Teaching at Green Templeton
Teaching Associates (TAs) – Overview
Green Templeton College appoints around 30 Teaching Associates (TAs) to provide bedside teaching for small groups of 4th- or 6th-year medical students in Oxford. Each TA teaches ~1 hour per week in small groups.
Most TAs choose to remain in post, so there are usually fewer than 10 vacancies each year.
In addition to Oxford’s teaching hospitals, we recruit a smaller number of TAs at the following District General Hospitals, who provide bedside teaching to students when they are on rotation:
- Great Western Hospital in Swindon
- Milton Keynes University Hospital
- Northampton General Hospital
- Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading
- Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury
- Wexham Park Hospital in Slough
We also appoint a number of speciality Teaching Associates, who provide a combination of online and college-based tutorials for 5th-year students in the following specialities:
- Emergency Medicine
- ENT
- General Practice
- Neurology
- Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Ophthalmology
- Palliative Care
- Paediatrics
- Psychiatry
- Rheumatology
- Trauma & Orthopaedics
Expectations of TAs
- Deliver weekly bedside or tutorial teaching
- Support occasional evening seminars (e.g. mock OSCE circuits)
- Ensure teaching does not clash with timetabled medical school or patient care — most sessions run after 17:00 or occasionally at weekends.
Additional Opportunities
Some TAs deliver classroom-based teaching only (e.g. pre-clinical science, ethics, or evidence-based medicine for 1st-year graduate-entry students). Please indicate if this is of interest in your application. We also appoint a small number of academic TAs to support student research projects and our academic matching scheme.
Ad Hoc Teaching – ‘Teaching Helpers’
Doctors who cannot commit to a TA role may join as Teaching Helpers. They provide occasional seminars or assist with evening seminars which require multiple tutors. This may include helping with OSCE circuits, fundoscopy practice, ECG teaching, history-taking or Specialist Foundation Post practice interviews. While these Teaching Helpers do not have any formal status at the College they are invited to some social events and academic seminars, and they may become TAs at a later stage if circumstances permit.
Recruitment
Teaching associates are recruited twice annually. Benefits of being a Teaching Associate
Appointment cycles
- July (Years 5 & 6) – apply by 1 June at 00:00
- January (Year 4) – apply by 1 December at 00:00
Eligibility
- Specification for Teaching Associates
- Applicants must hold an honorary or NHS contract that allows clinical teaching
- Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK (even though post is unpaid)
Who can apply
- Most TAs are core or specialty trainees, but all grades of doctor are considered
- Standard appointment is 12 months (minimum 6 months)
- Contracts may be renewed with positive student feedback
Selection includes a short 15-minute interview with the appointing Doll Fellow
Applications
To apply please send:
- An up-to-date CV
- Details of future clinical rotations/activities
- Email with subject line: “Apply to Teach at Green Templeton”
- Applications should be sent to trent.allen@gtc.ox.ac.uk and emily.morris@gtc.ox.ac.uk
Applicants will be notified by the end of June or December (depending on the application window).
Inclusion and Diversity
Green Templeton welcomes applications from all sections of the community and especially encourages applications from LGBTQ+ and Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic candidates.
Contact
For queries, please email:
Dr Trent Allen and Dr Emily Morris
Lead Doll Fellows for Teaching Associate Recruitment
trent.allen@gtc.ox.ac.uk and emily.morris@gtc.ox.ac.uk
