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Teaching Associate in Psychiatry

Voluntary role
Closing date: Friday 24 October 2025 at 12:00

Green Templeton College seeks to appoint a Teaching Associate (TA) in Psychiatry to support undergraduate medical education. This is a part-time, fixed-term, unpaid appointment aimed at psychiatry trainees who are committed to high-quality medical student teaching and supervision.

The Psychiatry TA will provide regular small-group teaching to 5th Year medical students during their Psychiatry rotation and contribute to revision sessions for both 5th and Final Year students.

Key responsibilities

  • Deliver regular small-group teaching sessions (approx. 1 hour every 2 weeks during term time). The majority of these sessions will be held online, with occasional in person sessions at Green Templeton.
  • Teach across the undergraduate psychiatry curriculum as defined in the Medical Licensing Assessment (MLA), including:
      • General adult psychiatry
      • Old age psychiatry
      • Child and adolescent psychiatry
  • Ensure coverage of core presentations and conditions such as psychosis, depression, anxiety disorders, self-harm, substance misuse, eating disorders, dementia, capacity/consent, and mental health in pregnancy.
  • Contribute to 5th Year psychiatry revision sessions (Applied Knowledge Test (AKT) and multi-station clinical revision).
  • Contribute to Final Year AKT psychiatry revision teaching.
  • Provide formative feedback to students and support their preparation for clinical examinations.
  • Communicate promptly with students regarding teaching arrangements and adapt sessions to student needs.
  • Collaborate with other Teaching Associates and the Director of Clinical Studies to maintain high-quality psychiatry teaching provision.

Person Specification

Essential

  • GMC registration with licence to practise.
  • Practising in the UK for the duration of the appointment.
  • Clinical competence: At least CT1-level psychiatry trainee (or equivalent), with up-to-date knowledge of psychiatry across general, old age and child/adolescent specialties.
  • Teaching ability: Evidence of interest and engagement in medical education.
  • Professional skills:
    • Fitness to practise.
    • Ability to build rapport with students and facilitate a supportive learning environment.
    • Organisational skills, reliability and ability to deliver regular teaching.
    • Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues.
  • Location: Based within Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust or the Thames Valley Deanery to enable in-person teaching.

Desirable

  • Previous experience of small-group or bedside teaching for medical students.
  • Evidence of excellent student feedback from prior teaching.
  • Formal teaching qualification or attendance at medical education courses.
  • Experience in designing or delivering structured teaching programmes.
  • Experience in giving effective feedback.
  • Evidence of leadership, research, or quality improvement experience, with potential to involve medical students.

Green Templeton welcomes applications from people from all sections of the community and are particularly encouraging those from diverse groups, such as LGBTQ+ and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates, who currently are under-represented in the college staff team.

For more information on the Teaching Associate role at Green Templeton College, please see the college’s Teaching Associates information page.

Recruitment timetable and how to apply

Please submit the following to hr@gtc.ox.ac.uk by Friday 24 October 2025 at 12:00.

Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their application by 7 November 2025.

Data Protection

All data supplied by applicants will be used only for the purposes of determining their suitability for the post, and will be held in accordance with the principles of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the College’s Data Protection Policy.