Clinical Academic Fellow – Critical Care

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Fixed Term - 1 Year 

Grade: Trust up to MT04 

This is an exciting position within the Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU) fixed term for 12 months.  

The post holder will play a lead role in the delivery of undergraduate medical education in PHUT which comprises of two main components :  the  including strategic partnership with King's College London (KCL) to deliver a Branch of the KCL MBBS GEM course at the University of Portsmouth (UoP) which started August 2024 and the existing undergraduate MBBS at the University of Southampton (UoS). Delivery of excellent undergraduate education is of strategic importance to PHUT, UoP and region, intending to help address the health and wellbeing needs of the Portsmouth, South East Hampshire and Isle of Wight health and care system.

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust is seeking a number of talented Clinical Academic Fellows who can demonstrate an enthusiastic approach to enabling medical students achieve the learning objectives relevant to particular themes across respective MBBS curricula.  This involves the delivery of high quality teaching, learning and assessment and supervision of student cohorts from the UoP (KCL) and UoS, both within the hospital setting but also at the University sites when needed.

For further details please contact:

Eveleigh Nicholson -  [email protected]

Dr Alex Belcher [email protected]

Please see Job Description 

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered with the GMC, with a full licence to practice
• ALS Accreditation

Desirable

• Participation in education training and, if not already held, an interest in obtaining a higher qualification in medical education
• ALS Instructor

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Clinical experience and training in critical care at ST3+/equivalent level
• Expertise in medicine and clinical skills and competency to practice and teach extended practical and clinical skills
• Knowledge and understanding of the use of e-learning and/or a willingness to undertake training in this area
• Experience of working clinically within the NHS setting
• Keep up to date with CPD and clinical developments in clinical skills, maintaining clinical expertise necessary to act as a role model

Desirable

• Relevant teaching experience with indicators of success. Ability to motivate and support students
• Experience of debriefing

Clinical Skills

• Ability to work collegiately and effectively as part of a team
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to present ideas to a student audience

Other

• Committed to education and teaching. Enthusiasm for subject and student-centred
• Commitment to values of equality, diversity, and inclusion
• Prepared to work in the evening and weekends as equitably allocated across staff and where necessary. Prepared to travel and where necessary accompany students on educational visits

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.