Job overview

• Deliver high-quality teaching sessions across undergraduate and/or postgraduate programmes.

• Facilitate complex communication skills session (e.g., breaking bad news, safeguarding, consent).

• Deliver small group tutorials, simulated patient sessions, and reflective debriefs organised by the senior tutors

• Contribute to the strategic development and continuous improvement of communication curricula.

• Create and review learning materials, e-learning content, and OSCE scenarios.

• Ensure curriculum alignment with GMC Outcomes for Graduates and professional competencies.

• Provide tailored guidance to students with persistent communication difficulties.

• Deliver targeted support for underperforming or struggling students.

• Use coaching techniques to develop student confidence and self-reflection.

Main duties of the job

As a CRCS tutor, the main duties are:

1.    Teaching (facilitation) of clinical reasoning and communication skills (CRCS) for undergraduate medical students
2.    Development of teaching and resources for the CRCS curriculum
3.    Faculty Board Examiner (assessment of students)
4.    Expertise and breadth of clinical knowledge & teaching
5.    Quality assurance of teaching

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.