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The role of the Clinical Skills Teaching Fellow is to meet the evolving needs of clinical skills and simulation based teaching in Undergraduate Medical Education at Kings, based at Guy’s Campus. The post holder will be involved in the delivery of a range of clinical practice teaching and simulation, with opportunities to support the design and development of teaching, simulation and e-learning resources. The role is designed to provide continuity of educational and operational support to the Head of Clinical Skills, with working days being Wednesday to Friday.

About the role

The role of the Clinical Skills Teaching Fellow is to meet the evolving needs of clinical skills and simulation based teaching in Undergraduate Medical Education at Kings. The post holder will be involved in the delivery of a range of clinical practice teaching and simulation, with opportunities to support the design and development of teaching, simulation and e-learning resources. The role is designed to provide continuity of educational and operational support to the Head of Clinical Skills, with working days being Wednesday to Friday.

This will require the post holder to take a scholarly approach to the design, delivery & evaluation of simulation-based education, online and face to face teaching. You will be part of a dynamic team who work creatively and proactively to improve the student learning experience on campus and across the clinical sites.

There are range of expected roles, primarily focusing on teaching foundation clinical skills in a first-year module in year 1, small group teaching in years 2 and 3 (seminars and clinical skills), facilitating medium fidelity simulation on 4th year theme weeks and teaching on the Interprofessional Education (IPE) programme.

The strand of IPE teaching provides a range of learning focusing on team-based practice with seminars on (1) Promoting Patient Safety, (2) Pain Assessment and Management, (3) Prevention of Medication Errors. The IPE programme includes Full Patient Simulation (FPS), which focuses on human factors skills and use of the debrief diamond. Another role is the support of the evolving curriculum in developing e-learning content, as well as writing for assessment (SBA’s, OSCE stations) and marking student submissions in the year 1 module.

The post holder will also provide support in the design and delivery of campus based teaching on for Wednesday Small Group Learning and Case Based Learning, that is mapped to the MLA and the GKT graduate outcomes. This teaching is to Stage 2 (years 2 & 3) students at the Guys and Kings campuses, with possible support to the KCL educational teaching partner sites in Stage 3 (years 4 & 5) with content creation and online teaching.

This is a part-time post (21 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria 

1. Full GMC other relevant body registration with valid license to practice. 
2. Doctors - Completed foundation year programme 
3. Graduate in relevant discipline & a qualified and experienced health professional 
4. Broad range of relevant health professional clinical skills 
5. Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
6. Excellent team worker 
7. Teaching within the healthcare context.

Desirable criteria

1. Post Graduate Certification in Clinical Education (PGCert) 
2. Design and/or Facilitation of Simulation Based Education  
3. Knowledge / teaching of human factors in healthcare   

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further information

This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service clearances.

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