Clinical Teaching Fellow in Primary Care

Salary: £81,727 pro rata per annum (inclusive of London weighting)

Contract Type: Part time 0.4 FTE (14 hours per week) for a fixed term of 2 years

Location: Charing Cross Hospital Campus, Hammersmith and White City Campus 

Job Summary

General practitioners who have gained their CCT are invited to apply for the post of Clinical Teaching Fellow in Primary Care within the multi-award winning Undergraduate Primary Care Education Unit, one of the UK’s largest teams of its kind with an exemplary national reputation for curricular innovation in the Department of Primary Care and Public Health, within the School of Public Health of Imperial College London. The Unit oversees all the primary care placements in Phases 1 and 3 of the MBBS programme at Imperial College London. 

This is an exciting postgraduate training opportunity for those interested in developing a career in medical education to develop their skills as primary care medical educators. At the end of the post, the post holder will have gained a wide range of educational experience and skills which will equip them to move on to further medical education roles. 

Duties and Responsibilities

Members of the Undergraduate Primary Care Education Unit teach and assess in 5 of the 6 years of the Undergraduate MBBS course. 

The post has been created to allow GPs interested in medical education to participate in a 2-year programme to develop their skills as medical educators. The post offers opportunities to undertake training both in the specific placements and assessments undertaken by the Unit, but also more widely in medical education and assessment. There may be opportunities to develop academic work for presentation and publication and to apply for a higher qualification through Imperial’s Education Development Unit (EDU). 

This is an exciting opportunity for those interested in developing a career in medical education. At the end of the post, the postholder will have gained a wide range of educational experience and skills.

Essential Criteria

• Certificate of Completion of Training in General Practice or equivalent
• Full registration with the General Medical Council
• Evidence of teaching experience
• Interest in undergraduate medical education and a commitment to general practice as a focus and setting for undergraduate learning
• Good understanding of the organisation of general practice and current developments in primary care
• Ability to communicate effectively with students, academics, clinicians, administrative staff and external stakeholders
• Evidence of effective personal time management
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
• Willingness to design and contribute to curriculum development

Further Information

This role is part time (14h/w) and fixed term (2 years) based at Charing Cross, Hammersmith and White City.

Should you require any further details on the role please contact: Dr Nina Dutta – n.dutta@imperial.ac.uk 

Closing date: 02/04/2024

Apply online via the above ‘Apply’ button.

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