Senior Teaching Fellow (Admissions Lead) (011018)

The University of Surrey has submitted a bid to HEFCE and HEE for a new medical school to launch in September 2019.

We are seeking an Admissions Lead to form part of an enthusiastic and creative team of medical educator academics (clinical and non-clinical), as a Senior Teaching Fellow. The team are working to set up a new community-facing medical school.This is a great opportunity for an innovative, experienced medical educator to make a significant contribution to the development of a new medical undergraduate curriculum, using evidence-based contemporary teaching, learning theory and methods. The programme will have a particular emphasis on digital and communication health technology, with a ‘One Health’ ethos, that promotes understanding of a ‘whole society’ approach to health and builds on our aims to develop truly inter-professional training with input from the schools of the Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences (Health Sciences, Psychology, Veterinary Medicine, Biosciences), as well as Engineering and Business.   We aim to produce a new type of doctor who will be excellent and holistic clinical leaders – driving change, delivering caring, integrated and technologically advanced healthcare. 

The is a senior role, which includes the significant academic administrative responsibility of Lead for Admissions to the School of Medicine, covering the BM BCh programme and the Postgraduate Diploma in Physician Associate Studies.

The role will also include presenting and promoting the School of Medicine’s educational programmes both in the UK and abroad, to the public, to applicants, to schools and other organisations that feed applicants into medical education. The post-holder will take responsibility for all aspects of the Admissions Strategy, management of academic and administrative staff involved in the Admissions process, including Widening Participation. The School of Medicine has a significant initiative in Widening Participation of promoting Medicine as a career choice to applicants from currently under-doctored areas of England.

To join us at this exciting time, you’ll be forward-looking with a ‘can do’ attitude and ambition to achieve.  You will have excellent communication and negotiating skills, and the ability to create a positive image of the School and Programme by meeting the needs of applicants, pre-University education providers, careers advisers, academic, NHS colleagues, the University and other stakeholders, in relation to admissions activities.

Please note, initial offers will be made on a conditional basis and will be dependent on the allocation of student places by HEFCE.

The University of Surrey has an outstanding track record in Education and Research, in the ‘Top 10’ Universities across the three major national league tables in 2015 – 2016, and recently awarded the ‘University of the Year for Student Experience’ from the Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide. Also holding a Gold Award in the new Teaching Excellence Framework Assessment, for quality of teaching and learning provision.

The University is set in a beautiful campus in Guildford, with great links to London. We offer a competitive salary, a vibrant forward-thinking working environment, a generous annual leave entitlement and much more.

Please refer to the additional document below for further details on the University and its plans for a medical school.

Interviews will take place from w/c 19th March 2018.  

For an informal discussion please contact Professor Kamila Hawthorne MBE, Associate Dean for Medicine and Professor of Medical Education (01483 682752 (kamila.hawthorne@surrey.ac.uk)).

Closing Date: 28 Feb 2018
Category: Research & Teaching