Clinical Skills Foundation Course Lead

HOURS: 0.4 FTE (Wednesdays essential) Permanent

The University of Buckingham is seeking a highly motivated General Practitioner with a specialist interest in Medical Education to lead its Clinical Skills Foundation Course (CSFC) at our Buckingham Campus, from September 2026.

The University of Buckingham created the UK's first independent, not-for-profit, Medical School in 2015. Our guiding philosophy is to produce highly ethical, honest, and compassionate doctors who will put the patient first. We are now in our 11th year of intake of the integrated four-and-a-half-year course. We received our GMC accreditation in May 2019 and our first intake also graduated in June 2019, and took up their Foundation Training.

The CSFC unit runs throughout Phase 1 (the first 2 years) of our MBChB, where students have their first experiences of the core clinical building blocks of being a Doctor.

Role Purpose

The CSFC unit aims to enable students to make progress towards meeting some of the knowledge, skills and behaviours described in the GMC’s Outcomes for Graduates (2018). The specific aims are to enable students to carry out a patient-centred consultation and interpret the findings to generate appropriate working diagnoses. The Unit also empowers students to take and record a history from a patient, perform a physical examination of the main systems of the body and understand the importance of the patient perspective in diagnosing and managing patient problems. Teaching occurs centrally on campus, as well as within the hospital and GP practice setting.

Skills & Experience

The post-holder should be an experienced, post CCT clinician, MRCGP and registered with the GMC (or equivalent) and have experience of leadership within medical education. The post-holder should also have a PGCert in Education or equivalent/higher. 

Benefits include; Pension Scheme, Christmas shutdown, Free parking, On-site gym, significant opportunities for professional development and a friendly and supportive work environment

Further information on the skills and experience required can be found in the Job Description.

The closing date for applications is 5pm Sunday 20th September. It is anticipated that interviews will be held 12th to 14th October.

For further information and details of how to apply, please visit our website via the 'Apply' button above.

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