About the role

You will participate in the delivery of Medical School teaching programmes requiring contributions from general practitioners. Specifically, this will consist of teaching and examining on the CHDD Course for Year 1 or Year 2 students, and the associated preparation for the delivery of this teaching.

The core duties of this role are delivered on a sessional basis by agreement with the Medical School, for the undertaking of teaching on the Clinical, Holistic Diagnostic Detective (CHDD) course. A session in this context is the delivery of a scheduled CHDD taught session, to incorporate consideration of time undertaken in preparation and equating to an overall consideration of 6 hours for each session delivered. You will also undertake marking and examining duties for the CHDD course as required and may support other examining / marking activities by agreement.

About you

You will be a qualified general practitioner with GMC registration. You will also be an established educator working towards a formal qualification in medical education, or able to demonstrate continuing engagement in your professional development as an educator through attendance on relevant courses. You will be able to demonstrate empathy and interest in learners, capable of making accurate assessments of students’ written work, clinical skills and behaviours.

Additional information

Informal enquiries are welcome and should be made to Dr Raj Babla ([email protected]) or Dr Andy Ward ([email protected]).

We anticipate interviews will take place on 8th and 9th of September. Due to time constraints we will be giving short notice of interview invitations.

The University of Leicester has been changing the world, and changing people’s lives, for 100 years. When you join us, you’ll become part of a community of Citizens of Change, which includes not only our staff and our current students but also thousands of Leicester graduates around the world.

As a diverse and forward-thinking employer, we embed the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion into everything we do. That includes not just our core missions of teaching and research, but also our support for staff, students and our local community through our values of Inspiring, Impactful and Inclusive.

We’re committed to the wellbeing of all our staff and to the sustainability of our environment, on our campus and beyond. We offer a competitive salary package, excellent pension scheme and a generous annual leave allowance, along with opportunities to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.