Surgical block Lead | North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking a Clinical Educator for Obstetrics and Gynaecology to cover maternity leave. This 12-month role will involve planning, facilitating, and evaluating teaching for undergraduate medical students from local universities. Key responsibilities include supporting clinical placements, providing mentorship, and developing inter-professional learning opportunities. The ideal candidate will have strong communication and leadership skills, with a commitment to delivering high-quality education.

Benefits

Health and well-being initiatives

Opportunities for personal and professional development

Qualifications

• Role requires experience in medical education and mentoring.
• High-level communication skills for teaching diverse groups.
• Ability to build relationships with faculty and students.

Responsibilities

• Plan and facilitate teaching for medical students.
• Support bedside teaching during clinical placement.
• Act as a point of contact for student concerns.
• Lead recruitment for patient database.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Ability to provide pastoral care

Leadership skills

Simulated teaching

Education

Relevant medical qualification

Job description

The post holder will assume the role of Clinical educator for Obstetrics and Gynaecology to cover maternity leave. This will be a 12 month secondment. The post holder will plan, facilitate, timetable, coordinate and evaluate teaching to undergraduate medical students from Newcastle and Sunderland Universities. It will involve but is not exclusive to clinical skills sessions, simulation, small and large group teaching, this could be with patients in the classroom, ward or clinical environment. This incorporates history taking, clinical skills and examination, simulation based teaching, advanced communication skills and assessment of such skills. Particular focus should be on inter‑professional learning opportunities.

The timetabling of clinical placements for students is a main purpose of this role to maximise student learning and experience and to avoid ‘pressure points’ in clinical areas during the academic year. The post holder will be a visible presence and support to medical students whilst on clinical placement and support and facilitate bedside teaching.

Roles and responsibilities

• Develop and maintain excellent communication with medical students, providing pastoral care and mentorship.
• Ensure pastoral care and advice given is aligned to policies of universities and signposting to appropriate agencies.
• Act as a point of contact for students who wish to raise a concern.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with undergraduate faculty (clinical and non‑clinical) and staff within the Trust directorates.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships within the simulation team.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships and represent the Trust with universities.
• Actively engage in both internal and external educational meetings.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with patients and their carers.
• High level communication skills, written, verbal and non‑verbal, ensuring teaching sessions can be provided to small and large groups of students.
• Ability to deal with unpredictable interruptions to deal with complex pastoral issues.
• Lead by example and act as a role‑model for medical students.
• Actively lead on recruiting patients for the undergraduate department database and ensuring this data is secured as per the Trust data security policies.
• Actively take lead on a topic relating to undergraduate education such as mental health first aider, freedom to speak up, equality, diversity & inclusivity, reducing waste and the Trust green plan.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with undergraduate faculty.
• Develop and represent the Trust with universities Newcastle University and University of Sunderland.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust now form University Hospitals Tees and as such you may be required to work at any site across both Trusts. At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, we want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well‑being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

This advert closes on Thursday 4 Dec 2025.