Job summary
- Main area
- Dermatology,Clinical Teaching Fellow,Medical Specialities
- Grade
- Based on experience
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 343-MED-764-A
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Helier Hospital
- Town
- Carshalton
- Salary
- £49,909 - £61,825 per annum excl LW (dependent on experience)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Clinical Teaching Fellow in Dermatology & Medical Specialties
Based on experience
"At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values"
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values
Job overview
Epsom & St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is an Associated Teaching Hospital of St. George’s University of London and plays a significant role in medical student teaching. Nominally the post is
for one year but there is flexibility according to career progression.
This post offers an ideal opportunity to gain experience in all aspects of Clinical Dermatology or other Clinical Specialties (detailed in the job description), whilst pursuing clinical audit and research projects , with opportunities to present cases and papers both regionally and nationally. In parallel,the successful candidate is expected to undertake the Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare Education at St. George’s, University of London(based on seat availability ), and will coordinate the
Medicine/Medical Specialties undergraduate programme. Our preference would be applicants who have completed the core training and are planning to apply for NTNs in the next two years. The Undergraduate Centre runs a pioneering and thriving undergraduate teaching team including other Clinical Teaching Fellows spanning the medical and surgical specialties. MRCP is essential for this post.
Main duties of the job
This innovative full-time teaching post provides an opportunity to develop teaching skills and continue to develop your career in dermatology or any sub-specialty medicine. Approximately 50 % of the timetable will be allocated to teaching and 50 % to clinical training. The flexible timetable can be tailored to provide training in specific medical specialties medicine according to the career needs of the successful applicant. There are no on call commitments.
Working for our organisation
Welcome to Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Thank you for showing an interest in working with us at Epsom and St Helier .We are an integrated health care Trust. In simple terms, that means that as well as the services we provide at our acute care hospitals (Epsom in Surrey and St Helier nearby in south west London) we work with local GPs, mental health services, community providers and local authorities, with the joint aim of preventing local people from becoming unwell, and when they do, that they receive the right care, in the right place, with the right support.
So, as well as great hospital care, together we offer an increasing range of services.
Undergraduate education is provided at all of our hospitals, providing vital clinical education and training to future healthcare professionals.
We are very proud of our strong relationships with St George's, University of London (SGUL, formerly St George's Hospital Medical School), Imperial College of London, the affiliated international medical schools and the high quality of teaching we offer their medical students.
The Undergraduate Centre runs a pioneering and thriving undergraduate teaching team which includes Clinical Teaching Fellows in different specialties.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful applicant will plan and deliver teaching in a variety of formats including:
· Tutorials
· Clinical skills/bedside teaching
· Clinical Problem Based Learning (CPBL) tutorials
· Student Grand Rounds
· Communication skills teaching
· Assisting/complementing consultant teaching
· Simulation if required
They will also be required to do Work Based Assessments and participate in OSCE examinations. He/she will organise and co-ordinate the teaching programme in Medicine for St George’s University of London medical students/other partner universities/International students and that will include T Year, P Year, Final Year and also Physician Associate students. Some cross cover for other Clinical Teaching Fellows will also be expected.
The format of teaching will be tailored to suit individual year group and also cater to the learning requirements and objectives as set out by the Medical Schools.He/she will be expected not to take annual leave at times of the year when there are important teaching duties like student inductions. They also need to ensure that appropriate room bookings are done and be available in the teaching centre to facilitate teaching sessions booked within their area of responsibility for consultants/ other faculty during times when the undergraduate room booking co-ordinator is on leave.
Training in teaching methods will be provided. The successful applicant will be invited toundertake a Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare Education (based on seat availability)and will be eligible for an Honorary Lectureship at St. George’s University of London.
Although the post is based at St Helier Hospital, the post holder will be expected to teach at all sites within the Trust and also occasionally at St George’s Hospital.This role may also require to plan, organise and facilitate OSCES both as part of the students final assessment for their core rotations at Epsom and also for the Trust’s involvement with OSCE Workshops. There are also possibilities to support the FY1 teaching programme if required or for occasional weekend or evening teaching in conjunction with promotional events held but notice will be given several months in advance.
Other activities
There are ample opportunities and support for Clinical Audit, research projects, presentation of cases and papers, and for writing case reports and papers for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
Person specification
GMC/Qualification/Experience
Essential criteria
- MBBS /GMC Registered with a licence to practice
- Experience of working in the NHS at core training level or above
- dermatology experience at foundation level or above atleast 4 months
- Personal experience of UK undergraduate medical training system
- Experience of teaching medical students formal or informal
- Understanding of clinical governance , research principles and participation in audit
- MRCP
- Eligible to live and work in UK (citizenship or indefinite leave)
Desirable criteria
- Formal Teaching qualification
- Publications, Prizes and other achievements
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Exerience of tecahing medical students formally or informally in NHS environment for at least two years
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
- Clinical Teaching Fellows/Undergraduate Manager
- Job title
- Clinical Teaching Fellows
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02082962091
- Additional information
Clinical Teaching Fellows/Undergraduate Manager
Phone 02082962091
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