UCL Clinical and Professional Practice, Medical Student Administration

University College

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Clinical and Professional Practice Tutor x 6

Division: UCL Medical School

Sub Department: Clinical and Professional Practice, Medical Student Administration

Location: , Royal Free or Whittington Campus

Grade: 7

Hours: Part-time and Sessional, mainly on Thursdays and Fridays with some scope for flexibility

The MBBS Clinical and Professional Practice Modules

The Clinical and Professional Practice (CPP) modules make up almost 20% of the overall MBBS programme. Learning in CPP is central to understanding medicine as an integrated whole. There are 15 CPP modules, each organised over six years:

Student centred learning, patient centred learning: 1. Portfolio a. Y1 online submission at end of year b. Y2 online submission at end of year c. Y4 E-portfolio d. Y5 E-portfolio and Case of the Month e. Y6 E-portfolio and Case of the Month

Patient Pathways: 2. Integrated and Community Care (Y1) 3. Cardio-metabolic Medicine (Y2) 4. Cancer Medicine (Y4) 5. Person-centred (Y5)

Integrated Vertical Strands: 6. Anatomy and Imaging 7. Clinical Skills and Practical Procedures 8. Pathological Sciences 9. Use of Evidence 10. Use of Medicines

Overarching Themes: 11. Mental Health Page 1 of 5

12. Social Determinants of Health a. Epidemiology b. Global Health c. Medical Sociology d. Public Health 13. Ethics and Law 14. Clinical Communication 15. Professional Practice a. Professionalism b. E-health

The organisation of the CPP is complex, from both an administrative and academic perspective. CPP teaching takes place both as centrally organised and ‘peel off’ activities in dedicated teaching sessions and activities fully integrated into the horizontal modules. Teaching methods include lectures, small groups, patient visitors, placements and self- directed learning across a large number of learning venues.

The Role

The main role of the CPP Tutor is to facilitate student learning through small group work. This involves planning and preparation for designated teaching sessions and working with relevant resources to deliver teaching in collaboration with the CPP Module Leads/Lead CPP Tutors. The role will involve a small amount of CPP course assessment marking; providing written feedback to students and checking completion of CPP areas of the student portfolio.

Working collaboratively with module leads, professional services teams, assessment teams, NHS and university teachers, patients and other CPP tutors forms a central element of the CPP Tutor role.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Reporting to the lead CPP Tutor  Facilitate students’ learning through small group work during CPP teaching  Prepare for and attend all teaching sessions as identified in the personalised rota negotiated at the beginning of each academic year  Lecture in areas of general knowledge  Work with relevant learning resources to deliver this teaching according to the instruction of the CPP academic leads  Listen to any plenary sessions associated with small group work sessions  Mark a small number of CPP course assessments, giving written feedback to students  Provide feedback on students’ performance where requested by students or staff  Attend the relevant CPP tutor training and ensure compliance with induction, probationary and ongoing appraisal requirements of CPP Tutors within UCL and the Medical School  Understand the MBBS programme as a whole and the place of CPP teaching in respect to individual and specific teaching sessions within it  Provide references (which must be copied to Student Support for student files)  Any other duties that are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job as requested by the MBBS Programme Lead and Academic Lead for CPP at UCL Medical School

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Person Specification

All CPP Tutors will be expected to be committed to supporting learning within the MBBS programme. This includes an understanding and commitment to the vision of the MBBS programme and the learning and teaching strategy of UCL Medical School.

Criteria Assessed Requirements E / D* A / I* 1. Education, Qualifications and Training A qualification in healthcare or related industries: doctors, basic medical scientists, behavioural scientists, nurses, E A / I professions allied to medicine 2. Skills and Abilities Excellent organisational and planning skills E A/I Excellent facilitation skills E A/I Ability and commitment to promote reflective practice E A/I Good presentation skills E A/I Good communication skills (written and verbal) E A/I 3. Experience Experience of teaching in healthcare settings, preferably gained from within an undergraduate programme and/or E A/I programme relating to medical education or medicine Experience of using a virtual learning environment, D A/I preferably Moodle Experience of lecturing D A/I 4. Knowledge A good knowledge of the undergraduate training

programme for doctors E A/I Knowledge and evidence of commitment to ‘Good Medical Practice’ including ethical and professional standards in E A/I research, education and clinical practice Good working knowledge of basic Microsoft Office E A/I software, (Word, Outlook etc.) 5. Personal qualities / aptitudes Ability to work both as a team member and independently E A/I

Evidence of continuous professional development E A/I

* E = Essential; D = Desirable; A = Application; I = Interview

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Specialist Tutor Roles

In addition, some CPP Tutors may undertake additional duties within one or more areas of particular expertise. The ability to undertake these more specialised duties will be assessed at application and/or interview.

Additional requirements for specialist roles, outlined below:

Specialist Tutors: Clinical Communication  Have expertise or previous experience of teaching clinical communication (E)  Have expertise in giving detailed and specific feedback in simulated environments (D)  Have experience of working with simulated patients (E)

Specialist Tutors: Ethics & Law  Have expertise and previous experience of teaching in clinical ethics (E)

Specialist Tutors: Mental Health  Have expertise or previous experience of teaching in the field of mental health (E)  Be able and confident in working with patients with mental health problems (E)

Specialist Tutors: Clinical Skills, Professional Practice and Synthesis (specialist session)  Be a currently practising doctor (E)

Conditions of Appointment

The post is offered as a Grade 7, the salary for which ranges from £33,353 to £40,313, including London Allowance, giving a sessional rate of £145.00 inclusive of London Allowance. Teaching is carried out in sessions, with one session being 4 hours.

Pension The post holder will be eligible to join a pension through UCL: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/pensions/index-home.php

Other Information The post holder will actively follow UCL policies including the Equal Opportunities Policy and will maintain an awareness and observation of Fire and Health and Safety Regulations.

Please see the Human Resources website for information on employment policies http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/.

Equal Opportunities UCL and the Trust have adopted Equal Opportunities Policies and specific regard should be taken of their content in relation to the treatment of employees or potential employees.

In the recruitment, selection, training, appraisal, development and promotion of staff, the only consideration must be that the individual meets, or is likely to meet the requirements of the post. The requirements being met, no job applicant or employee will be discriminated against on the basis of their gender, race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality (within current legislation), disability, sexual marital status, caring or parental responsibilities, age, or beliefs on matters such as religion and politics.

The full policy statement can be found at: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/docs/equal_opportunity.php

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Data Protection UCL is required by law to comply with the Data Protection Act, 1998. It is the commitment of UCL to ensure that every current employee and registered student complies with this Act to ensure the confidentiality of any personal data held by the College, in whatever medium, through its Data Protection Policy.

Employees are authorised, if required to do so, to obtain, process and/or use personal information whether held on a computer or on manual paper files in a fair and lawful way and in accordance with data subjects’ rights. Data should be held only for the specific registered purpose and not disclosed in anyway incompatible with such purpose. It should be adequate, relevant and not excessive, accurate and where necessary up to date and kept for no longer than necessary. It should only be disclosed to authorised organisations as instructed and should not be transferred without adequate protection.

UCL and all staff or others who process or use any personal information must ensure that they follow these principles at all times.

Health & Safety Employees must be aware of the responsibilities placed on them under the Health & Safety at Work Act (1974) and Fire Regulations, to ensure that the agreed safety procedures are carried out to maintain a safe environment for employees and visitors.

No Smoking UCL operates a No Smoking Policy, which does not allow smoking at work.

Details of how to apply for the post Applications should be made online at the following link: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/jobs

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