Clinical Teaching Fellow | Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

BSMHFT Teaching Academy are looking to recruit 5 doctors into a 1-year Clinical Teaching Fellow post. Posts are suited to enthusiastic doctors committed to psychiatry who currently hold a training post within the UK. We are looking for doctors who are passionate about teaching and who are keen to pursue a year out from training to further develop skills in teaching and delivery of medical education.

This post is particularly suited to doctors who have completed foundation training or who have completed core training in psychiatry within the UK and have obtained MRCPsych.

It is essential that the applicant has completed a minimum of 2 years working as a doctor in the NHS. The post is ideally suited to a trainee who has completed psychiatry core training CT3 . MRCPsych is desirable, although not essential, and applicants would be expected to have a strong foundation in psychiatry core principles.

The term of the post runs from August 2025 – July 2026.

You will need 2 years experience of working in the NHS.

The post is full-time education delivery with no clinical or on-call commitment, although there is opportunity to undertake locum on-calls within the Trust and to undertake clinical sessions in order to maintain clinical skills. The post holder will deliver teaching mainly in small group tutorials, although there is opportunity to take part in large group teaching. The teaching is interactive and includes simulation training, communication skills workshops and facilitating theatre and film club. The post holder will undertake a post graduate certificate/diploma or similar in medical education. In addition, they will receive training in writing assessments, assessment feedback, developing simulation and other new and innovative ways of teaching which are available and supported by the Teaching Academy and the wider Trust.

Applications close at midnight on Friday 28th February.
• Applicants will be expected to teach the panel on a topic/skill of choice in 5 minutes. This does not have to be a medical subject and creativity is welcomed

The CTF team have their own office space based at the Barberry, National Centre for Mental Health, close to the QE-UHB Hospital and Birmingham Medical School and are supported by dedicated admin and an UGME manager.

Please find attached the Job Description and Person Specification for this post which provides further information.

This advert closes on Friday 11 Jul 2025 #J-18808-Ljbffr