Job summary
- Main area
- Psychiatry
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: ST4
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 294-MEDI-0359-ABM
- Employer
- South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Springfield University Hospital
- Town
- Tooting
- Salary
- £55,329 plus London Zone Allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/05/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 16/05/2024
Employer heading
Clinical Teaching Fellow in Psychiatry
NHS Medical & Dental: ST4
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.
We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".
When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.
As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
As part of the Trust's commitment to delivering high quality clinical placements to medical students we are looking to appoint a clinical teaching fellow. The post includes teaching undergraduate medical students and undertaking clinical duties at ST4- ST6 level. The post is suitable for anyone wishing to specialise in any branch of psychiatry, although the predominant teaching focus will be on adult mental health.
Applicants should hold full MRCPsych or be about to sit the Part II examination. The post is not accredited for specialist training, however support for study leave will be given.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will play an important role in the development and delivery of clinical teaching to medical students on the St George’s University of London MB BS programmes.
The post holder will contribute to teaching students across a range of mental health specialties. This will include contributing to:
- Psychiatry clinical attachment
- Life Control (mind module)
- Common Foundation Programme
- Ageing, Impairment and Disability
- Communication Skills
- Community Disability (Cycle II, Phase II)
In addition to contributions in their own subject area, the post holder will have the opportunity to contribute to education more generally through offering special study components, through service as tutors to junior problem-based learning sets or as course organisers or examiners or in the selection of future students.
Quality of teaching is a high priority, and appropriate training courses are provided for the post holder.
Working for our organisation
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
About our location:
Springfield University Hospital, Tooting
Our largest, 19-ward site is in Springfield Village, created following our £150m investment into two new world class mental health facilities. A 32-acre public park, shops and cafes are coming soon. Close to shops, cafes and Tooting Bec on the Northern Line plus Earlsfield and Tooting rail stations and bus routes.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holder will be expected to assist in formulating and implementing learning objectives for the MB BS programme.
The School’s teaching programme is constantly developing and the post holder will be expected to contribute to other teaching within the School as the need arises. The postholder will also contribute to the development and organisation of clinical examinations. This will include experience in the writing of Extended Matching Items (EMIs), OSCE stations and other progressive methods of assessment. The post holder is expected to examine OSCE final stations. The post holder will be expected to take on a case based learning (CBL) tutorial group as well as give clinical problem based learning (CPBL) tutorials. The post holder is expected to train Higher Specialist Trainees in CPBL delivery.
The post holder will be expected to give lectures to students, especially to the life control (mind module) and during the clinical attachment. The post holder will be encouraged to get involved in the delivery of SSC teaching.
There is an expectation that the post holder enrols on the postgraduate certificate in healthcare and medical education.
There are opportunities for the post holder to get involved in educational research and audit.
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Recognised basic Medical Degree
- MRCPsych or equivalent
- Full GMC Registration with a Licence to Practice
Experience
Essential criteria
- Completion of [2 years] Foundation Training programme or equivalent
- Minimum 2 years’ experience post Foundation Training
Desirable criteria
- Experience of Educational post graduate activities
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Victoria Fernandez Garcia De Las Heras
- Job title
- Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
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