TF will have commitment as a Tutor for the Final Year 6 Students from August to December. This will take form of a lecture-based course and small group bedside teaching. The TF will be expected to play an integral role in the organisation and delivery of this course e.g., PACES and OSCE stations.
In addition to teaching undergraduates the post-holder may be asked to teach on one of the many postgraduate courses run on the site, where relevant to their chosen discipline, and to the in-house junior staff both medical and non-medical
Organisational Responsibilities
There will be a strong organisational role. This will involve helping the Undergraduate Co-ordinator’s and DCS on the campus to draw up the medical teaching timetables for year one, year two-and year three. There may also be involvement in helping to establish a patient data base for use in dedicated teaching clinics. The teaching fellow will also be expected to co-ordinate the end of attachment Mock OSCE, mark the Extended Case Assessments & prepare and mark other small tests. They will help organise the clinical component of the final MBBS if held on the site. He/she will become an OSCE examiner after suitable training and may be involved with simulation equipment teaching after suitable training. Once a year to teach on SIM session at Chelsea in Westminster Hospital.
Example of Teaching Commitments per week
(When full complement of students is on site)
1. bedside & topic teaching
2. specialist teaching clinic
3. teaching clinics in main surgical outpatients
4. final year teaching
5. history taking &/or demonstration of system examination.
6. clinical skills lab
7. preparation of teaching materials (handouts & tutorials etc)
8. organisational activities
SECONDMENT DATES FOR THE FOLLOWING ACADEMIC YEAR & LIKELY DETAILED RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EACH STUDENT YEAR GROUP
(All students are allocated to specific Surgical Firms)
9. Year 1 (attachment for 2 weeks mid-May)
10. Introduction day
11. 1 Skills Session
12. Debrief Session
13. Year 2 (attachment for 2 weeks from mid-December and 2 weeks in March)
oMainly history taking,
oContribute to introduction day.
oDebrief session.
o1 Skills session & Simulation Session
·Year 3 attachment for:
a) 8 weeks from mid- October to December
b) 2nd 8 week from 1st week January to March
c) 3rd 8 from middle March to June
oExamination of the systems
oContribute to introduction day
oSurgical tutorials
oTeaching clinics
oTeaching ward rounds
oBedside teaching; weekly in wards hearing student case presentation & demonstrating relevant clinical signs.
oLiaising with firms SpRs & SHOs/F1,2
oSkills Teaching
oMonitoring student portfolios
oMarking extended Case Studies
oOSCE – Instructor for the Formative Revision Session & examiner for the Year 3 OSCE (after training)
oOther teaching initiatives
14. Year 6 Tutor for a group of final year students. Teaching on final year revision course Co-ordinate Year 6 PACEs at Northwick Park and recruit patients for the exams Blood cultures Plus IV access skills training NG Tube and Revision session in skills lab Orthopaedic teaching Year 5
Post Graduate Degree/Education
Successful applicants will be encouraged to avail themselves of some of the modular courses leading to certificates in medical education. Some previous post holders have embarked on master’s degrees in Med Ed, on a part time modular basis.
Weekly teaching timetable
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Skills lab (when surgical topic)
Teaching Final years
Education
Sim teaching PG
Education
Bedside teaching -Year 6
Skills lab
CMS – 2 firms
Teaching year 3 Bedside teaching –CMS 2 firms
Skills lab during surgical topics
Education
Surgical Topic teaching to all year 3 surgical students
Year 6 NG Tube –skills lab
Skills lab
Research
It is anticipated that the teaching fellows will develop a research interest. This can be the candidates own idea or selected from projects proposed by the consultant surgical staff at Northwick Park or St Mark’s. The appropriate consultant surgeon would supervise the in-house project. Research assigned to Med Ed would be supervised by Dr Sharif.
Clinical Responsibilities
Northwick Park site the clinical responsibilities will include undergraduate teaching clinics. And the post holder if appropriate will participate on the “Out of Hours” service, if agreed by the DCS and relevant Clinical Director.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
15. MBBS
Desirable criteria
16. BSc equivalent
Registration
Essential criteria
17. Full GMC registration
Knowledge
Essential criteria
18. Completed basic general surgical training.
19. Presented at clinical/scientific meeting.
20. NHS experience within the last 2 years
Desirable criteria
21. Registrar Level experience
Training
Essential criteria
22. A senior House Officer Surgical Rotation
Desirable criteria
23. Specialist Registrar Training
Teaching
Essential criteria
24. Experience of teaching and training undergraduates.
Desirable criteria
25. Have attended teach the teachers courses or equivalent.
Management and Audit
Essential criteria
26. Understanding the principles of clinical governance and its implications.
27. Designated rotas
Research/publications
Essential criteria
28. Knowledge of research methodology.
29. To have shown an interest and have been involved in audit projects.
Desirable criteria
30. Previous projects and/or publications/presentations at meetings.
Language
Essential criteria
31. Speaks and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements specially for teaching undergraduates.
Personal Skills
Essential criteria
32. Effective team member Good organisational skills Effective communication skills Able to relate to students as well as colleague’s senior and junior. Flexibility and adaptability