Clinical Debrief Tutors (Multiple Posts)

The Community Based Medical Education (CBME) team seeks to appoint Tutors to deliver Clinical Debrief small group teaching in Year 1 and 3 of the MBChB programme.

These posts are suitable for a GP keen to gain experience in academic work and Medical Education.   

The MBChB programme is an integrated curriculum with Years 1 and 2 delivering the basic sciences that underpin the foundations of medicine and including Early Clinical Experience. Years 3 and 4 emphasise learning through clinical experience. The final year integrates learning from the previous years and prepares students for practice. Students are educated at the University and in NHS facilities across the North West of England and North Wales.

ECE-D tutors will facilitate small group online sessions to Year 1 students using the zoom platform. Within a 4 hour window, 2 x 90 minute sessions would be delivered to 2 groups of 6 students. Students will remain with the same tutor for the academic year. Sessions in the early years have increased structure to allow for development of early clinical reasoning skills in a safe space. The first 3 sessions involve watching a recorded GP consultation using the virtual primary care (VPC) platform with group debrief and activities to support learning. The last session will take place after students have attended their 1 day GP placements. This session will give students a space to discuss their experiences and consider the clinical reasoning around cases they have seen. You must be able to facilitate all 4 sessions listed for this role.

Clinical Debrief Tutors are clinically active GPs who facilitate small-group teaching sessions at the base Teaching Hospitals and Associated Teaching Hospitals, reinforcing experiential learning on placement. Sessions run for 2hrs 15 mins and are held weekly. Students bring cases for discussion from any clinical setting. The tutor facilitates learning using clinical reasoning methods and by stimulating debate. Clinical Debrief also provides a safe environment to discuss experiences from week and the impact of working in a clinical environment. Tutors help students recognise and develop their emerging professional identities, and facilitate discussion and activities which prepare students for placement and practice.

Clinical Debrief facilitation takes place once a week over two semesters, one 14 weeks and one 10 weeks, between October and March. Location, days and times are variable thus appointments are influenced by availability of tutors matching the sessions. Year 3 CD is delivered face-to-face with groups based at the four teaching hospitals and associated DGHs.

As part of the application process, applicants will need to send their CV and a personal statement detailing how they meet the person specification, with particular reference to experience of clinical reasoning and small group teaching.

Please email your CV and personal statement to clinicaldebrief@manchester.ac.uk by Sunday 2nd July 2023. Applicants will be considered as applications are received, so please don’t wait until the last minute to submit.

We will be holding interviews on the following dates, please let us know if you are unable to attend any of these dates:

• Tuesday 11th July 2023
• Wednesday 12th July 2023
• Friday 14th July 2023
• Tuesday 18th July 2023
• Wednesday 19th July 2023
• Friday 21st July 2023
• Wednesday 26th July 2023

If you are successful, you will be required to attend training day on one of the following dates:

ECED: Wednesday 30th August 2023

CD: Wednesday 6th September 2023 or Wednesday 20th September 2023

CD vacancies for 2023-24

A variety of sessions held across the week Monday – Thursday, from week commencing 2nd October 2023 – week commencing 25th March 2023

ECE Debrief vacancies for 2023-24

AM Sessions 9am – 1pm (Teaching 9 – 10.30 & 11 – 12.30)

PM Sessions 1pm – 5pm (Teaching 1 – 2.30 & 3 – 4.30)

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status.  All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Dr Sarah Merrifield

Email: sarah.merrifield@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.