Job overview

With its close proximity to the Cotswolds and the Forest of Dean, its excellent cultural and recreational facilities, superb housing and schools, you will find Gloucestershire a highly desirable place to live and work. 
At Gloucestershire Hospitals we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the best care for everyone. 
We are one of the largest hospital Trusts in the South-West, committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment ,and this can be seen in our growing community of staff networks and engagement projects. We want you to thrive, we encourage a culture of learning and innovation through our Quality Improvement Academy and offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
Successful applicants will be supported and encouraged to develop all-round capabilities in Medical Education whilst gaining experience in one or two medical specialties and acute medicine on call. You will be key to enhancing the training of Foundation Doctors, Internal Medical Trainees, Physician Associates and Advanced Nurse Practitioners. 

PLEASE NOTE THIS VACANCY MAY CLOSE EARLY IF THERE ARE SUFFICIENT APPLICANTS

Main duties of the job

These posts are suitable for trainees with full MRCP (or equivalent) who have completed Core Medical Training and would like to develop an interest in medical education. They are also helpful if you are unsure which specialty you wish to pursue or wish to enhance your CV prior to applying to specialty training. The posts are for one year.
You would be supported to study for a PG certificate in medical education (Teaching and Learning for Health Professionals) at the University of Bristol. This is funded by the Trust. 
You will receive training in one or two sub-specialties including Cardiology, Renal Medicine, Neurology, Rheumatology, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Respiratory Medicine, depending on your interests. Other interests can be accommodated. Training includes both clinic and ward based experience, along with becoming an integral part of the Acute Internal Medicine Team.

Working for our organisation

We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital to a population of 652,475* in Gloucestershire as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond.

Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred, high-quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are World Leaders in Healthcare, Teaching and Research. You could make a real difference to our patients' lives by joining our team.

We value our differences, champion kindness and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger. Valuing your health and well-being, we support our staff with a dedicated 2020 Hub, flexible working and a number of programmes. We are passionate about providing Safe and Compassionate Care, and we will fully support you on your Career Journey.