Undergraduate Education Lead (Clinical)

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL: Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

JOB TITLE: Undergraduate Education Lead (Clinical)

SALARY & HOURS: 0.6 FTE Permanent £120,000 - £125,000 FTE

(£72,000 - £75,000 actual)

The Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences is seeking an inspirational senior clinical academic to provide leadership for the design, delivery and continuous enhancement of Clinical Education across the Faculty’s undergraduate programmes. This is a rare opportunity to shape the next generation of medical and health science professionals within Britain’s first independent university.

The Role

Reporting directly to the Pro-Dean and serving as a core member of the Faculty Executive, the postholder will provide Faculty-wide executive leadership and strategic accountability for clinical education across the faculty’s programmes.

Working in partnership with the Executive Dean, Pro-Dean, and Undergraduate Education Lead (Non-Clinical), the postholder will lead the design, delivery, and continuous enhancement of a high-quality, future-facing clinical curriculum. The postholder will also provide strategic oversight to clinical leads across LEPs, ensuring a consistently outstanding, equitable and supportive student experience in all clinical environments.

The role holds formal responsibility for the strategic direction, governance, quality assurance, regulatory compliance, and long-term sustainability of the clinical education portfolio. This includes alignment with General Medical Council standards, NHS workforce priorities, and emerging models of integrated and community-based care. The postholder will develop and implement a multi-year clinical education strategy. This will align curriculum architecture, assessment, workforce demand, financial stewardship, and sustainable placement and supervision capacity, while safeguarding consistency and inclusivity in the student learning experience.

As the Faculty’s senior clinical academic authority for education, the postholder will lead major NHS and community partnerships at executive and Medical Director level. They will negotiate complex service–education interfaces, secure resilient clinical training capacity, and direct coordinated portfolio and capacity planning in response to system pressures and transformation. The postholder will drive innovation in simulation and technology-enhanced learning, advance clinical educator development, and assure high standards of supervision, assessment, and learner support across all clinical environments.

Holding executive responsibility for clinical education governance and patient safety oversight, the postholder will act as a liaison with the General Medical Council and other external bodies on matters relating to clinical training standards, inspection readiness, and compliance assurance.

This is a pivotal senior appointment requiring an experienced clinical academic leader with the authority, credibility, and strategic vision to define and advance the Faculty’s clinical education agenda, student experience, and external reputation.

Essential

• Full Registration with the GMC or equivalent regulatory body in relevant profession allied to medicine
• Post graduate qualification in Education (PGCert equivalence or above)
• Significant senior leadership experience in clinical or healthcare education
• Demonstrable experience of leading curriculum strategy at programme or faculty level
• Experience of working directly with regulators (e.g., General Medical Council) and external healthcare partners
• Experience of leading organisational change and innovation at scale
• Evidence of strategic influence beyond a single programme or department
• Experience of chairing senior committees and contributing to executive-level decision making

The closing date for applications is 5pm Friday 6^th March and interviews are likely to take place 26^th March.

For further information and details of how to apply, please visit our website http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/about/hr/