University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Colorectal Clinical Educator
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About the Role
The post holder will play a central role in the organisation, development and delivery of high-quality undergraduate medical student education within the Colorectal service at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB).
Working in partnership with the Specialty Teaching Lead for Undergraduate Medical Education and the Undergraduate Medical Education Department, the post holder will support the delivery of a comprehensive and engaging clinical placement experience for University of Nottingham medical students. This includes facilitating structured teaching sessions, supporting clinical learning in practice, and contributing to the assessment and examination processes.
The role will combine clinical expertise in colorectal nursing with education delivery, ensuring that teaching is patient-centred, clinically effective, and aligned with Trust policies, professional standards, and national guidance. The post holder will support students to develop the knowledge, skills and professional behaviours required to deliver safe and compassionate patient care.
The post holder will also contribute to the ongoing development, quality improvement and evaluation of the undergraduate teaching programme, ensuring effective use of resources and a positive learning environment for students.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the delivery of a high-quality undergraduate teaching programme within the colorectal service, ensuring students receive a structured, supportive and clinically relevant learning experience.
- Work closely with the multidisciplinary team and medical education colleagues to facilitate learning in both classroom and clinical environments, contributing to student development and programme improvement.
- Deliver and support a range of teaching activities including induction, tutorials, clinical skills sessions and ward-based teaching.
- Facilitate student learning in clinical environments and ensure achievement of placement objectives.
- Coordinate with clinical teams to provide access to learning opportunities (clinics, theatres, ward rounds).
- Support student assessment, examinations and provide constructive feedback.
- Act as a key point of contact for students, offering guidance and signposting to support services where required.
- Contribute to the development, evaluation and improvement of the teaching programme.
- Maintain high standards of specialist colorectal clinical practice and model best practice.
- Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary and medical education teams to support delivery of high-quality teaching.
- Escalate any concerns related to student conduct or wellbeing in line with Trust and University processes.
- Participate in relevant education meetings and contribute to programme development.
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What We Offer
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Sarah Liptrot
- Job title: Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon
- Email address: sarah.liptrot2@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01332 785566
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