GP Teaching Fellow (NUCom)

Salary: £44,049.00 - £73,992.00  per annum pro rata

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 15/04/2026

The Role

This is a three-year post, with a primary focus on developing and delivering teaching to medical students undergoing year 3 of the new community-based programme (NUCom). This is an innovative programme in which 12 students (initially) spend most of their time in general practice and the community rather than in hospital. Teaching is planned to take place on Mondays and candidates will need to be available on this day. Teaching Fellows are involved in other aspects of medical education such as selection and recruitment, examining and undertaking educational research projects.

The University has developed Academic Job Summary Guidance which summarises the range of activities that academic staff may be expected to perform.  Academic staff are not expected to be discharging all of the activities all of the time and the actual duties and activities that academic staff are expected to carry out will be determined by the Head of Academic Unit.

The University has developed a Teaching and Scholarship Role Profiles.pdf document which summarises the range of activities that colleagues may be expected to perform.

Candidates wishing to discuss the post may contact Professor Hugh Alberti, Sub-Dean for Primary and Community Care via hugh.alberti@newcastle.ac.uk or Dr Nikki Franc, Co-Lead of NUCom, via nicola.franc@newcastle.ac.uk.

School of Medicine please visit: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medicine/

For more information about the Faculty of Medical Sciences please visit: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences

At Newcastle University we hold a Gold Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality.  We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC.  We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.

Interview date: 30/04/2026

Key Accountabilities

As this will be a developmental post, the post holder will be expected to complete the Newcastle University Certificate (or higher) in Medical Education. There will be financial support towards course fees and other development needs.

This post is aimed at primary care doctors who wish to develop their skills and knowledge in the field of Medical Education.  It is expected that the candidate will also be working clinically as a locum, salaried or partner GP.

The appointee will join the primary care team of GP Lecturers, teaching Fellows and GP trainees at the School of Medicine, led by Professor Hugh Alberti (Sub-dean for Primary and Community Care) and will be supervised by Professor Alberti and Dr Nikki Franc (co-leads of NUCom).

Specific tasks will include:

• To manage own teaching, scholarly and administrative activities,
• To teach as a member of the team,
• Carrying out teaching within a clear and established programme,
• Developing teaching materials,
• Contributing to decisions affecting the NUCom programme.

The Person (Essential)

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential:

• Good team working skills and ability to collaborate with other disciplines,
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills,
• Effective organisational skills,
• Evidence of interest in teaching.
• Evidence of experience in teaching.
• Knowledge and experience of the MBBS curriculum.

Desirable

• Experience of teaching the year 3 curriculum in GP and/or in Trusts, including the mental health, child health and reproductive health modules,
• Experience of implementing innovations,
• Experience of developing teaching materials.

Attributes and Behaviours

Aspiration to develop as a clinical academic.

Qualifications 

Essential:

• Medical degree,
• Current registration with the GMC and licence to practise,
• MRCGP (or about to complete prior to the post commencing).

Desirable:

• Educational qualification.

Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.  As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.

We are committed to being a fully inclusive university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society.  We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent.  We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.

At Newcastle University we hold a Gold Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality.  We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC.  We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.

In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe. 

Requisition ID: 29211