Assistant Professor in Anatomy Ref: 40446 (Fixed Term Maternity Cover)

Assistant Professor in Anatomy Ref: 40446 (Fixed Term Maternity Cover) Location

Brighton, UK

Hours

Full-time considered up to a maximum of 1.0 FTE (37.5 hours) Requests for flexible working options will be considered (subject to business need).

Grade 7 starting at £38,249 to £45,413 per annum, pro rata if part time.

Contract Type

Fixed Term Contract

About the role

Applications are invited to join the Anatomy team at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. The individual will be joining an award-winning team that teach 3,000 students a year and deliver outstanding anatomical education to a range of programmes including, allied-heath, medicine and higher surgical training.

Applicants should have experience in the teaching of Anatomy. The successful applicant will be student focused and required to contribute to any area of teaching including the delivery of lectures, leading or assisting with practical dissecting room sessions, leading or assisting with ultrasound sessions, and in the setting and marking of assessment.

In addition, they will be required to teach on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses with a requirement to participate in generation of student course material including the production of prosections.

About you

Ideally, you will have a postgraduate qualification in human anatomical science with hands-on experience in full-body human dissection. You will use strong interpersonal and communication skills, and the ability to engage students to deliver high-quality anatomical education to diverse audiences through varied teaching methods.

Experience in undergraduate teaching is essential, along with the ability to work independently and collaboratively. You should be innovative, with strong problem-solving, organisational, and administrative skills, capable of prioritising tasks and meeting deadlines.

You should have experience working under the Human Tissue Authority or other relevant body concerning health and safety regulations around the use of human donors in anatomy education.

About our School

Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) is an equal partnership between the Universities of Sussex and Brighton together with NHS organisations throughout the South-East Region.BSMS is committed to inclusivity, sustainability, medical education in a multi-professional context, and promoting the highest possible standards in our teaching, clinical practice and research (ranging from early translational to applied).

Working together, our Academics, Technicians and Professional Services staff co-ordinate the passionate delivery of teaching and research, allowing us to remain one of the leading choices of medical schools in the UK. Our staff are multiskilled and work across varied teams, which are diverse, experienced and dedicated.

Our object as a School is to strive for excellence in education, training and research allowing us to support all in a constantly changing healthcare sector. We work to create a nurturing and supportive environment in which our staff and our students can succeed and thrive.

Our medical research has developed a strong reputation for making a real impact locally, nationally and internationally.

Ultimately, our research aims to:

• answer fundamental biomedical and clinical questions

• deliver more personalised healthcare to patients.

Our university is situated off the A27, next to the beautiful South Downs where you will enjoy everything that our 150-acre campus has to offer. We are accessible by public transport; Falmer train station is a five-minute walk to campus and several bus stops are located within campus. We also have dedicated cycling paths and encourage our staff to use these with our offering of a cycle to work scheme.

Sussex is a renowned, multi-accredited, research-led International University and this is only possible because of the people that work here. Whether you are a member of Faculty, part of a Professional Services team or a Student, it's our people that make us great and we want you to be part of that.

The University is committed to equality and valuing diversity, and applications are particularly welcomed from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine and Mathematics (STEMM) at Sussex.

The University of Sussex values the diversity of its staff and students, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

The University requires that work undertaken for the University is performed in the UK.

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If you are experiencing any issues using our application portal or if you require adjustments to be made to the selection process, please contact us on 873743 or to discuss your requirements.