Clinical Placement Innovation Lead (MHIME1095)

Are you looking for a challenging leadership position in medical education? Are you an established medical educator with proven skills in the implementation and quality assurance of clinical teaching? Do you have experience of teaching and assessing medical students in the workplace?

This is a valuable opportunity to join a team in one of the country’s top medical schools and work alongside medical educators who have international reputation in assessment, professionalism, leadership and professional learning.You will gain access to a network of established collaborators and high quality projects and resources in medical education.

As Clinical Placement Innovation Lead, you will work pro-actively with placement leads, clinical colleagues, multidisciplinary teams and undergraduate co-ordinators to enhance the quality of learning.With an emphasis on feedback, and teaching for medical undergraduates on clinical placement you will focus on early Years (Years 1 and 2).You will provide a specialist resource to develop innovation in the design and delivery of clinical placements, as well as ensuring a consistent approach to the delivery of a high-quality placement experience across placement providers.It is anticipated that this post will generate minimal administrative activity within the bounds of normal diary management.

You will have a sound understanding of the requirements of Outcomes for Graduates (GMC, 2018) and Clinical Placements for Medical Students (GMC, 2011).You will be expected to work with placement leads in a variety of clinical specialties. You will work across early Years clinical placement providers: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.Other placement providers may be developed in the future.

We welcome applications from experienced medical educators who are established Non Consultant Career Grade Doctors, Consultants, General Practitioners or other healthcare professionals.

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact: 

Professor Richard Fuller, Director of Medical Education Programmes 

Tel: +44 (0)113 343 6352; Email: r.fuller@leeds.ac.uk

Dr Jason Ward, MBChB Joint Head of Year 4

Tel: +44 (0)113 218 5294; Email: k.j.ward@leeds.ac.uk

Trish Walker, Undergraduate Partnerships & Placements Manager

Tel: +44 (0)113 343 0770; Email: t.e.walker@leeds.ac.uk

Further Information

The University of Leeds is committed to providing equal opportunities for all and offers a range of family friendly policies. The University is a charter member of Athena SWAN and holds the Bronze award. The School of Medicine gained the Silver award in 2016.We are committed to being an inclusive medical school that values all staff, and we are happy to consider job share applications and requests for flexible working arrangements from our employees.

Closing Date: 25 Jan 2019
Category: Clinical