Clinical Professor in Primary Care Education and Head of Primary Care Education

About the Role

We are seeking a GP and visionary leader to join our award-winning and dedicated team of academic educators. This is an exceptional opportunity to shape the future of medical education and make a lasting impact on the next generation of doctors.

Leading the Community Based Medical Education senior team, the Head of Primary Care Education is a key member of the Institute of Health Sciences Education (IHSE) leadership team. 

In this high-profile role, you’ll:

• Lead the development and delivery of primary care education across all years of our medical degree programmes
• Work closely with national bodies and internal leaders to set strategy and drive innovation
• Support and grow our dedicated network of GP tutors
• Play a central role in shaping education aligned with the GMC’s professional capabilities framework
• Influence policy, business planning, and national developments in primary care education

This role combines strategic leadership, national collaboration, and hands-on educational innovation - ideal for someone passionate about shaping the future of primary care education.

The post is based at our Whitechapel Campus in London and is part-time (0.6 FTE). The post is a permanent Clinical Professor in Primary Care Education with the Head of Primary Care Education an addendum role for an initial period of 3 years. Further details in the job pack.

About You

You will be ready to step into a role where your clinical insight and educational drive can make a wide-reaching difference. You must hold a medical degree, MRCGP, and have recent GP experience. You will require a proactive awareness of the national agenda for primary care delivery and workforce expansion together will involvement in local leadership initiatives. An excellent understanding of the roles of Higher Education England, the Society of Academic Primary Care and the Royal College of General Practitioners in the innovation and funding of primary care education is essential. 

About the Institute

One of six Institutes forming the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, IHSE is responsible for the delivery of the faculty’s medical degree programmes. Together with partner hospitals and primary care practices, we provide an innovative, forward-thinking, and responsive curriculum to our passionate, diverse student body.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Role will close 27th July 2025 and outcomes provided shortly after this. To accommodate candidates' potential summer holidays, interviews are scheduled for early September.

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