Clinical Senior Lecturer-Head of Year 5

We are a world class research-intensive university. We deliver teaching and learning of the highest quality. We play a leading role in economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. Attracting and retaining high-calibre people is fundamental to our continued success.

The Role
Accountable to the Director of Education-Clinical and Head of School, based in the School of Medicine (Faculty of Medical Sciences), to provide clinical and academic leadership to the MBBS programme whether delivered in Newcastle, across the Regional Medical School and in NUMed Malaysia. The postholder will be a member of the Board of Medical Studies, responsible for a key area of MBBS leadership, working under the direction of the Director of Education-Clinical and Head of School, as well as the Director of Education- Academic.

This is an exciting time to join the MBBS Senior Team as it embarks on a refreshed programme strategy to deliver a distinctive Newcastle medical degree that prepares our graduates to meet the challenges of the future. You will be joining a welcoming cohesive team that is supportive and constantly seeking to innovate and improve. In recent years we have introduced important initiatives such as Programmatic Assessment, Longitudinal Integrated Placements, Citizenship schemes and a Patients as Partners Programme.

The post is for four sessions to recognise the substantial nature of the role, and applications are welcome from clinicians from a variety of professional backgrounds. Clinical academic postholders must maintain a minimum of 4 clinical sessions to retain clinical credibility.

The University has developed a Teaching and Scholarship Role Profiles document which summarises the range of activities that colleagues may be expected to perform.

Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Andrea Myers andrea.myers@newcastle.ac.uk or Professor Paul Paes: paul.paes@newcastle.ac.uk.

For more information about the School of Medicine please visit: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medicine.

For more information about the Faculty of Medical Sciences please visit: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences.

The post is part-time at 0.40 FTE

This advert is for a postholder to start with the portfolio of Head of Year 5.

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