Clinical Teaching Fellow

NHS; Swindon; On-site; GBP 52,000 - GBP 66,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in the UK seeks a Clinical Teaching Fellow for a fixed-term role focusing on undergraduate medical education. This position involves a mix of clinical work and teaching. Candidates should have an MBBS or equivalent and completed Foundation Training within the NHS. The role promotes staff wellbeing and includes diverse clinical responsibilities as well as teaching duties. Competitive salary between £52,656 to £65,048 pro rata per annum, with opportunities for career development.

Qualifications

• Must have completed Foundation Training (Yrs 1 & 2) within the NHS (proof required).

Responsibilities

• Deliver educational duties in the academy environment.
• Spend time working clinically to try out specialties before higher training.
• Communicate regularly with course coordinators about educational programmes.

Skills

Teaching Experience

Management/Administration Experience

Commitment to Innovation

Colleagues and Medical Student wellbeing

Education

MBBS, MBChB, or equivalent medical degree

Job description

Overview

Go back Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 23 February 2026

These roles are replacement roles within the Academy of the Great Western Hospital with a focus on Undergraduate Medical Education. The Trust places high importance on staff wellbeing and offers a wide variety of support to help maintain wellbeing for staff and colleagues.

These posts (table 1) are aimed at post-foundation year doctors who wish to spend time working in a medical educational role at The Academy in Swindon, working with medical students from the University of Bristol, Oxford, and Kings College London.

The Clinical Teaching Fellow (CTF) role is intended as a fixed-term career development opportunity, normally taken for one year prior to specialty training. The posts are fixed term for 12 months and are designed as a fellowship position rather than a permanent service role. They are suitable for doctors who wish to take time out before starting higher medical training or doctors who want to take a year out of a training programme (subject to agreement by the relevant training programme director) or for doctors interested in an academic career who wish to pursue a higher degree such as an MSc or doctorate (MD). These posts include an educational component (80%) delivered in the academy and a supernumerary clinical component in the NHS Trust (20%), or 50% clinical and 50% educational ward-based roles as described below.

Main duties of the job

The duties outlined below are not definitive and may be changed in accordance with the needs of the service.

1. The CTFs work on a day-to-day basis with the Academy Undergraduate Manager and administrators, and the UT/UCs who are responsible for organising the formal teaching programme and clinical placements for that Unit in their Academy. They will ensure that specified formal teaching sessions are appropriately timetabled and delivered.
2. CTFs need to be in regular communication with the UT/UC and with each other. They meet formally throughout the year to review the course and plan for the future. Each CTF will develop and use an individual or group CTF Outlook Calendar.
3. An Office Based CTF is expected to work 40 hrs per week 09:00 - 17:00, of which one day will be spent in a clinical specialty. See allocation of clinical areas of responsibility below. A Ward Based CTF appointed to ED and/or ITU (6-12 month rotation) will generally work one or two weeks clinically and one- or two-weeks in the Academy and will be included on the departmental rota which will include some weekends. See rotations in Table 1.
4. It must be recognised that students will be present in an Academy for only part of a calendar year. When considering the sessional commitment, periods of greater or less educational activity need to be averaged over the year.

About us

Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are. We will expect your values and behaviours to reflect the STAR Values of the organisation:

Service We will put our patients first.

Teamwork We will work together.

Ambition We will aspire to provide the best service.

Respect We will act with integrity.

Job responsibilities

The educational component

12. The educational duties of the CTF office-based role will be delivered in the academy environment, 80% of their time. These are set out in table I and include responsibility for student choice projects and associated field trips. The specific area of educational responsibility will be determined by the appointee’s interests.

The clinical component

1. Office-based CTF will spend 20% of their time (up to two sessions per week) working clinically. This is an opportunity to try out a specialty before applying for higher postgraduate training. The clinical role is supernumerary and during daytime hours. If the appointee wishes to participate in out-of-hours or on-call rota, this can be negotiated with the Clinical Lead/Rota Coordinator and will be paid separately by the clinical department. If opting into out-of-hours/on-call, it must not impact the educational component.
2. WB-CTF CCU/ED (Post 9) will spend 50% of their time working clinically and 50% in the Academy. For F3 doctors this typically involves 6 months in ED and 6 months in ITU. For doctors who have begun specialist training in ED or ITU they will be placed in that clinical area for the full 12 months, with negotiations possible on request. The same terms regarding out-of-hours/on-call apply as for F3 doctors above.
3. WB-CTF in ED/Acute Care (Post 10) will spend 50% of their time working clinically and 50% in the Academy. For F3 doctors this typically involves 6 months in ED and 6 months in Acute Care. For doctors who have begun specialist training in ED or Acute Care they will be placed in that clinical area for the full 12 months, with negotiations possible on request. The same terms regarding out-of-hours/on-call apply as for F3 doctors above.
4. WB-CTF in Acute Medicine (Post 11) will spend 12 months in AM rotating 50% clinically and 50% in the Academy. The same terms regarding out-of-hours/on-call apply as for F3 doctors above.
5. WB-CTF in all other specialties (Posts 12-15) will spend 12 months in the same clinical area, working 50% clinically and 50% in the Academy. The same terms regarding out-of-hours/on-call apply as for F3 doctors above.
6. Clinical teaching fellows may be re-allocated to other clinical areas under exceptional circumstances at the direction of the Medical Director and the Trust Executive Board.

For doctors who have already begun specialist training they will be placed in that clinical area for the entire 12 months. The same terms for out-of-hours/on-call duties apply.

For further information please see the job description

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS, MBChB, or equivalent medical degree

Experience

• Must have completed Foundation Training (Yrs 1 & 2) within the NHS (proof will be required during the application process)
• Management/Administration Experience
• Teaching Experience

Knowledge

• Commitment to Innovation
• Colleagues and Medical Student wellbeing

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£52,656 to £65,048 a year pro rata per annum