Clinical Reader and Honorary Consultant in Medical Education and Head of MBBS Year 5

About the Role

We are seeking to appoint to the post of Clinical Reader in Medical Education based at the Institute of Health Sciences Education within Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. This post comes with a role as the Head of Year 5 MBBS.

The post is advertised with 0.6FTE available for Head of Year 5 role and 0.2FTE for clinical activity. This post is offered as an indefinite contract with an expected start date of August 2026.

About You

The successful candidate will be critical to the effective delivery of MBBS as the holder will be responsible for supporting the transition of MBBS students from Year 4 to Year 5 MBBS, and then from Year 5 MBBS in the clinical workplace as foundation Year 1 doctors in the NHS. They will lead and manage the MBBS curriculum in the student assistantship placements in partnership with placement providers and develop key strategic relationships with our NHS partners, in particular undergraduate teaching leads across North and East London.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

One of six Institutes forming the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, the Institute for Health Sciences Education (IHSE) is responsible for the delivery of the Faculty’s medical degree programmes. Together with partner hospitals and primary care practices, we provide an innovative, forward-thinking, and responsive curriculum to our passionate, diverse student body.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

The post is based at the Whitechapel Campus in London with hybrid working. Salary will be at the appropriate Clinical Consultant grade/ or GP equivalent.

Please apply via the ‘Apply’ button above.

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