MBChB IDEALS Facilitators

Overview of the Role

IDEALS Facilitator

Are you interested in supporting the personal and professional development of medical students at Leeds? Do you have experience of teaching, mentoring or coaching undergraduate medical students or health professionals? 

The School of Medicine is looking to recruit inspiring and engaging facilitators to assist in the delivery and assessment of the Innovation, Development, Enterprise, Leadership and Safety (IDEALS) strand of the MBChB programme.

The aim of the IDEALS strand is to direct and support the personal and professional development of medical students as they progress to become safe & effective clinicians. Learning outcomes for of this strand are mapped to the GMC's ‘Achieving Good Medical Practice’ and ‘Outcomes for Graduates’ as well as the Faculty of Medical Leadership & Management curriculum.

We facilitate learning and development in group tutorials/seminars, and via 1-1 feedback conversations covering diverse content including wellbeing, team working and leadership, professional attitudes, skills and behaviours, mitigating bias and career planning.

We particularly welcome applications from healthcare professionals of diverse clinical backgrounds including locally employed doctors, doctors in training, and allied healthcare professionals. We do not expect every IDEALS facilitator to be expert in all of the subject areas and tutorial materials with accompanying facilitator notes are provided prior to delivery of the sessions. As an IDEALS facilitator you have access to Continuing Professional Development workshops relating to teaching skills and supporting students which can help to support your ongoing career development.

We are also inviting applications from individuals with experience of supporting clinicians to deliver healthcare in the areas of management, leadership, audit, and service improvement.

You will have a degree or equivalent experience. Facilitation or tutoring skills with groups are essential. Clinical teaching experience and formal qualifications in education are desirable. This position will allow you to enhance your CV, portfolio, educational skills and competencies. We strongly believe in creating inclusive learning and working environments, so we encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply. We invite you to join us and make a valuable contribution to the development of future doctors. 

This role will be based on the university campus as it requires face-to-face facilitation of student tutorials. Teaching will take place on Monday mornings (Year 2) or Friday mornings (Year 1) throughout term time

We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements, this is available to contracted staff within the Faculty of Medicine and Health (Grade 7 or above) who have capacity to take on these additional hours within their current appointment. Plus External applicants.  

What we offer in return

• 26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.
• And much more!  

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Dr Alison Brown, IDEALS Strand Lead, Email: A.L.Brown@leeds.ac.uk

Location: Leeds - Main Campus

Grade: Off grading structure

Working Time: 0 hours contract

Post Type: Hourly/Variable

Closing Date: Wednesday 07 May 2025

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