Senior Clinical Teaching Fellow in Obstetrics and Gynaecology ST3

East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust; Ashford; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in England is seeking to fill the position of Clinical Teaching Fellow at their hospital sites. This role combines educational responsibilities with clinical service at registrar level, offering a unique opportunity in a supportive environment. The successful applicant will collaborate with a dedicated team to enhance training programs and develop teaching materials. Applicants must declare sponsorship needs in advance. This post is one year in duration and is essential for medical education development.

Qualifications

• Ability to develop and maintain educational materials.
• Experience in small group teaching and simulation.
• Evidence of a wide-ranging portfolio of teaching.

Responsibilities

• Develop various educational materials for training.
• Work collaboratively with the multi-professional education team.
• Deliver simulation scenarios and integrate learning themes.

Skills

Educational theory understanding

Simulation teaching

Collaboration

Job description

Vacancy

A Vacancy at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust became a University Hospital in 2009 and is made up of three hospital sites based in Ashford, Canterbury and Margate that take undergraduates from St George’s Medical School, King’s College School Medical School and St George’s International School of Medicine. Kent’s new medical school, the Kent and Medway Medical School, will open its doors in 2020 and we will be taking students from there in 2023. There is a dedicated Education Centre on each hospital site that plays a significant role in medical student and training doctors’ education and training.

Thereisavacancyfora ClinicalTeachingFellow.Theposts areprimarilywork-basedwithintheQEQMH,MargateandWHH,Ashford,butthepost holder will be required to travel to other sites of the Trust as required.

This is a one-year post (extendable for an exceptional candidate) with division of the post holders time between medical education, including simulation-based teaching, and providing registrar level clinical service.

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Develop a wide-ranging understanding of educational theory and teaching methodology supported by the clinical lead for Education and the HEE KSS simulation lead.
• Work as a collaborative member of the multi-professional education team including practice development midwives, obstetricians, obstetric anaesthetists and fetal monitoring midwives to deliver our maternity training programme.
• Develop and maintain educational materials, teaching aids, and tools.
• Develop and deliver simulation scenarios under the supervision of the clinical lead for education in collaboration with the trust simulation team.
• Ensure that education and training activities continually integrate themes and learning identified by the risk governance team.
• Pursue and evidence a wide-ranging portfolio of teaching including small group teaching, simulation, development of e-based teaching, and other teaching resources.

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’. If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

This advert closes on Sunday 28 Dec 2025