Clinical Teaching Fellows

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We are a world class research-intensive university. We deliver teaching and learning of the highest quality. We play a leading role in economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. Attracting and retaining high-calibre people is fundamental to our continued success.

Job description:

The Role

We are recruiting Clinical Teaching Fellows (CTF) for our Newcastle, UK campus.

This post is offered on a one-year fixed term contract commencing from August 2026.

There is potential for a second year in the post, subject to satisfactory performance in the role.

• For this post we require highly motivated and enthusiastic doctors, who will be an important part of the School of Medicine team in Newcastle
• This fixed-term development post offers doctors, with an interest in teaching, the opportunity to take time away from clinical practice to enhance their teaching skills, before returning to clinical practice as a more developed clinical educator
  • For this reason, previous holders of either our Clinical Teaching Fellow role or our Anatomy Teaching Fellow role are not eligible to apply,
  • N.B. Previously unsuccessful applicants are eligible to reapply. If so, please contact Andrea Cummings via andrea.cummings@newcastle.ac.uk or Leanne Bartle via leanne.bartle@newcastle.ac.uk directly as your previous application will have to be moved back to the new application section on our recruitment system and you can then refresh same.

• You will be involved in the delivery of our MBBS curriculum to year 1 and 2 medical students for clinical skills
• You will have the opportunity to contribute to education research projects and to the development of teaching and learning activities and resources
• You will also be offered the opportunity to undertake the Certificate in Clinical Education
• You are expected to have an MBBS degree, to be clinically active with a license to practice, to have relevant experience in the NHS, and to have completed your Foundation training (or equivalent) by August 2026.
• There are no clinical, patient-facing duties within the clinical teaching fellow role. 

The University has developed a Teaching and Scholarship Role Profiles.pdf document which summarises the range of activities that colleagues may be expected to perform.

Candidates wishing to discuss the CTF posts may contact Kassie Sutherland via kassie.sutherland@newcastle.ac.uk  

Further information about the CTF posts can be obtained via the following short videos, which were produced by previous CTFs:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOB8Pk_iTdg
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ovy3VyeOEo

For more information about the School of Medicine please visit: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medicine/

For more information about the Faculty of Medical Sciences please visit: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences

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