Senior Lecturer in Medical Education (0.4FTE)

The Discipline of Medical Education (DME) is one of 14 academic disciplines in the School of Medicine. It comprises staff with a specialist interest in Medical Education, who come from a diverse range of clinical and non-clinical backgrounds.

Medicine has been taught at University of Galway for 175 years and the School of Medicine has a long tradition of clinical education. Under the leadership of Prof. Rosemary Geoghegan, the staff of the DME contribute to and support the Undergraduate Medical Programme in the areas of leadership (programme and module), curriculum development, quality assurance, faculty training in teaching and assessment methodologies and evaluation

The DME offers postgraduate programmes. Staff also contribute to  their delivery and assessment, including supervision of masters students conducting research in Health Professions’ Education. The DME is building its doctoral and post -doctoral research capacity.

We are seeking to appoint a new senior member of staff to join the Discipline of Medical Education at an exciting time when both health care and health-professions education is evolving and changing.

This post is suitable for an experienced medical educator, with leadership experience, who is also a registered medical practitioner. The post holder will take a leadership role in implementation of the revised Undergraduate Medical Programme. They will additionally contribute to the programme delivery and to the life of DME, through their research and community contribution .

The post is a 0.4FTE permanent post.  

For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Rosemary Geoghegan, Head of Discipline of  Medical Education. Email rosemary.geoghegan@universityofgalway.ie

Additional information on the School of Medicine is available at: https://www.universityofgalway.ie/medicine-nursing-and-health-sciences/medicine/

Information on the University's Strategic Plan is available at:  Strategy - University of Galway

Salary: € 83,861 to € 118,841 pro rata per annum (applicable to new entrants effective from January 2011)

This appointment will be made on the Senior Lecturer scale in line with current Government pay policy and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the University’s Remuneration policy. QA321-Updated-PP-Remuneration.pdf (universityofgalway.ie)

Closing date for receipt of applications is 17:00 (Irish Time) on Friday, 23^rd January 2026.  It will not be possible to consider applications received after the closing date.

Garda vetting will apply.

Appointments will be conditional on work authorisation validation. Further details are available at www.dbei.ie. Please note that unfortunately we would be unable to apply for a work permit for this part time role due to the fact this position is less than 20 hours per week. The information regarding the minimum number of hours per week for an employment permit can be found here: - Employment Permits FAQs (enterprise.gov.ie) under section 5.6.

Please see further information on how to apply here: E-Recruit - University of Galway and Guidelines for On-line Applications (universityofgalway.ie)

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