Teaching Fellows in Surgery

Teaching Fellows in Surgery

The closing date is 24 March 2026

• General Surgery (start date TBC)
• Urology (start date November 2026)
• Breast and Vascular Surgery (start date TBC)
• Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Please state specialty of your choice on application form.

Northwick Park Hospital site

Suitable for doctors who have completed their foundation training F2 and are interested in surgery.

There is a fantastic job opportunity coming up at Northwick Park Hospital, 1 post starting in August 2025 and 1 post starting in October 2025 for an initial period of 1-2 years (negotiable and extendable subject to performance). Post with responsibility of teaching undergraduate medical students and clinical opportunities if wanted. The job offers the candidate the opportunity to obtain a certificate in medical education.

(Requires separate application)

In addition, the successful candidate will get an opportunity to take part in part-time based research and to teach on medical simulation training sessions for Foundation doctors.

Free medical education workshops at Imperial College

Pursue higher degree in medical education

Participate in medical education or medical research projects

To teach on postgraduate courses run on-site

The individual work plan will be decided between the DCS, the relevant Consultant Surgeons & the successful appointee. Although "out of hours" clinical work is encouraged where possible the teaching duties must take priority, it is not acceptable to work a night on call and take the next day off. They will be expected to attend regular Faculty Meetings.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

A) THE TEACHING COMMITMENT

The teaching will involve a range of activities such as tutorials, skills laboratory, bedside teaching, and dedicated teaching clinics on an out-patient basis. To teach on medical simulation training sessions for Foundation doctors.

Time is allocated for preparation of tutorials, lectures & teaching materials such as handouts. The teaching fellow will also be encouraged to show initiative & develop other teaching ideas such as student case presentations and student grand rounds and role playing. All teaching should be patient-centred approach.

A major emphasis of the teaching will be focused on the core curriculum and clinical skills required for the year 3 students during their main 8-week medical/surgical attachment to the campus. There will also be basic clinical teaching of a very general clinical nature to the two-week introductory course in year 2 in December & March and year 1 in May (with the emphasis on history taking) and a subsequent 8-week secondment at the start of year 3 (with the emphasis on system clinical examination).

Post holder will supervise and co-ordinate acute takes and major surgery lists provide small teaching and surgical skills teaching at Northwick Park and to help with Thursday afternoon surgical lecture programme.

Although the focus is mainly on Year 3 students the TF will have commitment as a Tutor for the Final Year 6 Students from August to December. This will take form of a lecture-based course and small group bedside teaching. The TF will be expected to play an integral role in the organisation and delivery of this course e.g., PACES and OSCE stations.

In addition to teaching undergraduates the post-holder may be asked to teach on one of the many postgraduate courses run on the site, where relevant to their chosen discipline, and to the in-house junior staff both medical and non-medical

Organisational Responsibilities

There will be a strong organisational role. This will involve helping the Undergraduate Co-ordinators and DCS on the campus to draw up the medical teaching timetables for year one, year two-and year three. There may also be involvement in helping to establish a patient data base for use in dedicated teaching clinics. The…