Director of Undergraduate Medicine

Job Category / Type – Clinical Academic

Contractual Hours – 0.6fte to 0.8fte by agreement

Package – Pro-rata of 35 days annual leave plus bank holidays and University closure days

Professorial title available for suitably qualified applicant

Since 1850, St Mary’s mission has been to provide a high quality academic and professional environment, inspired by its distinctive ethos and values. The University is an inclusive academic community, where everybody is welcomed.

St Mary’s provides an inspiring and welcoming environment and has a strong, supportive community. The University is proud of the support it gives to its students, and the support is underpinned by the provision of teaching that is student focused with a strong emphasis on skills, values and character development.

St Mary’s is an established provider of health sciences, bioethics, and education, ranking top 5 for teaching quality and top 10 for student experience in the UK.

We are seeking an academic leader, Director of Undergraduate Medicine, to join an exciting new beginning, a School of Medicine (SoM) that is transforming medical education, developing academically and purpose driven doctors who lead by example, and change our world for the better. The School of Medicine will become an internationally recognised centre with established expertise and resources. At both undergraduate and postgraduate level, we are committed to offering vocationally relevant programmes of study with the highest academic standards.

The Director is responsible for our new MBBS Programme and will drive forward further development of medical education within the SoM. This is a key strategic leadership role and the post provides an exciting opportunity to make a major contribution to the University and field of medical education at a critical time in its development. The post holder will be responsible for the overall development, delivery and quality assurance of the MBBS programme.

Leading a cohesive values-led programme team, and liaison with professional bodies such as the GMC and local education providers will be a key aspect of the role.

The post holder will be a practising and experienced clinician, with extensive experience of UK medical education and the associated governance and quality assurance of an undergraduate medical programme. They will be expected to promote, develop and support pedagogic research and ensure research informed teaching and curriculum design. We would expect the postholder to be medically qualified, clinically active and registered with the GMC with a full licence to practise. An appointment would be made at between 0.6fte and 0.8fte to facilitate the continuation of clinical practice.

For informal enquiries, please contact:

The Executive Dean of Medicine, Professor Sonia Kumar: sonia.kumar@stmarys.ac.uk.

Overview

As the University builds on its proud heritage, we are looking for exceptional people to help shape our future. We provide a high-quality professional environment, inspired by our distinctive ethos and Catholic mission and values. Our values of excellence, generosity of spirit, inclusiveness and respect inspire us to create an academic community in which everybody is welcomed and which puts the student at the centre of all our endeavours.

St Mary’s University is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. 

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