Clinical Teaching Fellow (Obstetrics and Gynaecology)

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Clinical Teaching Fellow (Obstetrics and Gynaecology)

The closing date is 08 March 2026

Principle activities within the role - Education:

1. To assist in the development, co ordination, and delivery of undergraduate teaching for students from Newcastle / Sunderland University across Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust at sites including, but not limited to, Hexham, North Tyneside, Wansbeck General Hospitals, Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital in Cramlington & community sites. The Teaching Fellow will participate in delivering and monitoring courses and clinical teaching across years 1 5 of the Newcastle University undergraduate medical curriculum. Will participate in teaching Physician Associate Students and take part in peer observed teaching. Sunderland University undergraduate medical curriculum, predominantly in years 3, 4 and 5.
2. To develop the teaching and educational skills of the Teaching Fellow, the post holder will be expected to register for the Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education, institution to be confirmed, with Home Fees funded by the Trust. Alternatively, a similar qualification in education may be undertaken, supported by the Trust up to the equivalent Home Fee Rate.
3. To support the design, development, implementation and review of simulation & technology enhanced learning teaching sessions.
4. To conduct a small scale educational project, for example an audit or quality improvement project or the development of new innovative teaching material.

Main duties of the job

The main base site is North Tyneside General Hospital but the role will also include working Trust wide.

To provide clinical experience in Gynaecology and Obstetrics.

To deliver high quality undergraduate clinical teaching within Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

To provide a broad range of educational experience to each fellow in order to progress their scholarship, teaching skills and clinical acumen.

In addition to the above, the post will allow the post holder sufficient independence to develop their own area of interest within medical education and to study towards a recognised teaching qualification.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick upon Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Job responsibilities

Principle activities within the role Clinical:

• The post holder will have the opportunity to participate in Outpatient Gynaecology, theatres, and Antenatal clinics & Caesarean section lists. In addition, it is envisaged that the successful candidate will also be allocated to on calls at NSECH.

Expectations from post holder:

Augment their existing clinical, educational, and intellectual skills in order to make decisions and problem solve for the benefit of the patient, students, and others within the Trust.

Provide evidence based clinical and educational practice which is robust and makes optimum use of available resources including local expertise and experience.

Develop their current interpersonal and communication skills with regards to effective collaboration and conducive to co operation within teams.

Develop confidence and competence as a beginning specialist in clinical, educational, and scholarly practice.

Convey enthusiasm for their specialty to undergraduate medical students.

Gain experience of teaching across curricula and within rotations.

Provide academic and pastoral support to undergraduate medical students.

Develop their academic and scholarship profile in their field of interest.

Person Specification Qualifications

• UK Registered Medical Practitioner with a licence to practice
• Successful completion of Foundation Programme or equivalent
• Part 1 MRCOG

Experience

• Substantial recent and relevant experience and knowledge of the NHS gained through paid clinical service delivery working post qualification in the NHS within the last 18 months
• Practical skills to participate in Delivery suite on call
• Experience of delivery of simulation teaching

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Address

North Tyneside General Hospital (Trustwide)