Clinical Teaching Fellow

GWH; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Swindon is recruiting Clinical Teaching Fellows for a fixed-term 12-month appointment to support undergraduate medical education with students from Bristol, Oxford and Kings College London.

The role combines an educational component (80%) with a clinical component (20%), offering a pathway for doctors taking time out before specialty training or pursuing an MSc/MD. Teaching, placements, and assessments form core duties.

Qualifications

• MBBS/MBChB with GMC registration.
• Foundation training completed (Yrs 1 & 2).
• Teaching experience and ability to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and coordinate formal teaching sessions and ensure timetabling for units and placements.
• Supervise student placements and support research/abstracts for conferences.
• Lead simulation scenarios and contribute to educational resources.

Skills

Teaching

Medical education

Communication

NHS experience

Education

MBBS/MBChB

Job description

Clinical Teaching Fellow

The closing date is 02 November 2026

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 (UoB), Oxford (UoO), and Kings College London (KCL).

This is a 12 month-fixed-term appointment created to support undergraduate medical education during the current academic cycle.

The fixed term nature of these posts reflects a specific service need which is not part of the permanent establishment.

The Clinical Teaching Fellow role is intended as a fixed-term career development opportunity, normally taken for one year prior to speciality training. The posts are fixed term for 12 months as it is designed as a fellowship position rather than a permanent service role. The posts 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 are made up of an educational role (80%) delivered in the academy as well as 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

1. The CTFs work on a day-to-day basis with the Academy Undergraduate Manager and administrators, and the UC / UT's who are responsible for organizing 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. In order to achieve this 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. It is recognized that the workload is variable and that the hours will need to be flexible. A Ward Based CTF appointed to ED and/or ITU (6-12-month rotation) will generally work one or two weeks clinical/one- or two-weeks Academy and will be included on the departmental rota which will include some weekends. See rotations in Table 1.

About us

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

Job responsibilities

1. All CTFs will be expected to take part in assessments for all the universities & specifically long case examinations / OSCEs, prescribed tutorials and other teaching and training sessions that are part of the curriculum. From time to time, they will be asked to act as external examiners at other Academies and the Medical Schools.

2. All CTFs will be expected to supervise student Choice placements undertaken by the students during Sept & Oct/ June & July each year. Typically, this will be ten projects per CTF. CTFs are encouraged to work with the student authors to write up their projects as abstracts for conferences or academic papers. CTFs who lead on Choice projects including field trips (currently to Malta and the French Alps) will be able to accompany students on an associated trip. Other CTFs may also be able to accompany students on field trips depending on project relevance and student and CTF numbers.

3. All CTFs will be trained in leading simulation scenarios across the UG curriculums. They will also be asked to design and deliver their own scenarios and contribute to the academy library of simulation scenarios.

4. CTFs in the Swindon Academy are given a great deal of autonomy and they are expected to demonstrate self-motivation managing projects and to support the wider educational programmes in the Trust.

5. An Educational Supervisor will be appointed for each CTF. The Educational Supervisor is responsible for the overall supervision and management of the CTF educational progress during a clinical training placement or series of placements. The Educational Supervisor is responsible for the CTFs Educational Agreement. CTFs are expected to attend three meetings per year with their Educational Supervisor.

The educational component

6. The educational duties of the CTF-office based will mostly be delivered in the academy environment, 80% of their time. These are set out in table I and they include responsibility for the student choice projects and associated fieldtrips. The specific area of educational responsibility will be determined by the appointees interests.

The clinical component

7. CTF-office based will spend 20% of their time (up to two sessions/week) working clinically. It is an opportunity to try out a specialty before applying for higher post graduate training. The clinical role is a supernumerary working daytime hours (band 1A). However, if the appointee does wish to participate in the out of hours or the on-call rota, this can be negotiated with the Clinical Lead/Rota Coordinator for the Dept. They will be paid separately by the clinical dept for this. It should be noted that where an appointee chooses to opt into an out of hours / on call rota, it must have no impact on the educational component of their role (no compensatory time off during the academic component).

8. Clinical teaching fellows may need, under exceptional circumstance, be re-allocated to other clinical areas 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 T & C for out of hours/ on call duties set out above will apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS, MBChB, or equivalent medical degree
• GMC registration

Experience

• Must have completed Foundation Training (Yrs 1 & 2) within the NHS (proof will be required during the application process)
• Teaching experience and a sound knowledge of the Bristol, Oxford & Kings medical curricula, and the ability to work independently.

Knowledge

• Able to demonstrate their commitment to Innovation through Research/ Audits / Quality Improvement projects.

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