Clinical Senior Lecturer​/Professor in Dental Education

Clinical Senior Lecturer/Professor in Dental Education

We wish to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced individual to lead and oversee the BDS Programme. This will include chairing meetings, curriculum, programme and assessment delivery, attendance at University meetings and external meetings as needed in consultation with the Director of Undergraduate Medicine and Dentistry (DUMD).

Work with the DUMD and the wider programme team to develop and refine content and delivery of our BDS and BSc programmes, ensuring that they remain dynamic, relevant, and responsive to the evolving needs of dental education, while also meeting the requirements of our programme specification and GDC regulations.

Support the team to maintain a student-centric focus aimed at championing student success by providing dedicated support, responding to feedback, and fostering an inclusive learning environment where every student can thrive.

The successful candidate will be managerially and academically responsible to the University of Manchester, and specifically to the Head of the Division of Dentistry and the Director of Medical and Dental Studies.

What you will get in return:

A fantastic market leading Pension scheme

Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme

Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays

Additional paid closure over the Christmas period

Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer, we actively encourage applicants from diverse career paths and backgrounds and from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, sex, sexual orientation and transgender status. We also support applications from those returning from a career break, and offer flexible working and carers peer support networks. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working you can find out more here.

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any CVs submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

• Primary Responsibilities Teaching and Scholarship
• Provide oversight of the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) programme (5-year term renewable).
• Lead / co-lead teaching, curriculum development, examinations and assessment processes.
• Teach, mentor, supervise and assess undergraduate and postgraduate students across relevantdental specialty (BDS/BSc).Provide academic leadership, innovation and quality assurance in learning and teaching.
• Design and deliver teaching materials across varied modalities.
• Support student progression, feedback, admissions and interviews.
  
  Ensure teaching quality meets University expectations and remains research informed.
• Contribute to scholarly activity and pursue suitable opportunities.
• Engage with School/Division committees as  addition, for Chair appointments
• Attract, supervise and support postgraduate research students at MSc and PhD level
• Provide academic leadership and innovation and promote excellence in learning and teaching atThe University.
  
  Service and Leadership
• Participate as a full member of the Division of Dentistry through activities, meetings, events etc.
• Provide academic leadership, development, mentoring and career management for juniorcolleagues.
• Advise upon and contribute to the development of junior academic staff in areas of teaching  addition, for Chair appointments
• Forge relations with the academic sector, the public sector, industry and the community compatiblewith the University and Trusts external affairs agenda.
• Lead and contribute to the Division of Dentistry implementation of the Manchester 2035 strategy.
• Enhance the international standing and profile of the Division of Dentistry and the Manchester Dental Hospital.
• Clinical element for appointment to Clinical Senior Lecturer only
• Contribute to teaching and learning in any relevant dental specialty, primarily focused on the UGBDS and BSc programmes.
• Contribute to the examination, assessment and review of students performance and progression,both internally and externally.
• Promote excellence in learning and teaching and directly teach and mentor undergraduatestudents for the Division including supervision of undergraduate students.
• Directly teach, mentor and supervise undergraduate and postgraduate students and projects/dissertations.
• Undertake clinical sessions/patient treatment which align with your clinical specialty.
• Perform clinical work independent of your teaching commitments.

• The post holder must hold a substantive NHS Consultant post in order to qualify for the Hon Consultant
• pay scale. Alternatively, the candidate will be appointed on the Non-Consultant Clinical Academic pay