Teaching Fellow in Critical Care (ST1-2 equivalent)

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking committed Teaching Fellows in Critical Care Medicine. This role combines clinical duties with medical education, supporting undergraduate education for a prominent medical school. Successful candidates will engage in teaching clinical sessions, manage critical care patients, and develop innovative teaching ideas. The position offers a supportive environment with opportunities for mentorship and professional development. Join a dynamic team that values diversity and is dedicated to providing high-quality healthcare and education.

Qualifications

• GMC registration with a full license to practice is required.
• Experience in critical care and medical education is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver clinical teaching to medical students.
• Take responsibility for care of critical care patients.
• Support the delivery of high-quality medical education.

Skills

Clinical responsibility

Medical education

Critical care experience

GMC registration

Education

Foundation training

Medical degree

Job description

A Vacancy at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

We are delighted to offer the opportunity for dynamic, engaging and committed Teaching Fellows to join our team in Critical Care Medicine. This role will combine clinical duties in critical care with specific roles in medical education within the trust and supporting undergraduate education for Newcastle University Medical School.

This teaching fellow post (ST1-2 equivalent) in Critical Care Medicine will be based in Critical Care across Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The post is available from 6 August 2025 for 12 months.

Note this post is critical care only (no anaesthesia placements). The post is suitable for applicants who have completed foundation training (or equivalent),or have previous paid clinical experience within the NHS. The individual will be expected to perform duties and take clinical responsibility to ST1-2 level. The duties of the post holder include supporting the delivery of high-quality medical education including the development, delivery and evaluation of courses.

GMC registration with a full license to practice is required at time of application.

Please Read Attached Job Description And Person Specification.

These posts are at core trainee level, and successful candidates will be expected to have completed foundation training and to be competent to work with indirect supervision. Prior experience in intensive care is desirable.

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. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Claire Mitchell on telephone [phone], or via email at .

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

Were also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients contacts each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Clinical

The post holder will take part in a full shift rota, along with other trainees, which provides 24-hour care for patients including weekends and night shifts.

This Includes

Immediate responsibility for care of up to 22 critical care patients

responsible for the admission and discharge of patients

liaising with other departments and specialties as appropriate

maintaining inpatient records,

ordering routine and emergency investigations and receiving and reviewing their results.

managing routine and unexpected problems on the critical care unit as they arise

Reviewing and admitting new admissions and referrals from both the emergency department and wards.

Transfer of patient to radiology etc. as appropriate

Compliance with trust and departmental protocols and guidelines

Teaching

The successful applicant will be responsible for delivering clinical teaching sessions to Newcastle University medical students attached to Newcastle Hospitals. The Trust has a role in the delivery of teaching to all 5 years of the undergraduate MBBS programme but most of the teaching will be delivered to students in years 3, 4 and 5. As well as delivering fixed commitments within the programme it is hoped Teaching Fellows will develop their own innovative ideas for clinical teaching during their time with us.

The Trust Undergraduate Team consists of a group of enthusiastic Clinicians under the leadership of Assistant Director of Medical Education Dr Ian Baxter, supported by Teaching Fellow Lead Dr Andrew Stanton and an invaluable team of administrative staff. We will offer support and supervision over the year as well as training and mentorship so that you develop your own teaching skills and understanding of wider issues in medical education. As well as being offered in-house induction and training, the post holder will also be supported to undertake a Certificate of Clinical Education as part of this post.

For more information about Undergraduate Teaching and an overview of the Newcastle University MBBS degree programme visit http://www.ncl.ac.uk/mbbs/ or contact Dr Andrew Stanton: .

The department has a strong teaching commitment to junior doctors. There is both formal and informal training as well as educational supervision and guidance for the postholders provided in each attachment. The individual critical care units run formal teaching as well as journal clubs, exam practice, self-directed learning and practical procedure teaching. The opportunity exists for the post-holder to attend educational sessions within other departments of the hospital.

Formal study-leave to attend relevant regional and national courses, (allocation the same as for regional trainees) with reimbursement of expenses (according to the Trust policy and up to the annual limit) is provided. On both hospital sites support will be given in writing clinical guidelines, submitting original clinical articles for publication and for candidates wishing to take on higher qualifications, i.e exams.

Research

There are no specific research duties in this post, however there are opportunities to take part in ongoing clinical trials and associate principal investigator roles.

Administrative

Applicants must be registered with the General Medical Council, and available to start work on 06/08/25.

This post can include attachments to Critical Care in

Royal Victoria Infirmary ward 38

Royal Victoria Infirmary ward 18

Freeman Hospital Critical Care Unit (ward 37)

Note: this is a critical care-only post; there are NO placements in anaesthesia.

This advert closes on Thursday 17 Apr 2025

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