Clinical Associate Professor in Medical Education and Director of Professionalism (Part Time)

The Director of Professionalism will embed professionalism teaching, learning and assessment into the BMBS Medicine course, across Nottingham and Derby, and for any students in Lincoln who are registered with the University of Nottingham. They will ensure the longitudinal management and remediation of students who demonstrate attitudes and/or behaviours which give rise to professionalism concerns.

Professionalism is at the heart of the ethos of a doctor. It is vital that we graduate students who are aware of their professional responsibilities and who practice in a way that their patients will expect. The GMC’s guidance on professional values states that basic medical training gives students the opportunity to learn professional behaviour in a supervised environment that is safe for patients. It is also an opportunity for medical schools to identify types of behaviour that are not safe, and to take appropriate action to help students to improve their behaviour. 

The Director of Professionalism will have oversight of the ‘Professional Values and Behaviours’ component of the BMBS Medicine course in Nottingham and Derby and for any students in Lincoln who are registered with the University of Nottingham. The school has established a Professional Values and Behaviours Committee’ (PVBC) to manage the ‘Professional Values and Behaviours’ component of the curriculum. The PVBC also has oversight of the ‘intervention form’ process, which is the main means by which potential professionalism concerns related to students are reported to the school. Any potential professionalism concern not immediately reaching the threshold for entry to the fitness to practise process, is initially investigated through a meeting between the student concerned and one of the professionalism team. These student cases are then discussed by members of the PVBC, who determine an outcome. The main ethos for this process is the educational development of a student’s professionalism, rather than an adversarial disciplinary process.

This is a permanent, part time position (8 hours per week).

Informal enquiries may be addressed to claire.sharpe@nottingham.ac.uk. Please note, applications sent directly to this email will not be accepted.

It is a condition of this post that satisfactory enhanced disclosure is obtained from the 'Disclosure and Barring Service'.

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