Clinical Teaching Fellow - General Medicine & Acute Respiratory Care

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Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in Nottingham seeks a Clinical Teaching Fellow to deliver medical education and support students in their training. This position offers an opportunity for professional growth in teaching and clinical skills, aiming to enhance training in Respiratory Medicine and Acute Care. Candidates must possess an MBBS or equivalent, MRCP qualification, and have clinical experience within the NHS. This fixed-term role extends for 18 months with a full-time commitment.

Benefits

Personal development opportunities

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of experience in acute or specialist medicine.
• Evidence of interest in teaching.
• Participation in research projects.

Responsibilities

• Deliver ward-based general medicine teaching.
• Contribute to revisions and remediation courses.
• Support teaching across the clinical course.

Skills

Teaching skills

Clinical assessment

Communication

Education

MBBS or equivalent

GMC registration

MRCP Part 1 & Part 2

Job description

Main area Respiratory Medicine Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Teaching Registrar Contract Fixed term: 18 months (Post is offered for a maximum of 18 months - but understand successful applicant may secure a training number after 6 months.) Hours Full time Job ref 164-7605963-VC

Employer Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Nottingham Town Nottingham Closing 21/01/2026 23:59

Clinical Teaching Fellow - General Medicine & Acute Respiratory Care

NHS Medical & Dental: Teaching Registrar

Job overview

This post is ideal for a doctor with MRCP seeking to establish a career in any of the medical specialties who is either between core medical and higher training and wants a career break, or a higher specialist trainee as an Out of Programme for Experience who has an interest in Medical Education. The post is also of interest for trainees pursuing a career path in Respiratory Medicine, Critical Care or Acute Medicine where there is the opportunity to build up experience in respiratory conditions and the use of Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV).

Main duties of the job

This post is ideal for a doctor with MRCP seeking to establish a career in any of the medical specialties who is either between core medical and higher training and wants a career break, or a higher specialist trainee as an Out of Programme for Experience who has an interest in Medical Education. The post is also of interest for trainees pursuing a career path in Respiratory Medicine, Critical Care or Acute Medicine where there is the opportunity to build up experience in respiratory conditions and the use of Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV).

Working for our organisation

Every day, our teams at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) make a difference. We save lives, we improve lives and we usher in new life. We are proud to play a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of people in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and our surrounding communities.

With more than 18,000 colleagues, we are the largest employer in Nottinghamshire and one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country, serving more than 2.5m residents of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and a further four million people across the East Midlands and beyond.

We provide a range of national and internationally renowned specialist services and we are at the forefront of new surgical procedures and research programmes. We are home to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, the Nottingham Children's Hospital and in partnership with the University of Nottingham, we host a Biomedical Research Centre carrying out vital research into hearing, digestive diseases, respiratory, musculoskeletal disease, mental health and imaging.

As a teaching hospital, we are instrumental in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. We are proud of our strong relationships with universities across the East Midlands, including the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and Loughborough University.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

The aim of the post is to work alongside the other Clinical Teaching Fellows and the Undergraduate Education Manager (currently Nick Kythreotis) to both deliver teaching to medical students at NUH and to develop new initiatives when teaching students.

• To deliver ward based general medicine teaching on the FFP Junior Medicine Course (Year 3), AP1 Integrated Medicine (Year 4) and AP2 (Senior Medicine course Year 5), across both the City and QMC Campus.
• To provide reasonable cover where appropriate for the other Clinical Teaching Fellows (and vice-versa.)
• Contribute to the revision and remediation courses.
• Contribute to the clinical assessment in terms of DOPS and Min-Cex of students during the clinical course.
• Contribute to Patient and Simulated Patient Workshops on the clinical course.
• Contribute to Induction of FFP, AP1 and AP2 students.
• To provide teaching on the Early Clinical Experience Course.
• Contribute to the formal examination of these students including OSCE examinations and exam question writing. Take part in one-to-one tutoring of students re-sitting their exams and provide one-two-one teaching support for students as required.
• Contribute in a strategic sense to the evolution of teaching for all the above groups.
• Support teaching across the clinical course as required.
• Working with the Undergraduate Manager and other Clinical Teaching Fellows to develop innovative teaching methods across the clinical course.
• Undertake appropriate projects to support your own learning and improve the experience of the Department.
• Contribute in a strategic sense to the evolution of teaching for all the above groups.
• Support teaching across the clinical course as required.
• Working with the Undergraduate Manager and other Clinical Teaching Fellows to develop innovative teaching methods across the clinical course.
• Undertake appropriate projects to support your own learning and improve the experience of the Department.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent and GMC registered
• MRCP Part 1 & Part 2 – successfully
• 1-2 years’ experience in acute or specialist medicine at ST/SpR level within the NHS.

Experience

• 1-2 years’ experience of acute and/or specialist medicine at minimum CT/SHO level or equivalent within the NHS. Satisfactory completion of clinical training attachments both in central (Teaching) and peripheral (District General) acute hospitals Must have at least 2 years of NHS experience in the UK

Teaching

• Evidence of interest in teaching and have some experience in undergraduate teaching. Enthusiastic and experienced in teaching clinical skills in the workplace or training environment
• Teaching qualification or publication. Presentations at local/regional/national meetings

Research

• Evidence of some previous Medicine research interest and publications
• Participation in a clinically-based and/or educational research project with involvement at key stages (design, data collection, analysis, preparation of abstracts and final paper)

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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

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• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
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