KMMS-090-26 - Senior Lecturer and Module Lead for Year 3

Are you passionate about high-quality teaching and learning? Would you be interested in an opportunity to contribute and influence strategic development of the Kent and Medway Medical School Programmes for year 3? If so, this may be an opportunity for you.

For the successful candidate, the school will consider benchmarking to the NHS pay scale appropriate to the successful candidate's clinical discipline and level in clinical practice. This is to be discussed as part of the interview process.

We are seeking an inspirational educator and role model to make a major contribution to teaching and the design, delivery and evaluation of clinical placements in the pivotal Year 3 of the School's undergraduate medicine programme. The post holder will ensure alignment of teaching with Year 3 learning objectives. The role will engage with placement providers to ensure equivalent learning experience, consistent high quality of Year 3 teaching, and will seek improvements by reflecting on placement design teaching methods and student and provider feedback to enhance Year 3 provision.

Role Overview

As Senior Lecturer and Module Lead for Year 3, you can expect to be involved in:

• Delivering and contributing to the design of high-quality, demand-driven, and student-centred taught programmes as a member of the teaching team.
• Working with the Academic Lead for Year 3 to manage the teaching, evaluation and development of Year 3 of the BM BS programme.
• Collaborating with undergraduate faculty across placement providers to ensure parity in placement planning, design and delivery.
• Using experience of current clinical practice to engage in quality assurance activity which will include visits to placement providers, regular communication with trust partners, attendance at placement based mid and end of module fora, review of feedback from both students and placement faculty and evaluation of pertinent assessment data.

What will you bring to the role?

• A primary medical qualification and full registration with the GMC, with a current licence to practise.
• Current entry on the GMC General Practice Register with a Certificate of Completion of training (CCT) or equivalent.
• In current clinical practice and commitment to remain in clinical practice for the duration of the KMMS contract.
• Fellowship/Membership of an appropriate Royal College.
• Academic credibility with a track record of excellence in teaching.

What we can offer in return

As a member of our team, you can expect a friendly, open, and collaborative working environment and support in your development and wellbeing. You'll enjoy a range of great staff benefits including:

• 43 days' leave per year (personal leave, bank holidays and additional days allocated for the Christmas period, pro rata for part time staff).
• Excellent pension scheme with generous employer contributions.
• Corporate employee funded healthcare plan, in partnership with Benenden Health.

For more information about what you can look forward to if you join us, visit our dedicated webpage: Working at Kent.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and the core values of KMMS. We also welcome applications from individuals who wish to work less than full time.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under represented at this level in this area.

Occasionally we may need to close a vacancy before the published deadline due to a high number of applications being received, therefore we strongly advise you to submit your application as soon as possible. (All vacancies will be open for at least one week.)

PLEASE NOTE: We prioritise applications from current University of Kent redeployees. We will let you know if this post is to be filled by a redeployee as, in this instance, your application will unfortunately not be taken forward.

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Applications must be made via the University's online application system; CVs or details sent directly to the department or via email cannot be considered.

Please see the links below to view the full job description and to apply for this post. For further information regarding the application process, please contact quoting reference number KMMS-090-26.

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