• Academy for Medical Education

• Part time - Full-time (50 – 100%), permanent/ position

• Base salary will be in the range $134,845 - $155,246 + 17% Superannuation (Academic Level C)

• Based at our Herston Campus

About This Opportunity 

This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Lecturer to join the Academy for Medical Education (AME), and to lead the design and development of Year 1 in the Doctor of Medicine program (UQMD) and grow their profile in medical education, scholarship, and citizenship. At this level the incumbent will coordinate and lead the activities of other staff and is expected to facilitate collaborative opportunities across the footprint of the Medical School and the wider community.

You will coordinate the design, development and delivery of Year 1 in the UQMD, working alongside a passionate team of academics and professionals. This role offers significant opportunity to make a real impact while growing your career in an environment that values collaboration, respect, and innovation.

Key responsibilities will include: 

• Teaching: Leadership and collaboration, serving as a key member of the AME, fostering effective collaboration across the Medical School and its partners. Lead the design and development of the Year 1 of the UQMD.

• Pedagogical Expertise: Coordinator curriculum implementation across multiple delivery sites to optimise student engagement and achievement of learning outcomes.

• Curriculum Development and Quality Assurance: Develop assessment practices for Year 1 and contribute to the UQMD Program’s overall assessment framework, with the support of the Assessment Lead

• Engagement and partnerships: Guide and support to program contributors to ensure the provision of high-quality learning experiences and assessment.

• Scholarship of Learning and Teaching: Apply evidence informed research methodologies in curriculum design and development. Contribute to the advancement of medical education knowledge and practice

• Teaching Impact / Researcher Development: Lead and manage the course team to ensure the development and delivery of the focus area activities. Develop and deliver training to support the program’s teachers and supervisors with support from the AME leadership team

• Citizenship and Service: Consistently demonstrate behaviours that align to the UQ values.

This is a teaching focused position. Further information can be found by viewing UQ’s Criteria for Academic Performance.

About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you will have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world, and within an environment where interdisciplinary collaborations are encouraged.

At the core of our teaching remains our students, and their experience with us sets a foundation for success far beyond graduation. UQ has made a commitment to making education opportunities available for all Queenslanders, regardless of personal, financial, or geographical barriers.

As part of our commitment to excellence in research and professional practice in academic contexts, we are proud to provide our staff with access to world-class facilities and equipment, grant writing support, greater research funding opportunities, and other forms of staff support and development.

The greater benefits of joining the UQ community are broad:  from being part of a Group of Eight university, to recognition of prior service with other Australian universities, up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave, 17.5% annual leave loading, flexible working arrangements including hybrid on site/WFH options and flexible start/finish times, and genuine career progression opportunities via the academic promotions process.

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

The newly established Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences will be an interdisciplinary powerhouse of innovation and collaboration to lead integrated solutions to the needs of the communities we serve locally and globally. UQ offers one of the widest ranges of health and behavioural sciences programs of any Australian university, and the ambition for this new Faculty will be to will be to leverage its unified suite of esteemed schools, institutes and centres to unlock opportunities within UQ and with external partners

About You 

• A medicine or healthcare professional degree, OR a PhD in a relevant discipline area.  

• A demonstrated understanding of contemporary educational practice in medical education.

• Curriculum expertise and ability to coordinate and support the program design and development

• A demonstrated reflective and evidence informed approach to teaching and learning

• Demonstrated ability to engage in the scholarship of teaching and learning and quality enhancement activities

• Ability to establish effective relationships, work collaboratively with colleagues and to represent and promote the interests of the school to other academic units, government and professional bodies.  

• A growing record of meaningful internal service roles in conjunction with contribution to external activities.

This position may attract additional salary loadings (clinical and/or state) within this role, based on the successful candidate’s qualifications and registrations and subject to approval. More information can be found here

The successful candidate may be required to complete a number of pre-employment checks, including right to work in Australia, education check, AHPRA registration, mandatory immunisations.

Work Rights: You must maintain unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment

 
Questions? 

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Director, Academy for Medical Education Professor Nalini Pather  [email protected]

For application queries or a full job description, please contact [email protected] stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.
 

Want to Apply? 

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

• Resume

• Cover letter

• Responses to the ‘About You’ section

Other Information 

UQ is committed to a fair, equitable and inclusive selection process, which recognises that some applicants may face additional barriers and challenges which have impacted and/or continue to impact their career trajectory. Candidates who don’t meet all criteria are encouraged to apply and demonstrate their potential. The selection panel considers both potential and performance relative to opportunities when assessing suitability for the role.

We know one of our strengths as an institution lies in our diverse colleagues. We're dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion, fostering an environment that mirrors our wider community. We're committed to attracting, retaining, and promoting diverse talent. Reach out to [email protected] for accessibility support or adjustments.

Applications close Sunday 12th January at 11.00pm AEST (R-45180). Please note that interviews have been tentatively scheduled for Tuesday 21st January.