Surgical Undergraduate Tutor | North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in England is seeking a dedicated medical educator to oversee undergraduate teaching and mentorship. The role involves developing innovative teaching methods and ensuring high-quality educational experiences for medical students. The ideal candidate will hold a medical degree, have experience in teaching, and possess excellent communication skills. Opportunities for professional development and a supportive work environment are provided.

Benefits

Health and well-being initiatives

Opportunities for personal and professional development

Qualifications

• Medical Doctor qualification with a focus on education.
• Experience in teaching undergraduate medical students.
• Ability to develop and implement educational strategies.

Responsibilities

• Ensure high-quality surgical teaching for medical students.
• Mentor students and supervise their progress.
• Coordinate and deliver teaching programs.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Clinical teaching

Mentoring

Education

Medical Doctor qualification

Teaching experience

Tools

Trac care software

Job description

The Post holder will be accountable to quality assure and develop undergraduate medical education.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring the development of innovative and attractive ways of delivering effective undergraduate teaching
• Working within the overall learning and development structure and resources within the Trust.
• Work closely with colleagues who have similar roles for the University of Sunderland to ensure that resources available for surgical undergraduate teaching
• Analysis of quality data and supporting the Undergraduate Team to develop and implement strategies to improve the quality of the students’ learning experience.
• Attendance at relevant curriculum committees, pastoral, and assessment meetings with the University, acting as a link between the University and the Trust.
• Contribute to the strategic vision of the Trust and the identification of Faculty of Medical Education objectives
• Plan, allocate and direct workloads in order to achieve deadlines, agreed work plans and required service standards.
• Curriculum mapping to ensure the correct learning outcomes are being met
• Attend any relevant meetings including departmental bimonthly meetings
• Act as an examiner for clinical medical student exams hosted by North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust
• Academically mentor 4th and 5th year medical students from Newcastle University
• Act as a point of contact for Students and Clinical Teaching Fellows who wish to raise a concern
• Lead on the provision of Surgical undergraduate teaching for Newcastle University Medical students in conjunction with the other Consultant Surgical Undergraduate consultant
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships within simulation team
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships
• Actively engage in both internal and external educational meetings
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with patients and their carers
• Deliver training and examinations for prolonged periods of time requiring prolonged concentration
• Plan and deliver structured and opportunistic teaching in clinical skills for all staff and students which meets the student learning outcomes.
• Provide clinical teaching to medical students and physician associate students
• To design, develop, co-ordinate and deliver programmes of teaching and learning for undergraduate medical students

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and 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.

Administrative Responsibilities

• Timetabling (in conjunction with year leads, Sunderland Colleagues, Teaching Fellows and the Administration Team)
• Curriculum planning
• Data collection
• Feedback
• Presentations
• Clinical skills
• IT skills
• Trac care

Clinical Responsibilities

• Ensure students are provided with surgical teaching conforming to the Newcastle University Curriculum
• Mentor and supervise students and monitoring of e-portfolio

Management and Leadership Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with the LEP Undergraduate faculty
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships and represent the Trust with Newcastle University
• 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

This advert closes on Friday 5 Dec 2025