SIFT Clinical Tutor Care of the Elderly

Integrated Care System; Swansea; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Wales is seeking a Clinical Tutor to contribute to undergraduate medical teaching and assessment. The role requires a full GMC registration and MRCP. Responsibilities include leading bedside teaching and assisting in medical examinations. This position offers a salary ranging from £46,324 to £71,814 per annum.

Qualifications

• Evidence of working effectively as a part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Commitment to team approach and multi-disciplinary working.
• Teaching and training of post/undergraduate medical staff.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to undergraduate teaching activities.
• Lead bedside-based teaching for medical students.
• Assist in question writing and standard setting for exams.

Skills

Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance

Education

Full GMC registration with a license to practice

Full MRCP

Job description

Do you share our Health Board values; Caring for each other; Working together; Always improving? If so, we would love for you to come and work for Swansea Bay University HB.

This is a full-time post for up to one year and is suitable for a trainee (core medical trainee to specialist training) intent on pursuing a medical career. The incumbent must have finished their foundation jobs. They must be working towards or have been awarded their MRCP and have a demonstrable interest in medical education.

The clinical tutor would work under the educational leadership of Dr Sujoy Banerjee, and on-site support will be provided by Dr Susan Tucker, Care of the Elderly Physician.

Main duties of the job

The clinical tutor should make the following contributions to undergraduate teaching:

Supporting Specialty Attachments (year 3 & 4)

Leading bedside-based teaching for students.

Contributing to tutorials during the placement.

Supporting students with mini-Cex assessments and sign offs of learning outcomes.

Encouraging the development of examination and clinical reasoning skills.

Promoting principles of prescribing and psychopharmacology.

Providing opportunities for students to practice clinical skills.

LOCS (Learning Opportunities in a Clinical Setting)

Providing opportunities for 1st and 2nd year students

Assessment (where possible given the teaching requirements of the programme)

To assist in question writing, emendation and standard setting of undergraduate medical exams (knowledge and clinical)

To train as an examiner for OSCE examinations

Completion of a Certificate or Diploma in Medical Education

About us

Swansea Bay University Health Board is responsible for the health of around 390,000 people across Neath Port Talbot and Swansea. With a £1 billion budget and 12,500 staff, we are a University Health Board working closely with Swansea University, its School of Medicine, School of Health Science, and the Institute of Life Science. Our main hospitals include Morriston and Singleton in Swansea, and Neath Port Talbot Hospital in Baglan.

Mental Health and Learning Disabilities services are delivered both in hospitals--such as Cefn Coed Hospital in Swansea, Caswell Clinic, and Taith Newydd in Bridgend--and in community settings. We also operate community hospitals and primary care resource centres offering services outside our main hospitals.

The Health Board is a partner in ARCH (A Regional Collaboration for Health), working with Hywel Dda UHB and Swansea University to enhance the wellbeing and economy of Southwest Wales.

Swansea, Wales' second-largest city, sits on the scenic Swansea Bay and is a great base for exploring South-West Wales. It offers a vibrant mix of shops, cafes, restaurants, galleries, and outdoor activities, with access to the stunning Gower Peninsula. The city also boasts top sporting venues including the Wales National Pool and Swansea.com Stadium--home to the Ospreys and Swansea City FC

Job responsibilities

For more details in relation to this post, please click on the supporting documents section to find the full job description and person specification. These are available bilingually, in both English and Welsh.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration with a license to practice
• Full GMC registration with a license to practice full MRCP

Experience

• Evidence of working effectively as a part of a multidisciplinary team
• Commitment to team approach and multi-disciplinary working
• Liaison with other agencies
• Teaching and training of post/undergraduate medical staff
• Evidence of participation in, progressing and completing audit
• Experience of research in Care of the Elderly Medicine
• Previous experience of working in the NHS/experience of NHS working practices and systems

Skills & Abilities

• Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance

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.

£46,324 to £71,814 a yearPer annum Pro rata