Location: Canterbury
Salary: £51,799 to £58,279 per annum
Grade: Grade 9
Post Type: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Release Date: Wednesday 25 May 2022
Closing Date: 23.59 hours BST on Tuesday 14 June 2022 (unless otherwise stated)
Interview Date: Thursday 30 June 2022
Reference: KMMS-123-22

This is your chance to join Kent and Medway Medical School (KMMS) in pioneering a new era of responsive, student-centred medical education.

We are seeking an inspirational educator and role model to contribute to teaching primarily across years one, two and three of the School’s undergraduate medicine programme. At this time we are particularly keen to recruit additional colleagues with expertise in biomedical sciences, particularly pathology, or in patient safety, human factors, quality improvement or healthcare leadership management, but applications from any discipline relevant to undergraduate medical education will be considered.

KMMS has been created to be a beacon for first-class medical education and research. KMMS opened to its first cohort of 108 pioneer students in September 2020 and brings together the resources of the University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University, our whole ethos is one of partnership.

As Senior Lecturer, you will make a major contribution to the development of the KMMS undergraduate medical programme, introducing teaching innovation to the development and delivery of undergraduate medical education, undertaking leadership roles within the School and delivering high quality teaching to the next generation of medical professionals.

We expect you to be suitably qualified with significant evidence of contemporary expertise in curriculum delivery and evaluation in undergraduate clinical, healthcare and/or medical education. To make your mark in this important role, you must have a healthy attitude to change and new challenges, plus a co-operative approach that matches our own. 

As Senior Lecturer BMBS you will:

teach as a member of a team and deliver high quality undergraduate level learning and teaching activities
collaborate with colleagues in the School on course development, delivery and assessment, taking on appropriate management and administrative responsibilities
supervise the work of students, provide advice on study skills and help them with learning problems
undertake leadership roles within the School 
To succeed in this role you will have:

a higher degree or equivalent qualification in a related field, or equivalent experience, or Membership or Fellowship of a Royal college, or equivalent
experience of teaching Clinical and Healthcare Professional learners or students in a clinical setting
a sound understanding of quality assurance and enhancement issues
a proven ability to work co-operatively and collaboratively with colleagues and contribute to multi-disciplinary projects
KMMS brings together the existing centres of excellence in health and medical education provided by the University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University and local healthcare organisations, to offer a new model of person-centred medical education.

Please see the links below for the full job description and to apply for this post. For further information regarding the application process please contact the Human Resources team on NATSHR@kent.ac.uk quoting reference number KMMS-123-22.