Academic Lead - T Year (MBBS Programme)

Salary

Academic £51,753; or Clinical Academic £52,656 pro rata, per annum (0.2 FTE)

City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution. The combined university is now one of the largest higher education destinations for London students, combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology. Our students are at the heart of everything that we do, and we are committed to supporting them to pursue their career and personal ambitions.

Our research is engaged, at the frontier of practice and has a positive impact on the world around us.

Responsibilities

• Provide academic leadership of T Year, ensuring high-quality delivery across teaching, clinical attachments and placement learning
• Chair the T Year Committee and the exceptional circumstances panel for T Year, and contribute to relevant governance structures
• Oversee coordination and quality assurance of T Year teaching and clinical placement learning, working closely with clinical attachment leads, module leads and teaching teams
• Ensure students are supported to move safely and effectively from clinical sciences learning into the clinical practice environment
• Support students to develop confidence in clinical environments, apply clinical knowledge to patient care contexts, and develop clinical reasoning and professional behaviours appropriate to their stage of training
• Support and manage students in difficulty, working with the professionalism team, Programme Director and relevant support services where appropriate
• Contribute to assessment and progression processes, including attendance at examination boards for main and resit examinations
• Engage with T Year student representatives, maintain oversight of studen t experience and feedback, and attend the Student Support Committee where relevant
• Lead continuous quality improvement of T Year through review of student feedback, placement evaluations and educational outcomes, and contribute to annual programme evaluation and national reports as required
• Attend or provide reports to relevant programme committees, including Course Committee, and work collaboratively with the MBBS Programme Director, Quality Assurance Lead, Deputy Academic Lead for T Year, clinical attachment leads, assessment colleagues and the MBBS administrative team

Person Specification

The role would suit an academic or clinical academic with experience of undergraduate medical education, a strong understanding of clinical placement learning, student support and assessment, and an interest in academic leadership within the MBBS programme. Applicants should have experience of clinical teaching and a clear understanding of the needs of students entering the clinical practice phase.


Closing date for applications: 28th November 2026 at 11:59pm

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