Fellow in Medical Education (Postgraduate) - Psychiatry

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust is inviting applications for a Fellow in Medical Education. This position offers a unique opportunity to develop skills as a medical educator, providing teaching and training to Resident Doctors and students while engaging in medical education projects. With a focus on professional development, this role supports career growth within a caring and collaborative environment.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Proactive health and wellbeing support

Supportive networks for minority staff

Access to a range of employee assistance programs

Qualifications

• Must possess CT3 + in a recognised/completed Psychiatry specialty training programme.
• Awareness of NHS priorities is essential.
• Demonstrated knowledge of career pathways in medical education is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Teach and train Resident Doctors and students at NELFT and affiliated institutions.
• Contribute to the delivery of the Trust's postgraduate education programme.
• Undertake projects in medical education under supervision.

Skills

Teaching

Training

Medical Education

Leadership

Education

UK professional medical registration

Completion of Psychiatry specialty training

Job description

Joining #TeamNELFT means you'll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We're CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

Applications are invited from SpR/ST4-6 and CT3 Trainees for appointment to a Fellow in Medical Education (FME) placement. This unique post offers an exciting opportunity to develop experience and skills as a medical educator. The Fellowship will consist of an out of programme experience for a period of twelve months, attached to the Department of Medical Education within North East London NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will play an active role in the teaching and training of Resident Doctors, undergraduate students and senior medical staff within: NELFT; Barts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry (SMD); and the London Deanery.

Working for our organisation

NELFT covers a large geographical area, and the role requires you to have the ability to travel effectively throughout these sites when required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful applicant will have a regular schedule of teaching commitments and will actively contribute to the development and delivery of the Trust's postgraduate education programme for Resident Doctors and Physician Associate students at QMUL and ARU. The post holder will collaborate with the Director of Medical Education, Postgraduate Tutors, the medical education manager and their FME colleague in the organisation of these programmes.

The post holder will undertake projects in medical education, under the supervision of the Director of medical education and postgraduate tutor and will be supported to attend a formal university course in medical education, with potential to pursue this to diploma or masters' level.

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria

• CT3 + in a recognised/completed Psychiatry specialty training programme.

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrates knowledge of career pathways in medical education.

Essential

Essential criteria

• An awareness of NHS priorities

Desirable

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of educational leadership potential.

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

• A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a 'Top 10 Family Friendly Employer' from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.

Supporting our Armed Forces

We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans. reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.

Equal opportunities employer

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.

We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities. If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email [e-mail].

Correspondence with us

You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post.

As part of our recruitment process, we may be required to share information you provide on the application form with NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) and/or other organisations for the purpose of the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of fraud or any other unlawful activity affecting the NHS. We also use third party providers to check and verify your qualifications who may be contacting you on our behalf to verify the same.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job description and person specification (PDF, 431.7KB)
• NELFT Application - Hints and Tips (PDF, 38.4KB)