Clinical Teaching Fellow

Job Overview

Clinical Teaching Fellow in Psychiatry

Out of Programme Experience

(MT03/MT05) dependant on experience

Part Time working 24 hours per week

Start date August 2025

We are inviting applications for a Clinical Teaching Fellow to support the teaching of undergraduate medical students on their Psychiatry placements from Brunel Medical School in our Hillingdon Mental Health Services.

The post will suit a doctor who has completed (or due to imminently complete) Core Psychiatry Training and is seeking an opportunity to develop their teaching skills and medical education knowledge.

The post is part time and will work closely with CNWL’s Director of Undergraduate Education, Module Lead and the regional Specialty Lead.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts, we reserve the right to close this advert once we have received 50 applications.

Main duties of the job

The post holder has a key role in facilitating undergraduate educational activities within CNWL (Hillingdon site), but also more widely within the Year 3 Psychiatry course. The post offers extensive teaching opportunities and responsibilities. The post holder will develop their undergraduate education and teaching administration skills, working closely with CNWL’s Director of Undergraduate Education and Module and Specialty Leads.

The post is solely an education post and there is no clinical placement that forms part of the post.

Working for our organisation

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest trusts in the UK, caring for people with a wide range of physical and mental health needs. We have approximately 7,000 staff that provide healthcare to a third of London's population and across wider geographical areas, including Milton Keynes, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire.

As a Foundation Trust we involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run and our future development. If you are interested in becoming a member of our Foundation Trust please visit our website.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference.

We can offer full access to a wide range of staff Benefits Discounts and Offers you can enjoy some listed but not limited to and some are open to your family too.

• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Sponsorship for International candidates
• Relocation allowance up to £8000 subject to policy requirement
• Study discounts for staff
• Flexible working
• Interest free loans season tickets and car parking
• Competitive Bank Rates
• Fitness and Wellbeing

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Facilitate the Year 3 introductory lecture programme at the start of each rotation to a cohort of approximately 20 students.
• Support the DUE, Module and Specialty Leads to ensure the smooth running of the lecture programme.
• Develop, enhance and evaluate the lecture programme.
• Deliver teaching on a variety of topics that is clinically focused, stimulates interest in Psychiatry and supports students to meet learning outcomes as highlighted within their curriculum.
• Explore new and innovative techniques / teaching methods to deliver the curriculum.
• Develop formative assessments within CNWL by leading on the provision of centralised mock-OSCEs (clinical exam) sessions.
• Host revision lectures (all students) and exam practice sessions (usually students taking re-sit exams).

Person specification

Education And Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Medical degree

Desirable criteria

• Additional degree or MSc in relevant subject area. MRCPsych.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Satisfactory progression through medical training to completion of Core training in Psychiatry.

Desirable criteria

• Prizes or distinctions. Presentation of work at a national or international meeting. Publications in peer reviewed journals.

Skills & knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of education principles and concepts as applied to professional health care development programmes in the NHS.
• Able to demonstrate personal and educational reasons for applying for this Fellowship. Shows a commitment to continuing professional development.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge and understanding of Quality Improvement methodology and/or Undergraduate Medical Education.
• Demonstrates knowledge of career pathways in health care education in the NHS
• knowledge / broad interest in academic medicine
• Research experience
• Demonstrates how the post will benefit patients and staff in future.

Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics

Essential criteria

• Good communication skills
• Able to work well in a team
• Approachable and friendly
• Tolerant and empathetic.

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of Educational leadership potential
• Good organizational and problem solving skills
• Evidence of delivering a range of teaching (lectures, workshops etc) with good feedback
• evidence of attending training on teaching