HoursFull time - 40 hours per week (One day per week for clinical practice in chosen specialty area)Job ref272-7070443-CORPEmployerThe Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustEmployer typeNHSSiteThe Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustTownHarlowSalary£61,825 per annum plus £149 London fringe allowanceSalary periodYearlyClosing14/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee (ST3-5)
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
Our values
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients’ experiences, is:
Patient at heart
Everyday excellence
Creative collaboration
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a highly motivated medical education fellow in medical education with an interest in simulation training. The aim of this post is to work together with the Postgraduate and Undergraduate Medical Education teams to help coordinate, deliver and develop medical education, across the interdisciplinary spectrum, at our main site, the Princess Alexandra hospital NHS Trust in Harlow.
There will be an emphasis on helping to deliver and support medical simulation training within the department as well as helping deliver medical education to medical students from Queen Mary’s University London (QMUL) and Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) Medical Schools. In addition the successful applicant will be supported in their personal educational development and encouraged to seek opportunities of further postgraduate qualifications in this area.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant’s personal development will be mentored and supported through the year and a personal development plan will be developed in conjunction with the Director of Medical Education and/or the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education. A portfolio of achievements will be collected through the year to evidence this plan.
The post holder will be supported by the Medical Education team.
The medical education fellow will help to supervise and work closely alongside a group of FY3 teaching fellows who are employed in joint clinical and educational roles within the trust.
The post is designed to allow full time educational activities but includes time allowance to maintain clinical practice in your chosen speciality area for one day per week, at a level dependant on the applicant’s experience and qualification.
The post holder will be encouraged and supported to further their educational development through the formal study of medical education. Enrolment in a formal programme such as a postgraduate certificate would be supported and time allowed in the programme for study.
Mentoring and development of FY3 Teaching Fellows as educators, providing guidance on planning teaching sessions and mapping to the QMUL/ARU curricula appropriately, providing peer/near-peer review and feedback for all the FY3 Teaching Fellows and any of the junior doctors who are delivering a teaching session.
Working for our organisation
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details, please refer to the attached job description and person specification which is available to download at any time.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
1. Completion Core Training (ST/CT 1/2)
2. Fully registered with the GMC
3. MBBS or equivalent
4. Completion of Foundation Training (F1/F2)
Desirable criteria
5. Evidence of audit / change management
6. Post graduate teaching qualification or working towards one
7. NHS Experience
8. Simulation Training
Essential
Essential criteria
9. ALS
10. Clear understanding of the audit cycle
11. Evidence of completion of one audit/re-audit one year (minimum)
12. Previous experience of delivering Simulation Training
Desirable criteria
13. Simulation Train the Trainer Course
14. Recognised Teaching Qualification
15. Published research
16. ATLS/APLS
What we can offer you:
17. Full induction and onboarding process in our organisation
18. Free car parking for our staff
19. Structured pay scheme, including additional living supplement to your basic salary
20. Minimum 27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time staff)
21. Access to our Alex Lounge, our staff only rest area with free tea and coffee
22. Access to NHS Pension scheme
23. Flexible working options available, in line with our flexible working policy
24. Onsite creche facilities
25. Annual appraisals with career pathways
26. In-house training courses
27. Discounted hospital restaurant
28. Staff health and wellbeing health services and complimentary health provision
Important information
29. Our Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all its employees. We welcome applications from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Reasonable adjustments to the interview process can also be made for any candidates with a disability
30. All new colleagues joining PAHT will be subject to a probationary period of six months
31. The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment
32. Our Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and vulnerable adults. Offers of employment are subject to pre-employment NHS screening checks
33. Providing false or misleading information or unsatisfactory pre-employment checks may result in the offer of a post being withdrawn
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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