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Clinical Associate Professor of Education and Director of Assessments

Applications are invited for this significant leadership post within the University of Nottingham School of Medicine.

As Associate/Clinical Associate Professor of assessments you will have day to day oversight for all formative and summative assessments within the BMBS programme and be responsible for quality assurance of assessments for the other UG and PGT programmes within the School of Medicine.

Within the BMBS programme, you will be supported by a team of academics and professional services staff to deliver clinical exams (including the Medical Licencing Assessment Clinical and Professional Skills Assessment), written knowledge papers (including the MLA Applied Knowledge Test) and have oversight of the electronic portfolio. You will also work closely with the academic support and remediation teams to ensure students are well prepared for their assessments.

You will also work in close collaboration with the teaching and learning for all UG and PGT programmes to ensure constructive alignment of assessments. You will report directly to the Dean of Education and will work closely with Deputy Dean of Medical Education and UG and PGT course leads and the Senior Faculty Leadership team.

You will participate as a senior leader in the Education Centre’s organisation, management and strategic planning and contribute, overall, to management within the School of Medicine and to the University’s strategic planning processes.

The posts to be offered as either Associate Professor or Clinical Associate Professor (depending on skills and experience). If appointed as a clinical academic, it is expected that you will undertake at least two NHS clinical sessions as an Honorary Consultant in a Nottingham, Derbyshire or Lincoln NHS Trust or in General Practice in the region.

This post is available on a permanent basis. Hours of work are 0.8FTE (32 hours per week) for Clinical Associate Professors (to allow for clinical time) or 0.8-1.0 FTE (29-36.25 hours per week) for Associate Professors.