GP Teaching Fellows x 3

Salary: £93,666.00 - £126,281.00  per annum, pro rata

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 06/03/2024

The Role

These are part time, 8 hours per week, one year posts (with the possibility of a second year if funding available) with a primary focus on developing and delivering teaching to medical students with a broader remit of supporting GP teaching across the curriculum. Teaching Fellows will also be involved in other aspects of medical education such as selection and recruitment, examining and undertaking educational research projects.

As this will be a developmental post, you will be expected to complete the Newcastle University Certificate (or higher) in Medical Education. There will be financial support towards course fees and other development needs. 
These posts are aimed at primary care doctors who wish to develop their skills and knowledge in the field of Medical Education.  It is expected that candidates will also be working clinically as locum, salaried or partner GPs.

The University has developed  Teaching and Scholarship Role Profiles document which summarises the range of activities that colleagues may be expected to perform.

Candidates wishing to discuss the posts may contact Professor Hugh Alberti hugh.alberti@newcastle.ac.uk

For more information about the Faculty of Medical Sciences please visit:
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/

For more information about the School of Medicine please visit:
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medicine/

Key Accountabilities

The appointees will join the primary care team of GP Lecturers, teaching Fellows and GP trainees at the School of Medicine, led by Professor Hugh Alberti (Sub-dean for Primary and Community Care) and will be supervised by one of the senior GP team.
There are three posts available each with a different emphasis:
a)    GP Teaching Fellow (year three): focusing on delivering, coordinating and developing materials for the year 3 online tutorials that were implemented for the first time this academic year,
b)    GP teaching fellow (sustainable/public health): focusing on mapping SHC and PH across the curriculum and developing teaching materials/initiatives,
c)    GP teaching fellow (innovative placement models): focusing on implementing and delivering an innovative GP placement model with Northumbria Primary Care.
Specific tasks will include:

•    To manage own teaching, scholarly and administrative activities
•    To teach as a member of the team
•    Carrying out teaching within a clear and established programme
•    Developing own teaching materials
•    Contributing to decisions affecting the work of the primary care team

The Person (Essential)

Knowledge, Skills and Experience 

Essential
•    Good team working skills and ability to collaborate with other disciplines
•    Effective communication and interpersonal skills
•    Effective organisational skills
•    Evidence of interest in teaching

Desirable
•    Evidence of experience in teaching
•    Knowledge and experience of the MBB curriculum

Attributes and Behaviour

Essential
•    Ability to travel around the GP practices in the Base Unit
•    Aspiration to develop as a clinical academic

Qualifications 

Essential
•    Medical degree
•    Current registration with the GMC and licence to practise
•    MRCGP (or about to complete prior to the post commencing)

Desirable
•    Educational qualification

Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.  As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.

We are committed to being a fully inclusive university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society.  We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent.  We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.

At Newcastle University we hold a silver Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality.  We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC.  We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.

In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe. 

Requisition ID: 26744