Deputy Lead for Student Welfare (Fixed Term) (0.3 FTE)

The Deputy Lead for Student Welfare works alongside other individuals and groups concerned with the welfare and pastoral support of students, including the Clinical Sub-Dean for Welfare, College tutorial teams and College Clinical Directors of Studies, the Medical and Veterinary Students Progress Panel, the University Occupational Health Service, the Clinical Student Mental Health Service and the University Access and Disability Resource Centre. You will interact directly with clinical medical students from the three programmes (the Standard Clinical Course, the Cambridge Graduate Course in Medicine and the MBPhD Programme).

Welfare support is provided in partnership with several organisations: Cambridge Colleges, the University Mental Health Service, the Clinical Student Mental Health Service, NHS and Occupational Health.  The sub-dean works with a 4PA Sub-Dean (Welfare) and a dedicated welfare admin team.

The role is based in the Education Division Offices of the Clinical School.  The majority of work will be face-face.  The weekly time commitment is 3 programmed activities per week (0.3 FTE / 3 PA per week).  This will be paid at the appropriate rate with respect to seniority and the postholder will be employed either through secondment from their NHS trust (NHS consultants) or a fractional contract with the university (GPs). The candidate should be working as a consultant or fully-trained GP within the Eastern region. All candidates for the post should hold full GMC registration and a license to practice. 

The postholder will report to Dr Ruwani Siriwardena, current Deputy Lead for Student Welfare, who will be Welfare Sub-dean from 1 April 2026.  For further information, interested candidates should contact Dr Siriwardena on rs983@medschl.cam.ac.uk.

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 3 years in the first instance.

This appointment requires an Honorary Clinical Contract.

Please ensure that you upload a covering letter and CV in the Upload section of the online application. Candidates will be scored directly on the selection criteria for both shortlisting and final appointment decision.  The covering letter should outline how you match all criteria for the post and why you are applying for this role. If you upload any additional documents that have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application.

Please include details of your referees, including e-mail address and phone number, one of which must be your most recent line manager.

Closing date for all applications in the Sunday 15 February 2026, with interviews being confirmed soon after.

Please quote reference RA48711 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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