LECTURER.2.01

Job Description

The Wits School of Clinical Medicine in the Faculty of Health Sciences invites applications from suitably qualified health professionals to assist in the training of undergraduate and postgraduate students as a clinical educator on the Wits clinical training platform. This clinical educator will train undergraduate medical students and postgraduate students in clinical, procedural and communication-related knowledge and skills in the field of Surgery. Specialist consultants, medical officers and other categories of staff who train students must balance service and training commitments. In a working partnership with these clinicians (employed as joint appointments), a clinical educator reinforces, reviews and expands on the experiential learning in the wards, outpatients and emergency department settings. Key performance indicators include categories for self-development and growth. The clinical educator will also facilitate the provision of holistic support for students where needed for their academic success. This is a full-time permanent post (subject to a probation period). The location of training sites includes both the central and extended academic platform training hospitals of the Department of Surgery. The successful applicant will visit clinical training sites, rotating between sites at the different academic health complexes. Candidates must be willing to travel.

Primary Responsibilities

• Training of the Wits undergraduate medical students and postgraduates in clinical, procedural and communication-related competence, with a focus on bedside teaching, in and out-patient consultation and small group classroom tutorials
• Liaison with joint appointees and other trainers to partner in the training of students on the management of surgical patients in primary and emergency first-contact care settings
• Monitoring the resources and training at the relevant sites on behalf of Wits SOCM, with early identification of challenges.
• Liaison with academic and clinical leadership in Surgery, both centrally and on the extended clinical training platform
• Involvement in assessment processes of students' clinical, procedural and communication-related competence.
• Identification of vulnerable students and facilitation of psychosocial support.
• Involvement in research and publication
• Oversight of mentoring programs for students.

Additional Duties

• Liaison with other clinical educators to support their training of students in partnership with site-based clinicians
• Engagement with academic/clinical leadership at facilities on the extended clinical training platform, who are responsible for the governance of staff and students within their respective settings.
• Involvement in activities of the FHS clinical skills unit and clinical simulation unit to align the quality of learning centrally and peripherally
• Liaison with the university IT-project management team on matters concerning the IT-related environment (connectivity, data, coverage, devices) on the extended clinical training platform on behalf of Surgery and Wits SOCM, with early identification of challenges.

How to Apply

Please submit the following documents on http://www.wits.ac.za/vacancies/ or for internal applicants https://irec.wits.ac.za

• A cover letter outlining your interest and suitability for this Lecturer position
• A detailed CV, including contact details, names, telephone numbers and email addresses of 3 referees, which one of the referees must be your current or recent line manager.
• Certified copies of qualifications including Matric.
• South African identity document or passport and permit.