Academic Lead for PPS - (Tooting) - (REDEPLOYEE APPLICANTS ONLY) in London

Academic Lead for the Patients, Populations and Society (PPS) Theme within the MBBS programme. This is an exciting and strategically important academic leadership role at the heart of the MBBS curriculum. The PPS theme is central to preparing future doctors who can understand patients as individuals, appreciate the wider determinants of health, work effectively with communities, practise ethically and professionally, and respond to the complex challenges facing modern healthcare. The theme brings together medical law and ethics, sociology, psychology, research and critical skills, population and public health, professionalism, patient safety, human factors, sustainability, patient involvement, diversity and inequalities in health to develop doctors who are reflective, compassionate, evidence-informed, socially accountable and able to practise safely within complex healthcare systems.

Responsibilities:

• Provide academic leadership for the Patients, Populations and Society theme across the MBBS programme.
• Review and develop the PPS curriculum across the clinical science and clinical practice years, ensuring that content remains current, coherent, inclusive and aligned with contemporary healthcare practice.
• Work collaboratively with PPS subtheme leads to develop a clear and dynamic vision for the theme.
• Support integration of PPS content across relevant areas including medical law and ethics, sociology, psychology, research and critical skills, population and public health, professionalism, diversity, patient involvement, human factors, sustainability, patient safety and inequalities in health.
• Review teaching methods and support subtheme leads to develop active, engaging and applied teaching approaches.
• Develop and deliver PPS theme‑based teaching appropriate to the post holder’s expertise and experience.
• Support the development of PPS teaching within clinical practice years, including applied teaching linked to clinical examples and emerging “together weeks.”
• Review relevant clinical practice outcomes with appropriate leads and support clinical teachers to deliver PPS‑related outcomes effectively.
• Work closely with the Director of MBBS Development, academic leads and administrative colleagues to ensure effective planning, coordination and delivery of PPS content.
• Engage with assessment development across relevant domains, including SBA and CCA development, blueprinting, paper review and standard setting where appropriate.
• Support the development of the PPS scheme of assessment, informed by GMC outcomes, the MLA and MBBS programme priorities.
• Advise on PPS subject areas within assessment processes across clinical science and clinical practice years.
• Contribute to quality assurance, curriculum evaluation and continuous improvement of PPS teaching and assessment.
• Liaise effectively with relevant Chief and Responsible Examiners, the Exams Team, student representatives and the MBBS administrative team.
• Promote inclusive, evidence‑informed and socially accountable approaches to medical education.
• Contribute to the continued development of a curriculum that prepares graduates to work professionally, ethically and effectively in complex, uncertain and evolving healthcare environments.

Qualifications:

• Be an academic or a clinician.
• Have knowledge of the MBBS Curriculum.
• Have experience of teaching delivery, planning and organising in healthcare professional education (undergraduate or postgraduate).
• Have experience in medical education.

Benefits:

City St George’s offers a sector‑leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

Equal Opportunities:

City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors. We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio‑economic background. City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.