CLINICAL TEACHING FELLOW

The role: - We have up to seven clinical teaching and education fellowship posts available at Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia starting in August 2024. These posts are suitable for registered medical practitioners with at least two years post-qualification experience by July 2024, who wish to gain training and experience in a general clinical specialty, and in medical education. The posts offer exciting opportunities for developing both your clinical and teaching skills. These Teaching and Education Fellowship posts are for two years and commence in August 2025 and run until July 2027. There are two possible options available: 1) To complete the first year based on the NUMed campus in Johor, Malaysia from August 2025 until the end of July 2026 and then to complete the second year from August 2026 to July 2027 based in the UK. 2) Alternatively, up to two places are available based on the NUMed campus in Johor, Malaysia for the full two years from August 2025 until the end of July 2027. Eight regional NHS Trusts now collaborate closely with Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia (NUMed Malaysia), with the support of the Northern Deanery, in hosting this novel programme that commenced in 2014. The Trusts are part of Newcastle University’s regional medical school and play a major role in directing and delivering undergraduate teaching. The NHS Trusts are • County Durham & Darlington, • Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, • North Tees & Hartlepool, • South Tees Hospitals, • South Tyneside & Sunderland, • North Cumbria Integrated Care, • Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Mental Health, • Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys. At least one year of the post will be hosted by Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia on campus, and at associated clinical facilities within Johor, Malaysia as part of the clinical teaching faculty of NUMed Malaysia. The duties will comprise teaching of clinical knowledge and skills to all years of medical students. The second year will be either at NUMed again or within the Northern Deanery, at a hospital within one of the partner Trusts, and will have both clinical and teaching responsibilities. Prior to interview candidates are asked to consider which option they would prefer and, if choosing option 1, in which partner Trust they would wish to be based in the second year by ranking each Trust 1 - 8. Following successful interview candidates will be informed of their Trust allocation for the second year of their Fellowship. The University has developed an Teaching and Scholarship Role Profiles document which summarises the range of activities that colleagues may be expected to perform. Key Accountabilities: - • To provide the Clinical Teaching Fellow with experience and clinical training in general (internal) medicine. • To provide the Clinical Teaching Fellow with experience and academic training in developing and delivering clinical teaching. • To undertake the Newcastle University Postgraduate Certificate of Medical Education, and/or potentially the Diploma depending upon circumstances. • To deliver excellent teaching to undergraduate medical students at NUMed Malaysia within the campus and associated clinical facilities throughout Johor, Malaysia. • To deliver excellent teaching of Newcastle undergraduate medical students within the partner Trust. • To gain guided clinical experience and provide high quality clinical care for patients in the UK. • To develop knowledge and skills within a general specialty area. Teaching Teaching Development & Training The successful applicants will be part of a team of Teaching Fellows who make a very important contribution to developing, coordinating and delivering the undergraduate teaching programme at NUMed. Training in teaching methods will be available through the Post Graduate Certificate of Medical Education and ‘Training the Teachers’ seminars at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne Regional Postgraduate Institute, or equivalent. UK Teaching All Trusts are affiliated to Newcastle University and provide a substantial amount of teaching to medical students throughout the curriculum. Trusts are part of a Base Unit of the Faculty of Medicine of Newcastle University, with four such units co-ordinating, directing and developing teaching. Students spend their entire Year 3 within the region’s Trusts and general practices. Undergraduate teaching of students for the longitudinal integrated clerkship and Student Selected Components occurs in Year 4, and of Year 5 (Final Year) students throughout the year. Teaching within the Trusts is consistently highly rated by medical students. Malaysia Teaching The posts will provide teaching to undergraduate medical students on campus and within associated clinical facilities throughout Johor, Malaysia, for NUMed Malaysia. There are currently around 750 students enrolled in total, with a target intake of approximately 140-150 per year. Duties Malaysia 1. To assist in the development, co-ordination, and delivery of undergraduate teaching on both the NUMed campus and associated teaching hospitals in Johor State. The fellow will participate in developing, delivering, and monitoring courses across the whole programme: from Year 1 to Year 5. 2. To develop personal teaching and educational skills. 3. To carry out a small scale educational project, for example an audit or the development of new innovative teaching material. 4. To undertake the Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education at NUMed. If the applicant has already successfully completed the Certificate in Medical Education, there may be an opportunity to complete the Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Education during the Fellowship period. UK 1. Clinical commitments will be within the negotiated specialty. Appendix 1 has the details of options available. 2. On-call commitments will depend upon the needs of the Department and will qualify for Additional Duty Hours payments. 3. To assist in the development, co-ordination, and delivery of undergraduate teaching. 4. The Fellow will potentially participate in developing, delivering, and monitoring courses across the whole course from Stage 1 to Stage 5. 5. To develop the teaching and educational skills of the Teaching Fellow. The Person (Essential) Knowledge, Skills and Experience • Successful completion of Foundation Programme, • Computer literate, • Good communication skills, • Evidence of educational achievement and progression (desirable), • Teaching experience (desirable), • Good team working (desirable). Attributes and Behaviour • Ability to respond enthusiastically and positively to students, • Demonstrable willingness to work collaboratively with colleagues as part of a team, • Sensitivity to the views of others, • Enthusiasm for the task in hand, • Must be willing to work flexibly according to teaching workload. Qualifications • MBBS / MBChB / MRCP or equivalent • Registered Medical Practitioner