Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Anatomy and Medical Science Worcester

The Three Counties Medical School (TCMS) at the University of Worcester invites applications from outstanding educators to join our growing faculty. As a school with a strong mission to widen access to medicine and retain graduates within the local workforce, TCMS offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a progressive, community-engaged medical programme.

This post is essential to ensure the high-quality, consistent delivery of Anatomy teaching, embedded within the wider medical sciences curriculum, and to support compliance with the General Medical Council (GMC) requirements. The role is central to the development of safe, competent, and patient-centred practitioners, providing students with a robust understanding of human structure and its relationship to function, pathology, and clinical practice.

Main duties of the job:

• The successful candidate will take a leading role in the design, development, and delivery of Anatomy education across the MBChB and MSc Physician Associate (PA) programmes.
• You will contribute to the development of innovative, integrated learning materials that align anatomy with other core medical sciences and clinical application.
• This may include practical teaching (e.g. models, imaging), simulation, and technology-enhanced learning approaches.
• You will also play a key role in assessment design and delivery, ensuring that anatomical knowledge is assessed in clinically meaningful and applied contexts.
• The post holder will work closely with Phase and Programme Leads to ensure a high-quality, cohesive, and integrated student learning experience.

Applicants are expected to demonstrate engagement with scholarship or research in anatomical sciences, medical sciences, medical education, or a related field. You will contribute to the Schools academic community through research, innovation, or pedagogic development, particularly in areas that enhance integration across the medical sciences curriculum.

The post is offered at Lecturer or Senior Lecturer level depending on qualifications, knowledge, skills, and experience. Ideally, you will have experience of teaching Anatomy and/or medical sciences to medical or healthcare students. However, equally important is a commitment to developing as a medical educator, the ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, and flexibility to contribute across an integrated MBChB curriculum. Opportunities for professional development and educational leadership are available.

If you are interested in joining us at this exciting time and would relish the opportunity to shape the delivery of Anatomy within an integrated medical sciences curriculum at TCMS, as we train the next generation of healthcare professionals, we warmly welcome your application.

Job responsibilities:

• Be responsible for day-to-day management of learning and teaching sessions in applied anatomy and related healthcare topics, ensuring the integration of clinical relevance into teaching, creating learning materials and using a variety of innovative teaching methods, in consultation with the Course / Phase / Module Leads of TCMS Courses.
• Be responsible for the design, development, and organisation of applied anatomy and related medical science across year groups within TCMS as appropriate, working with the Phase and Module leads and Lead for Clinical skills, to ensure both courses are supported in respect to relevant disciplines and aligned with professional standards, as appropriate.
• Prepare and manage anatomy teaching spaces, including models as well as digital teaching resources.
• Contributing to simulation-based and interprofessional (IPL) learning as required.
• Contribute to the assessment process for students including the setting, marking and moderation of work, individually or collectively as part of a team in accordance with quality assurance processes.
• Participation in the facilitation of Problem Based Learning (PBL) as required.
• To carry out academic and administrative duties and participate in relevant committees.
• To participate in recruitment activities, including student selection events and open days.
• Conduct research or scholarly activity in clinical education, applied physiology, or related fields.
• Publish in peer-reviewed journals and present at conferences, seek external funding where appropriate.
• Maintaining clinical or professional competence and staying up to date with developments in the field.
• To supervise doctoral students in their discipline.
• Maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the job; participate in appropriate training activities and encourage and support staff in their development and training.
• Take steps to ensure and enhance personal health, safety, and well-being and that of other staff and students.
• Carry out these duties in a manner that promotes equality of opportunity and supports diversity and inclusion, that supports the Universitys duty to secure and promote freedom of speech within the law and takes into account the Universitys commitment to environmentally sustainable ways of working.

Person Specification:

Knowledge and Skills

• Essential: Ability to contribute to curriculum design, delivery, and evaluation / assessment design, marking, and providing constructive feedback.
• Demonstrable ability to enthuse, motivate and facilitate student learning using a variety of methods of learning and teaching, including the ability to use technology creatively and appropriately to enhance learning experiences.
• Ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teaching teams.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to communicate confidently and clearly with a range of people including students, lecturers, managers, representatives of external organisations and the public, both orally and in writing.

• Desirable: Demonstrable commitment to diversity and inclusion, and to health and well-being issues in both staff and students.
• Evidence of contributing to both student recruitment and support activities (or willingness to do so).
• Current scholarly / research activity in the field of Anatomy and / or medical education.
• For Senior Lecturer level: Track record of scholarly / research activity related to the field and / or medical education, producing excellent outputs in this area.

Experience

• Essential: Demonstrable experience of delivering high-quality anatomy teaching (e.g. dissection, prosection, imaging-based anatomy, skills-based sessions) in higher education or clinical education settings in a variety of different settings.
• For Senior Lecturer level: Significant demonstrable experience of delivering high-quality anatomy teaching.

• Desirable: Experience of doctoral supervision.
• Knowledge and experience of working in collaboration with colleagues in NHS; awareness of national strategic and policy developments in Higher Education; and active membership of professional networks and associations in related fields.

Qualifications

• Essential: Primary degree in Anatomy, Biomedical Sciences, Medical Science, or a related discipline.
• Postgraduate qualification (Doctorate / PhD) (or, for Lecturer, near completion) in Anatomy or a closely related discipline and / or appropriate relevant experience.

• Desirable: Essential for Senior Lecturer: PG Cert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (or equivalent qualification) and / or Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) / Advance HE / or relevant appropriate experience.

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