Associate Clinical Professor (Education) in Paediatric Dentistry - Department of Dentistry - 97748 - Clinical in Birmingham

Department of Dentistry, School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £71,694 to £113,761

Grade: Clinical

Full Time, Permanent

Closing date: 5th July 2026

Role Summary

In their role as an Associate Clinical Professor, the candidate will contribute at a senior level on a sustained basis to the whole range of teaching leadership and administration. In addition, the candidate will be expected to contribute to academic citizenship, likely to be demonstrated through generous, mutually respectful and supportive working relationships with all staff and students.

Teaching is likely to include:

• Development and leadership of major teaching programmes or equivalent.
• Enhancement of the student experience or employability, that are of manifest benefit to the College and the University.
• Demonstrating a significant contribution to the advancement of teaching (policy, practice, standards) of the subject.
• Providing leadership in teaching and learning that is innovative to the subject area or institution.
• Contributing to the debate nationally about teaching.

Management and Administration

Management and administration is likely to include Departmental/School leadership and management activity with University wide involvement – for example through sustained high value impact knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, public engagement or similar activities.

The candidate will also undertake clinical service as part of an honorary contract with the Birmingham Community Health Care Foundation Trust.

Main Duties

Education

• Contributing across the range of teaching and learning activities.
• Making a significant contribution to the pedagogical knowledge base of the subject that advances teaching through the enhancement of practice, the development of teaching resources and/or through practice-based research.
• Leading on the management and the development of approaches to teaching and learning.
• Leading on curriculum design at module and programme level to ensure it is contemporary, inclusive, engaging and academically challenging.
• Actively engaging students in curriculum design.
• Making an impactful, high-quality contribution to debates about education policy, methods and practices.
• Developing an external profile evidenced through engaging in external quality assurance activities related to teaching.
• Co-supervising doctoral students to completion.
• Leading the development of teaching, learning and assessment policies and strategies.
• Acting as an education mentor to colleagues.
• Leading sustained high value impact in knowledge transfer and enterprise.
• Undertaking own teaching, which will include teaching and examining courses at a range of levels.

Management/Administration

• Lead activities in the Department/School and represent the School on College/University committees or working groups.
• Making an important contribution to the development and running of the Department or School.
• Developing and managing staff and resources in support of major teaching activities.
• Contributing significantly to the development and delivery of knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement and public engagement activities.
• Developing and implementing a culture that promotes Equality and values diversity and inclusion.
• Leading, serving on and assisting the work of committees and task and finish groups beyond School/Department.
• Making a sustained contribution to widening participation, schools outreach and/or public understanding of the discipline.

Citizenship

• Identifying wellbeing issues within the School/College/University and developing appropriate solutions.
• Taking collective ownership of challenges faced by the School or College.
• Mentoring and coaching of colleagues, particularly those in the early stages of their career.

Clinical Service

• Clinical service as part of an honorary contract, as guided by the service lead.
• Developing clinical skills in Paediatric Dentistry.
• Personal treatment sessions on an outpatient basis.
• Involvement in teaching programmes established to support junior dentists and nurses.
• Working closely with Trust colleagues to develop and strengthen a network for dental service provision.

Person Specification

This is a clinical academic post and the postholder must be a Dentist who has completed specialist training, is fully registered and with a licence to practise with the GDC and participating in clinical appraisal and revalidation. Demonstrated competence in Learning and Teaching, and Management and Administration.

Learning and Teaching requirements

• An excellent teaching profile and performance in terms of both impact and quality.
• Evidence of success under the following headings:
• High national reputation for the development of teaching and learning excellence within the discipline.
• Successful and sustained use of a range of appropriate teaching methods, and assessment strategies.
• Significant and sustained contribution to one or more of the following: strategic development of new programmes, approaches to learning, the development of learning resources.
• High quality and sustained contributions to fostering excellence in teaching activities.
• Mentoring and expert advice which develops the skills of colleagues in teaching and in fostering learning.

Management/Administration

• Demonstrated significant achievement in management and administration-related activities.
• Evidence of success under the following headings:
• Successful and sustained performance in significant administrative/managerial roles.
• Significant and sustained high quality innovative contributions to the management/administration of the Department/School/College or University.
• Actively promotes equality and diversity to internal and external stakeholders.

OH and DBS required. The University is committed to safeguarding and we promote safe recruitment practice, therefore all associated pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.

Informal enquiries to Dr Upen Patel, Head of Dentistry, email: u.s.patel@bham.ac.uk or Dr Jo Batt, BDS Programme Director, email: j.m.batt@bham.ac.uk.

We believe there is no such thing as a 'typical' member of University of Birmingham staff and that diversity in its many forms is a strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation and debate at the heart of University life.