Clinical Skills Foundation Course (CSFC) Lead

The University of Buckingham has a unique atmosphere, unlike that of any other higher educational institution. Despite being one of the UK’s smallest university and the only independent university to hold a Royal Charter, Buckingham has staff from over 25 countries, making it a truly distinctive work environment.  Whichever of our locations you find yourself working in, you will be sure to feel a part of our friendly community.  Our size enables us to foster a very personalised, supportive, inclusive and collaborative environment, with lots of opportunity for development, something which we are very proud of. 

 The university is keen to build on its strengths to further enhance the teaching and research culture and is looking for a candidate who shares similar knowledge and research exchange ambitions and is keen to make a notable contribution. By joining our passionate and active team, the candidate can expect excellent support in their teaching, research, knowledge exchange and scholarly activity.

The CSFC unit aims to enable students to make progress towards meeting some of the knowledge, skills and behaviours described in the GMC’s Outcomes for Graduates (2018).  The specific aims are to enable students to carry out a patient-centred consultation and interpret the findings to generate appropriate working diagnoses. The Unit also empowers students to take and record a history from a patient, perform a physical examination of the main systems of the body and understand the importance of the patient perspective in diagnosing and managing patient problems. Teaching occurs centrally on campus, as well as within the hospital and GP practice setting. We are keen to explore ways of developing Inter-professional Education opportunities for medical students at both Buckingham and Crewe. As the CSFC lead situated at the Health Science Campus, the post-holder would be ideally suited to help develop this.

Skills & Experience

The post-holder should be an experienced, post CCT clinician, registered with the GMC (or equivalent) and have experience of undergraduate medical education. The post-holder should also have a PGCert in Education or equivalent/higher and should have a portfolio that enables them to demonstrate their skills and experience.

What can we offer you?

We might be small, but we can still offer plenty of perks!  In addition to an Aviva Pension scheme, we offer: 

• Beautiful working environments across our campuses in Buckingham and Crewe, with plenty of space
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Christmas closure
• On-site gym and exercise classes
• On-site catering facilities
• University bookshop with staff discount (Buckingham)
• Free on-site parking
• Excellent opportunities to network and continue learning across a variety of departments
• Nursery on-site at our Crewe campus

Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Kate Robinson (GP Lead (North)) at Email kate.robinson@buckingham.ac.uk.

The closing date for applications is 5pm 22nd December 2024 and it is anticipated that interviews will be held on Wednesday 8^th January 2025

Please note: if successful, any offer is subject to standard checks, including qualifications, eligibility to work in the UK on a permanent basis and DBS (if applicable)

For further information and details of how to apply, please click the 'Apply' button.

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