Lecturer (A) in General Practice (0.4 FTE)

Applications are invited for an appointment as Lecturer in General Practice, on a part-time (0.4 FTE),  specific purpose contract in the School of Medicine, University of Galway. This post will provide cover while the substantive post holder undertakes a leadership role in the college. Applicants interested in a 0.2 FTE will be considered, this post may be filled by two 0.2 FTE post holders.

We are looking for a talented general practitioner educator to play a key role in the delivery of GP education in our medical degree programmes. 

The post is open for applications from qualified General Practitioners with MICGP or equivalent.  Applicants should have excellent leadership, communication and organisational skills, with a strong track record in medical student teaching, clinical placements and assessment.  Applicants should ideally have research and publication experience. 

The successful post holder will lead discrete aspects of the design, delivery, assessment and evaluation of the Discipline of General Practice’s current undergraduate curriculum and future educational programmes.  They will contribute to the participation of the Discipline of General Practice in the planned new direct entry medical curriculum (‘G31’) and Graduate Entry Medical program (‘GEMS’).  They will provide academic mentoring and pastoral support to students. 

The post holder will participate in research, and scholarly activity in primary care education, clinical or health services research fields. As an active member of the Discipline of GP, the post holder will contribute to the administration of General Practice educational offerings, including clinical placements in the community.  They will support the engagement, quality assurance and faculty development of General Practitioners who take University of Galway medical students on placement.  

For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Maureen Kelly at: maureen.kelly@universityofgalway.ie  or +353 (0) 91 493524.   

Additional information is available at: College of Medicine & Health - University of Galway or  Discipline of General Practice - University of Galway

Salary: €65,552 to €104,573 pro rata p.a (applicable to new entrants effective from January, 2011)

This appointment will be made on the 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 27^th August 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 are unable to apply for a work permits for part-time roles where the hours of work per week are less than 20 hours (0.512FTE). Further 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.

Further details are available at www.dbei.ie

University of Galway is an equal opportunities employer.

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