Job overview

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the main Teaching Hospital linked to St George’s University of London and plays a significant role in medical student teaching. This post and similar posts in other specialties have been established to enhance the teaching of medical students in the Trust and St George’s Medical School. There is an Undergraduate Co-ordinator based at the Trust who is able to support the organisation of teaching within the Trust. More than 50% of the post holder’s time will be spent on undergraduate teaching activities. The remainder of the week will be used either for clinical work to develop the individual’s career, or to complete a research project. Part of this time will also need to be allocated to further develop teaching skills and to register for the Postgraduate Certificate in Health Education course, which takes about a session per week. The post holder will teach and co-ordinate students across all the acute services to ensure that students are able to achieve their learning objectives. There will be close liaison with the other Clinical Teaching Fellows in the Trust, to enhance the coordination of undergraduate clinical teaching of medical students. 

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 MBBS programmes. Teaching will include bedside teaching sessions, a clinical skills course, clinical PBLs, supervision of the Student Grand Rounds and where relevant involvement the Hospital Medicine Grand Rounds.

Administrative tasks will include timetabling, updating student online resources/webpages and liaising with Consultant staff to maximise the use of clinical resources across the Trust.

Working for our organisation

St George's, Epsom and St Helier are part of a Group model. St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s leading teaching hospitals with an international reputation for patient care, education and research. St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is at the heart of an integrated healthcare system. One that delivers improved patient care at a community, hospital and specialist setting, supported by a unique and nationally recognised programme of research, education and employee engagement. It is a national centre of excellence for specialist services such as neurology, cardiology and cancer care. The Trust is also a major provider of trauma and emergency services, children’s services, maternity care, care for the elderly, vascular and renal services. The main hospital site is the St George’s Hospital in Tooting, a site that we share with the equally renowned St George’s University of London. The Trust also runs services from St. Johns’ Therapy Centre in Clapham, Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton and the Nelson Hospital in Wimbledon.

Our close partner University is housed in integrated modern buildings in a large joint campus at Tooting in south London. It is a research-based, independently governed and funded specialised health-focused School with academic departments in Bio, Behavioural, Clinical and Social Science.