Senior Clinical Teaching Fellow

Applications are invited for the post of Clinical Teaching Fellow ST4-6 in Medical Education.

This a full time post but may be undertaken less than full time with agreement of the Director of Medical Education.

This post offers an exciting opportunity to become extensively involved in medical education in AWP for a year in the first instance.

The post is suitable for psychiatry postgraduate trainees who have completed core training and are yet to enter higher training, or is appropriate for out of programme experience (OOP-E) from higher training from the Severn Deanery.

The post may also have a protected clinical component to allow the trainee to maintain clinical pose and readiness and develop specific clinical skills during the year.

The purpose of the post is to work with the Director of Medical Education and the senior and extended faculty in AWP to promote excellence in medical education., This is a fixed term contract for 12 months commencing on 6th August 2025 until 4th August 2026 (subject to employment clearances).

The post holder will support the DME in implementing strategic initiatives in medical education, taking a lead role in identified projects around undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.

They will help to support and develop the faculty of medical education in AWP, focusing on faculty development in areas of AWP not historically so well served.

The post holder will take an active role in developing programmes of teaching, involving a variety of formats, such as seminar, tutorial, lecture, workshops, problem based learning and e learning materials. The focus here will be to provide the fellow with a wide range of opportunities to develop their teaching skills.

There will also be a strong emphasis on developing their portfolio as an educationist and their higher level experience in this regard.

They will take an active and supportive role in undergraduate teaching and will also contribute to the promotion of professionalism and higher level learning in undergraduate and postgraduate trainees.

The post holder will be encouraged to enrol as students on the Postgraduate Medical Education course run by the University with the expectation of achieving completion of at least the Certificate in Medical Education during the tenure of their post; funding and study leave is provided for this.

There is no on call associated with this post.

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.