Senior Lecturer Teaching Focused in Biomedical Ethics and Law - Institute of Clinical Sciences

Position Details

Institute of Clinical Sciences

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £51,034 to £59,135, with potential progression once in post to £77,108.

Grade 9

Full Time

Closing date 16 February 2021

Background

The College of Medical and Dental Sciences has undergraduate programmes in Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Biomedical Sciences. The revised GMC Outcomes for Graduates offer us an opportunity to re-think how we teach Ethics and Law to our doctors in training. The College is uniquely placed to develop inter professional learning across all of the major health care professions so that all of our students are prepared for the challenges of their future roles in the NHS and other environments. We are seeking to recruit a Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Ethics and Law. As part of a revision of the MB ChB programme we wish to expand the teaching of Ethics and Law in both our 5 year and 4 year (graduate-entry) programmes to ensure that our graduates continue to demonstrate the highest ethical standards. It is expected that the Senior Lecturer will also contribute to all the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes run by the College of Medical and Dental Sciences. The post holder will be based in the Birmingham Medical School within the Institute of Clinical Sciences, one of the eight Institutes in the College of Medical and Dental Sciences and will join a recently expanded team of Medical Educators.

Job Summary

The post holder will contribute at a senior level to the whole range of teaching leadership and administration around the themes of ethics and law.

Teaching is likely to include: (a) development and leadership of Ethics and Law within the MB ChB curriculum (b) enhancement of the student experience with a focus on preparedness for future careers in the NHS or other environments c) Application of the Ethics and Law curriculum content to the professional conduct of students in their chosen field.

It is expected that teaching-focused Senior Lecturers will demonstrate a significant contribution to the advancement of teaching (policy, practice, standards) of the subject, provide leadership in teaching and learning that is innovative to the subject area or institution, with a significant contribution to the debate nationally about Ethics and Law.

Management and administration is likely to include Departmental/School leadership and management activity with University wide involvement that may include sustained high value impact knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, public engagement and similar activities that are of manifest benefit to the College and University.

Main Duties

The post holder will:

1. Make a significant contribution to the pedagogical knowledge base of rules-based ethics and virtue ethics that advances teaching through the enhancement of practice, the development of teaching resources and/or through practice-based research; and

2. Lead on the management and the development of approaches to teaching and learning that are innovative to the subject area or institution; and

3. Lead on the design and/or renewal of programmes or equivalent; and

4. Contribute to debate nationally about new approaches to policy, methods and practices through publications, conferences, and activities that advance quality in the field; and

5. Engage in external quality assurance activities related to teaching, eg. External examining.

6. Help students navigate through professional contexts where values conflict. Help students to developing skills in dealing with uncertainty and complexity, prioritising values.

7. Undertake the same learning and teaching responsibilities of any Senior Lecturer, contributing at a senior level on a sustained basis in learning and teaching:

• Lead the development of new and appropriate approaches to learning and teaching, underpinned by research and evaluation of teaching methods and systems
• Act as adviser for teaching and learning methods through excellent practice and mentoring other colleagues
• Lead the design and/or co-ordination of programmes or equivalent activities across the School or Department
• Contribute to the development of teaching and learning policy more widely than the School
• Contribute to debate nationally about professional ethics, policy, methods & practices through publications, conference activity and roles that advance quality in the discipline
• Lead the development and management of assessment strategies within the School/Department
• Lead sustained high value impact in knowledge transfer and enterprise (including business engagement, public engagement) that enhances the student experience and/or or employability, and is of manifest benefit to learning and teaching in the College and the University

8. Include in their learning and teaching responsibilities some but not necessarily all the indicative responsibilities from grade 8 level listed below.

• Teach and examine courses at a range of levels
• Plan and review own teaching approaches and act as a mentor to encourage others to do the same
• Develop programme proposals and make substantial contributions to the design of teaching programmes more widely in the Department or School, as appropriate
• Undertake and develop the full range of responsibilities in relation to supervision, marking and examining
• Use appropriate approaches to learning and teaching in their field
• Disseminate appropriate practices through suitable media
• Develop and advise others on learning and teaching tasks and methods.
• Appreciate the teachers position as a role-model and the impact of the hidden curriculum

The teaching focused role-holder's teaching practice is informed by discipline based research, and they participate actively in the research culture of the School.

Teaching focused Lecturer roles carry a higher volume of teaching and related duties than those staff who carry out both teaching and research.

Management/administration

Chair and/or lead activities in the School and represent the School on Institute, College and University committees or working groups. Where appropriate to the discipline, this is likely to include some but not all of the responsibilities listed below.

• Make an important contribution to the development and running of the School, for example, leading activity on curriculum development, teaching assessment and/or on research
• Develop and manage staff and resources in support of major research and/or teaching activities
• Make important contributions to the development of the School's learning and teaching strategy
• Contribute significantly to the development and delivery of knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement and public engagement activities with sustained high value impact of manifest benefit to the College and the University

In addition, the management/administration responsibilities will include some but not necessarily all the indicative responsibilities from grade 8 listed below.

• Lead/project manage a team to devise and implement a new and/or revised process (e.g. new programme or a recruitment drive)
• Advise on personal development of staff and students.
• Make a sustained contribution to widening participation, schools outreach and/or public understanding of the discipline.
• Contribute to administrative activities within the University (e.g. appeals panels, working groups).
• Develop and manage staff and resources in support of major research and/or teaching activities

Person Specification

Demonstrated excellence in Learning and Teaching, and Management and administration.

Learning and teaching requirements

An excellent teaching profile and performance in terms of both impact and quality.

Teaching quality demonstrated to be informed by an appropriate level of scholarship.

Evidence of success under the following headings.

• Normally, a higher Degree relevant to the discipline area (usually PhD) or equivalent qualifications
• High national reputation for the development of teaching and learning excellence within the discipline
• Successful and sustained use of a range of appropriate teaching methods, and assessment strategies that promote high quality learning, including learning that is flexible, distinctive and current and stimulates learners' natural curiosity.
• Significant and sustained contribution to one or more of the following: strategic development of new programmes, approaches to learning, the development of learning resources.
• High quality and sustained contributions to fostering excellence in teaching activities more widely
• Mentoring and expert advice which develops the skills of colleagues in teaching and in fostering learning
• Sustained high value impact knowledge transfer and enterprise that is of manifest benefit to the College and University.

Management and administration-related requirements

Demonstrated significant achievement in management and administration-related activities, which may include leadership of activities/initiatives. Evidence of success under the following headings.

• Successful and sustained performance in significant administrative/managerial role (s) (e.g. exams officer).
• Significant and sustained high quality innovative contributions to the management/administration of the Department/School/College or University.
• Successful and sustained contribution to the corporate life of the School/College/University, displaying willingness to contribute actively to committees, collaborative teaching and administrative tasks.

Prof Una Martin care of her PA Louise Bagley L.Bagley@bham.ac.uk

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