Job summary
- Main area
- Older People's Medicine
- Grade
- ST1-2
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (until 4 August 2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (plus on-call)
- Job ref
- 317-TF-25-219
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Elderly Care Specialty - Corporate
- Town
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Salary
- £52,656 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Teaching Fellow in Older People's Medicine ST1-2
ST1-2
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
Exciting opportunities have arisen for dynamic, engaging and committed Teaching Fellows to work in specific roles in Medical Education within the Trust to support undergraduate education for Newcastle University Medical School students).
The post would suit trainees who have a special interest in Clinical Education and the post holders will have the opportunity to study for the Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Education. Applicants will have completed Foundation Training and / or Core Training. The post will provide a solid basis from which to apply for either a CT post or an ST posts
The post is available from ASAP until 04.08.26 and you must have full GMC registration with a license to practice. You must have worked in the NHS for two years as of August 2025.
Most medical specialties are represented by teaching fellows. For further information please contact Lewis Armstrong on 0191 21 25210 or via email [email protected]
Main duties of the job
Clinical:
The teaching fellow post in Older Peoples Medicine involves a full time on-call commitment, with your weekly timetable comprising 50% clinical and 50% teaching time. Your clinical time would be based on an acute Older People’s medicine ward and have opportunities to be involved with quality improvement projects, service improvement as well as developing your clinical and communication skills. We encourage attendance at our weekly departmental teaching and radiology meetings.
Working for our organisation
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Teaching:
The successful applicant will be responsible for delivering clinical teaching sessions to Newcastle University medical students attached to Newcastle Hospitals. The Trust has a role in the delivery of teaching to all 5 years of the undergraduate MBBS programme but most of the teaching will be delivered to students in years 3, 4 and 5. As well as delivering fixed commitments within the programme it is hoped Teaching Fellows will develop their own innovative ideas for clinical teaching during their time with us.
The Trust Undergraduate Team consists of a group of enthusiastic Clinicians under the leadership of Deputy Director of Medical Education (UG) Dr Ian Baxter, supported by Teaching Fellow Lead Dr Andrew Stanton and an invaluable team of administrative staff. We will offer support and supervision over the year as well as training and mentorship so that you develop your own teaching skills and understanding of wider issues in medical education. As well as being offered in-house induction and training, the post holder will also be supported to undertake a Certificate of Clinical Education as part of this post.
For more information about Undergraduate Teaching and an overview of the Newcastle University MBBS degree programme visit http://www.ncl.ac.uk/mbbs/ or contact Dr Andrew Stanton: [email protected].
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Primary Medical Qualification.
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practise.
- At least 2 years of previous experience working in the NHS.
- Foundation competencies or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- ALS/ATLS
Clinical Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- To be clear, fluent and articulate in communication in English.
- Good history & examination skills.
- Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague.
Desirable criteria
- Experience and interest in the specialty.
Maintaining Clinical Competence
Essential criteria
- Written evidence of satisfactory training to date e.g. logbooks.
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Experience of teaching undergraduate medical students & Foundation Doctors.
Desirable criteria
- PGCert MED ED
- Teaching course (training the trainer etc)
- Evidence with teaching QI/research/audit
- Evidence of leadership roles in education
- Demonstrates understanding of Newcastle Medical School Undergraduate Curriculum
- Evidence of contribution to Medical Student assessment.
- Evidence of feedback from teaching.
- Evidence of contribution to curriculum design (for example, development of course material)
Clinical Governance, Audit and Research
Essential criteria
- Experience of undertaking audit projects/ QI projects
Desirable criteria
- Presentation of completed audit projects at local or national meetings.
- Evidence of educational QIP/ research.
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
- Victoria Cowan
- Job title
- HR Advisor
- Email address
- [email protected]
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