Clinical Associate Professor - Academic Lead for Primary Care (Fixed term, Multiple positions)

About the role

The School of Medicine, University of Nottingham School of Medicine is seeking two new roles as Academic Leads for Primary Care (Lincoln) to join the medical education faculty at Lincoln Medical School, a collaborative initiative between the Universities of Nottingham and Lincoln. These are a 0.3 FTE role and can be worked flexibly.

Working closely with Primary Care academic leads in Nottingham, you will coordinate the delivery of clinical teaching for University of Nottingham medical students during their primary care attachments in Lincolnshire, whilst based at Lincoln Medical School (LMS). As LMS develops an independent medical curriculum, you will lead innovations in curriculum design, teaching, learning, and assessment within primary care. It is proposed that one of these roles will focus predominantly on curriculum development, whilst the other will take the lead on quality assurance of local primary care practices. 

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Academic Attachment Lead for Primary Care (Nottingham) to define learning outcomes and oversee curriculum content.
• Align the Medicine curriculum with national frameworks, including the GMC’s Outcomes for Graduates (2018), Practical Skills and Procedures (2023), and the Medical Licensing Assessment.
• Standardise teaching across partner NHS sites and contribute to assessments including acting as an examiner in clinical and professional skills assessment and providing feedback to students on their academic performance.
• Play a pivotal role in designing and implementing LMS's independent medical curriculum and attend and support the CPD sessions for Lincoln clinical educators.
• Ensure the delivery of high-quality medical education across Lincolnshire, ensuring parity of student experience with other University of Nottingham sites.
• Develop a strategy for quality management in primary, ensuring compliance with GMC standards as LMS transitions to full independence.
• Contribute to and advise on the development of a primary care curriculum for the new curriculum for an independent Lincoln Medical School.

What next

Further information is available in the role profile. To apply for this vacancy please click ‘Apply Now’ to complete your details.

These two posts are available until 31 May 2030. Your working hours will be part-time, 12 hours per week. Job share arrangements may be considered. Requests for secondment from internal candidates may be considered on the basis that prior agreement has been sought from both your current line manager and the manager of your substantive post, if you are already undertaking a secondment role.

Please contact David O’Brien, David.O'Brien@nottingham.ac.uk , if you have further questions about this role. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

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