Clinical Leadership & Management Lead at St George’s, University of London

Applications are sought for this new role, which represents an excellent opportunity for an academic to join the MBBS team in a leadership role, and make a key contribution to the training of future doctors. 

The appointee will academically lead, plan operationalise and contribute to the ongoing development and delivery of a longitudinal curriculum and assessment programme for clinical leadership and management, through the SGUL MBBS Curriculum. This will be achieved in consultation with the MBBS leadership team, and with the support of the relevant Year Leads, Module leads and the program administration team.   

The MBBS Programme at St George’s currently admits approximately 280 students annually. This includes typically 184 MBBS5 students (5 years, largely school leaver stream, including 19 of whom are international, but also including up to 30% graduates) and 70 MBBS4 students (graduate entry 4-year course). The bulk of the content in the clinical science years (MBBS 5 years 1-2 and MBBS4 Year 1) is on basic clinical sciences, though all also include some early clinical experience, including clinical and communication skills training in preparation for students then merging for the remaining 3 clinical practice years of the curriculum (T-F), when they are also joined by ~25 students who have completed the Biomedical Sciences BSc and enter at T year.  

Further information about our curriculum and approach to learning and teaching is available in our curriculum brochure on the website 

Appointment 

The appointee will be a Clinician (Consultant or GP), Clinical Academic (Clinical Lecturer or above) or Senior Allied Health Professional with appropriate experience who has an excellent understanding and experience of leadership within UK healthcare systems, and the role of doctors play within this. The appointee should have appropriate teaching/training experience of health care student and/or professionals in this area, and will need to be familiar with the relevant  GMC outcomes for graduates, specifically in relation to the medical leadership and management area of the MBBS curriculum. 

The post holder will be based in The Institute of Medical and Biomedical Education (IMBE) or encouraged to apply for joint affiliation. The role is supported by an experienced administrative and academic team, and other post holders contributing to the MBBS course as required. Throughout this role descriptor, the term clinical leadership is used to indicate leadership within healthcare professional settings.  

The appointment will be for a fixed period of two years. The need for, and potential funding for this role as an ongoing post will be reviewed prior to end of contract in part informed by any demonstrable outcomes from this role. The appointee will also be supported to achieve any education related training needs. 

For further information about this position and to apply, click the ‘Apply’ button above.

We welcome and encourage applications from underrepresented groups, especially from people with disabilities and/or people from ethnic minority backgrounds.

Flexible working, including part-time or reduced hours of work, opportunities to work from home for many posts, compressed hours and local flexibility in agreeing start and finish times of work are among the extra benefits offered by St George’s, University of London.

Please quote reference: 415-23       

Closing date: 7 July 2023

Interview date: 17 July 2023 (to be confirmed)

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