Clinical Teaching Fellow in Surgery | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Epsom & St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is an Associated Teaching Hospital of City St. George’s University of London and plays a significant role in medical student teaching.

This post offers is an ideal opportunity to gain experience in all aspects of Surgery (as per career development needs of the candidate), whilst pursuing clinical audit and research projects, with opportunities to present cases and papers both regionally and nationally. In parallel, the successful candidate is will be expected to undertake the Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare Education at St. George’s, University of London (this will base on seat availability), and will liaise together with other Clinical Teaching Fellows to coordinate the Surgical undergraduate programme .

This post is based in the Undergraduate Department within the Trust and not Surgery Department .The Undergraduate Centre runs a pioneering and thriving undergraduate teaching team including other Clinical Teaching Fellows spanning the medical and surgical specialties. MRCS is preferred .

Interviews Date TBC

For further details / informal visits contact

Undergraduate Manager/Current Clinical Teaching Fellows on 02082962091

We may close the job before the closing date if there are enough applications.Please note if you have not heard for 3 weeks after the vacancy closed then you are not successful on this occasion.

This innovative full-time teaching post provides an opportunity to develop teaching skills and continue to develop your career in surgery or any sub-specialty. Approximately 50 % of the timetable will be allocated to teaching and 50 % to clinical training. The flexible timetable can be tailored according to the career needs of the successful applicant. There are no on call commitments.

Please see attached JD and Person Specification for details

Welcome to Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Thank you for showing an interest in working with us at Epsom and St Helier .We are an integrated health care Trust. In simple terms, that means that as well as the services we provide at our acute care hospitals (Epsom in Surrey and St Helier nearby in south west London) we work with local GPs, mental health services, community providers and local authorities, with the joint aim of preventing local people from becoming unwell, and when they do, that they receive the right care, in the right place, with the right support.

So, as well as great hospital care, together we offer an increasing range of services.

Undergraduate education is provided at all of our hospitals, providing vital clinical education and training to future healthcare professionals.

We are very proud of our strong relationships withCitySt George's, University of London, Imperial College of London, the affiliated international medical schools and the high quality of teaching we offer their medical students.

The Undergraduate Centre runs a pioneering and thriving undergraduate teaching team which includes Clinical Teaching Fellows in different specialties.

The exact job description and Person Specification requirements are attached. Please refer to them.

The successful applicant will plan and deliver teaching in a variety of formats including

· Tutorials

· Clinical skills/bedside teaching

· Clinical Problem Based Learning (CPBL) tutorials

· Student Grand Rounds

· Communication skills teaching

· Assisting/complementing consultant teaching

· Simulation if required

They will also be required to do Work Based Assessments and participate in OSCE examinations if required. He/she will organise and co-ordinate the teaching programme in Surgery for St George’s University of London medical students/other partner universities/International students and that will include T Year, P Year, Final Year and also Physician Associate students. Some cross cover for other Clinical Teaching Fellows will also be expected.

The format of teaching will be tailored to suit individual year group and also cater to the learning requirements and objectives as set out by the Medical Schools.He/she will be expected not to take annual leave at times of the year when there are important teaching duties like student inductions. They also need to ensure that appropriate room bookings are done and be available in the teaching centre to facilitate teaching sessions booked within their area of responsibility for consultants/ other faculty during times when the undergraduate room booking co-ordinator is on leave.

Training in teaching methods will be provided. The successful applicant will be invited to undertake a Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare Education (based on seat availability)and will be eligible for an Honorary Lectureship at St. George’s University of London.

This is a cross-site post though the post holder will be based at St Helier Hospital and will be expected to teach at all sites within the Trust and also occasionally at St George’s Hospital.This role may also require to plan, organise and facilitate OSCES both as part of the students final assessment for their core rotations at Epsom and also for the Trust’s involvement with OSCE Workshops. There may also be a requirement to provide some teaching to support the FY1 teaching programme , or for occasional weekend or evening teaching in conjunction with promotional events held but notice will be given several months in advance.

This advert closes on Tuesday 12 May 2026