PROGRAMME LEADER – Orthodontics

JOB DESCRIPTION – PROGRAMME LEADER – Orthodontics

ROLE INFORMATION

Location:              Birmingham

Responsible to: The College Dean

Salary range:      Competitive salary

Status:                  Part-Time (Hybrid; 1 to 2 day of on-campus presence is needed)

Enquiries:            Informal enquiries are by email to the PA to the Dean office: g.matthews@comd.org.uk 

JOB PURPOSE

The College of Medicine & Dentistry are looking to appoint academic staff/programme lead in the Orthodontics discipline. The primary role will be the provision of clinical and non-clinical teaching and support for the Master of Science (MSc) students in Orthodontics discipline (full-time provision). In addition, you will be expected to take part in a range of clinical and non-clinical postgraduate educational activities.

The post is ideally suited to academic dentists with experience and interest in the education of postgraduate students.

COLLEGE PROFILE

The College of Medicine & Dentistry is the UK’s first independent college primarily delivering clinical education, seeking to prepare and enhance healthcare professionals by translating research and learning into evidence-based clinical practice and patient care.

With a state-of-the-art campus and clinic located in the UK’s second-largest city, Birmingham, we have established ourselves over the years as a premier dental education provider, having welcomed over 200 UK and international postgraduate and diploma students.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• To provide operational programme leadership, devising and delegating management responsibilities for Orthodontics full-time programme, as appropriate.
• Undertake teaching to postgraduate students in the College of Medicine and Dentistry as directed by the Dean.
• Engage in the development and delivery of the curriculum and teaching methods and contribute to the learning and teaching strategy of the programme.
• Undertake student assessment and contribute to the development of assessment methods.
• To liaise with central services in relation to admissions and marketing for the programme.
• Provide support to students to enable them to complete their programmes successfully.
• To monitor compliance with, and completion of, key quality and administrative processes including programme validation and re-validation, self-evaluation, inspection, audit, approval, monitoring and reviews, preparing documentation and writing reports as appropriate and delegating as necessary.

• With the assistance of administrative support staff, to ensure that accurate course level records are maintained and evaluated to inform improvement planning, delegating as necessary.

PROBATIONARY PERIOD

All employees are required to undergo a six-month probationary period, during which suitability for the position is assessed.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

All employees are responsible for reading, understanding and carrying out the requirements of the College’s Health and Safety policy and for informing a relevant person if they become aware of any non-compliance with the policy or of any identified training needs.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply, please send your updated CV and a covering letter to jobs@comd.org.uk

We will review and process the applications as we receive and will close the recruitment process as soon as we find a suitable candidate