Simulation Teaching Fellow

+ To assist in the development, coordination, and delivery of Trust-wide undergraduate medical education and simulation-based teaching at DASH, the Trust's simulation base at Wansbeck General Hospital. The Teaching Fellow will participate in delivering and monitoring simulation-based teaching for a range of medical, nursing, and allied professionals and undergraduate medical students.
+ To assist in the development, coordination, and delivery of undergraduate teaching for students from Newcastle University across Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust at sites including, but not limited to, Hexham, North Tyneside, Wansbeck General Hospitals, Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital in Cramlington and community sites. The Teaching Fellow will participate in delivering and monitoring courses and clinical teaching across years 3, 4 & 5 of the Newcastle University undergraduate medical curriculum.
+ To develop the teaching and educational skills of the Teaching Fellow, the post holder will be expected to register for the Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Education, institution to be confirmed, with Home Fees funded by the Trust. Alternatively, a similar qualification in education may be undertaken, supported by the Trust up to the equivalent Home Fee Rate.
+ To carry out a small-scale educational project, e.g. an audit or the development of new innovative teaching material.
+, Augment their existing clinical, educational, and intellectual skills to make decisions and problem-solve for the benefit of the patient, students, and others within the Trust.
+ Provide evidence-based clinical and educational practice which is robust and makes optimum use of available resources including local expertise and experience.
+ Develop their current interpersonal and communication skills with regards to effective collaboration and conducive to cooperation within teams
+ Develop confidence and competence as a 'beginning' specialist in clinical, educational, and scholarly practice.
+ Convey enthusiasm for their speciality to undergraduate medical students.
+ Gain experience in teaching across curricula and within rotations.
+ Develop their academic and scholarship profile in their field of interest.
+ To work with the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Fellow to expand and create TEL projects in education within the Trust Medical Education and the relevant clinical department.
These commitments should approximately translate into teaching medical students and delivery of simulation sessions (5 sessions per week), development of new opportunities and materials (2 sessions per week) professional educational development (2 sessions), and administration/ project work (1 session), although the emphasis will vary substantially throughout the year. It may be possible to negotiate up to one session per week for clinical work within the Trust at the discretion of the Director of Undergraduate Medical Education and the relevant clinical department.
Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, and those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.
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Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.
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Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.

Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!
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+ Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
+ Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
+ A range of flexible working opportunities
+ Generous annual leave and pension scheme
+ Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
+ Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
+ On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
+ Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
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Job overview
To provide a broad range of educational experience to each fellow in order to progress their scholarship, teaching skills and clinical acumen, whilst they deliver high quality undergraduate clinical teaching within Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
In addition to the above, the post will allow the post holder sufficient independence to develop their own area of interest within medical education and to study towards a recognised teaching qualification.
If the successful appointee has over four years post qualification experience, they will be appointed on specialty doctor 2021 terms and conditions.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.