Teaching Fellow in Older People's Medicine ST1-2

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Job summary

A prominent NHS hospital trust is seeking a Teaching Fellow to support undergraduate education for Newcastle University Medical School students. The post involves delivering clinical teaching, managing both clinical and teaching responsibilities, and aims to develop innovative teaching ideas. Full GMC registration and prior NHS experience are required for applicants.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Support for professional development

Comprehensive staff benefits

Qualifications

• Must have full GMC registration with a license to practice.
• Have worked in the NHS for two years as of August 2025.
• Interest in clinical education.

Responsibilities

• Deliver clinical teaching sessions to medical students.
• Contribute to undergraduate education for Newcastle University.
• Participate in clinical time and teaching commitments.

Skills

Clinical Education

Communication Skills

Teaching Skills

Education

Completed Foundation Training

Full GMC Registration

Job description

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


Exciting opportunities have arisen for dynamic, engaging and committed Teaching Fellows to work in specific roles in Medical Education within the Trust to support undergraduate education for Newcastle University Medical School students).



The post would suit trainees who have a special interest in Clinical Education and the post holders will have the opportunity to study for the Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Education. Applicants will have completed Foundation Training and / or Core Training. The post will provide a solid basis from which to apply for either a CT post or an ST posts



The post is available from ASAP until04.08.26and you must have full GMC registration with a license to practice. You must have worked in the NHS for two years as of August 2025.



Most medical specialties are represented by teaching fellows. For further information please contact Lewis Armstrong on 0191 21 25210 or via [e-mail]

Clinical:



The teaching fellow post in Older Peoples Medicine involves a full time on-call commitment, with your weekly timetable comprising 50% clinical and 50% teaching time. Your clinical time would be based on an acute Older People’s medicine ward and have opportunities to be involved with quality improvement projects, service improvement as well as developing your clinical and communication skills. We encourage attendance at our weekly departmental teaching and radiology meetings.

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.

Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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 Deputy Director of Medical Education (UG) 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 visithttp://www.ncl.ac.uk/mbbs/or contact Dr Andrew Stanton:[e-mail].


This advert closes on Monday 11 Aug 2025