Area
Education Centre
Location
UK Other
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
Thursday 31 July 2025
Reference
MED186825
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 two new roles as Academic Leads for Primary Care (Lincoln) to join the medical education faculty at Lincoln Medical School, a collaborative initiative between the Universities of Nottingham and Lincoln. These are a 0.3 FTE role and can be worked flexibly.
Working closely with Primary Care academic leads in Nottingham, you will coordinate the delivery of clinical teaching for University of Nottingham medical students during their primary care attachments in Lincolnshire, whilst based at Lincoln Medical School (LMS). As LMS develops an independent medical curriculum, you will lead innovations in curriculum design, teaching, learning, and assessment within primary care. It is proposed that one of these roles will focus predominantly on curriculum development, whilst the other will take the lead on quality assurance of local primary care practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the Academic Attachment Lead for Primary Care (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 primary, ensuring compliance with GMC standards as LMS transitions to full independence.
- Contribute to and advise on the development of a primary care curriculum for the new curriculum for an independent Lincoln Medical School
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; PhD or equivalent in a medical specialty or medical education OR equivalent extensive professional/teaching/research experience; have a full GMC Registration with a current licence to practice at the time of appointment be on the GMC GP register and practicing GP locally in Lincolnshire; and have a recognised HEA teaching qualification, at least, to Associate Fellowship of Advance HE or recognised equivalent. You will hold membership or fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
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 and commitment of delivery of quality services to students; have a proven record of promoting and maintaining collaborative links with key partners e.g. NHS, NHS(Education), GMC.
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- 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 (pro rata) plus standard bank holidays and five university closure days including closure between Christmas and New Year
- 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
What Next
Further information is available in the role profile. To apply for this vacancy please click ‘Apply Now’ to complete your details.
These two posts are available until 31 May 2030. Your working hours will be part-time, 12 hours per week. Job share arrangements may be considered. Requests for secondment from internal candidates may be considered on the basis that prior agreement has been sought from both your current line manager and the manager of your substantive post, if you are already undertaking a secondment role.
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