Area
Medicine
Location
University Park
Salary
£105,504 to £139,882 per annum pro-rata depending on skills and experience. Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance.
Closing Date
Monday 21 July 2025
Reference
MED181825
Applications are invited for the above post based at the Medical School, Lincoln.
About the role
The School of Medicine, University of Nottingham School of Medicine is seeking a new Academic Lead for Medicine (Lincoln) to join the medical education faculty at Lincoln Medical School, a collaborative initiative between the Universities of Nottingham and Lincoln. This is a 0.3 FTE role and can be worked flexibly.
Working closely with the medical sub-specialty leads at Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG), you will coordinate the delivery of clinical teaching for University of Nottingham medical students during their Medicine attachments based at Lincoln Medical School (LMS). As LMS develops its independent medical curriculum, you will lead innovations in curriculum design, teaching, learning, and assessment within Medicine.
Key responsibilities:
• Collaborate with the Academic Attachment Lead for Medicine (Nottingham) to define learning outcomes and oversee curriculum content.
• Align the Medicine curriculum with national frameworks, including the GMC’s Outcomes for Graduates (2018), Practical Skills and Procedures (2023), and the Medical Licensing Assessment.
• Standardise teaching across partner NHS sites and contribute to assessments including acting as an examiner in clinical and professional skills assessment and providing feedback to students on their academic performance.
• Play a pivotal role in designing and implementing LMS's independent medical curriculum and attend and support the CPD sessions for Lincoln clinical educators.
• Ensure the delivery of high-quality medical education across Lincolnshire, ensuring parity of student experience with other University of Nottingham sites.
• Develop a strategy for quality management in Medicine, ensuring compliance with GMC standards as LMS transitions to full independence
About the team
Lincoln Medical School (LMS) welcomed its first cohort of 80 students in September 2019, with the inaugural class graduating in 2024, earning a BMBS degree from the University of Nottingham. As LMS progresses toward full independence, the coming years will be a pivotal period of transformation and innovation, focused on delivering high-quality medical education and ensuring an exceptional learning experience for its students
About you
You will have an MBBS or equivalent; CCT in General Internal Medicine or a medical sub-specialty OR Eligible for such CCT within 6 months at interview date; a recognised HEA teaching qualification, at least, to Associate Fellowship of Advance HE or recognised equivalent.
You should hold a Membership/Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and a PhD or equivalent in a medical specialty or medical education OR have equivalent extensive professional/teaching/research experience.
You will have skills in Teaching and Learning including experience of undergraduate medical student teaching using different formats; excellent oral and written communication skills; a strong team-player with influencing skills, have the ability to delegate appropriately and work independently as well as in a team; have a proven record of excellence in undergraduate and/or graduate teaching; evidence of innovation in curriculum development, course design and course delivery; commitment of delivery of quality services to students; and have a proven record of promoting and maintaining collaborative links with key partners e.g. NHS, NHS(Education), GMC.
What we offer
- A friendly, diverse, and supportive working environment
- A hybrid working arrangement with the blended approach of home and office working each week
- Generous holiday entitlement of 30 days (or pro rata) plus standard bank holidays and five university closure days including closure between Christmas and New Year.
- Our reward scheme grants bonuses of numerous values for excellent work
- We are committed to staff development through the provision of training, continued support, and career progression opportunities
- You will have access to a range of benefits and rewards, including fitness and health facilities, staff discounts, travel schemes and many more. To find out more about what we can offer you, follow the link to our benefits website
This is a fixed term post until 31 May 2030. This role is part time, 12 hours per week.
Please contact David O’Brien, David.O'[email protected], if you have further questions about this role. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.
It is a condition of this post that satisfactory enhanced disclosure is obtained from the 'Disclosure and Barring Service'.
Further details:
Our university is a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs – indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus. Visit our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion website.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) employer. Increasing the diversity of our community is extremely important to us and we are committed to the aims of Disability Confident Scheme.
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Your application will be considered on an equal basis, subject to the relevant permission to work in the UK as set out by UK Visas & Immigration.
