Clinical Associate Professor - Paediatric Dentistry (Research and Education) - Department of Dentist

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 £105,504 to £139,882
Clinical Full Time Permanent
Closing date: 11th June 2025

Role Summary
In their role as Clinical Associate Professor, the candidate will contribute to teaching, research, 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 will include:

• Development and leadership of major teaching programmes or equivalent.
• Enhancement of the student experience or employability.

Research will involve:

• An established national and international reputation through significant original research work and a clear record of impact.

Management and administration will include:

• Departmental/School leadership and management activity with University wide involvement.
• Sustained high value research knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, and public engagement or similar activities.

Clinical service as part of an honorary contract with the Birmingham Community Health Care Trust.

Main Duties

Education
You will contribute 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 including designing innovative approaches to digital resources/environments and supporting colleagues to use them.
• 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 and sharing evidence of what works.
• Making an impactful, high-quality contribution to debates about education policy, methods, and practices through internal and external publications, subject societies, and conference activity.
• Developing an external profile evidenced through engaging in external quality assurance activities related to teaching (e.g., external examining) and engaging with/supporting education in other institutions.
• Playing an important and sustained role in the recruitment and admission of students.
• Leading the development of teaching, learning, and assessment policies and strategies.
• Acting as an education mentor to colleagues in the School/Department/College or more widely.
• Leading the development of new and appropriate approaches to learning underpinned by research and evaluation of teaching methods and systems.
• Leading sustained high value impact in knowledge transfer and enterprise that enhances the student experience and/or employability.
• Undertaking own teaching which will include teaching and examining courses at a range of levels, planning and reviewing own teaching approaches, developing programme proposals, supervision, marking, and examining.
• Ensuring that your teaching practice is informed by discipline-based research through participating in the research culture of the School.

Research
To pursue sustained research activity through original research and scholarship including other research-related contributions through conference papers and presentations and/or consultancy projects and advice including:

• Contributing to the management of research activities.
• Consistently publishing internationally excellent research with some research regarded as world leading.
• Providing expert advice internally and externally.
• Peer reviewing articles for peer-reviewed academic journals and grant applications.
• Leading sustained impact activity including public engagement and making a significant contribution to policy development at a national and international level.
• Managing research activities and developing novel methodologies and techniques appropriate to the type of research being pursued.

Management/administration
Lead activities in the Department/School and represent the School on College/University committees or working appropriate to the discipline:

• Making an important contribution to the development and running of the Department or School.
• Leading activity on research and/or teaching assessment.
• Making important contributions to the development of the Department's research and/or learning and teaching strategy.
• Contributing significantly to the development and delivery of knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, and public engagement activities.
• Promoting a culture that embeds equality and values diversity and inclusion.
• Leading, serving on, and assisting the work of committees and task and finish groups beyond School/Research Institute.
• Leading external committees associated with public/professional bodies.
• Leading/project managing a team to devise and implement a new and/or revised process.
• Making a sustained contribution to widening participation, schools outreach, and/or public understanding of the discipline.
• Contributing to administrative activities within the University.

Citizenship
Identifying wellbeing issues within the School/College/University and developing appropriate solutions to address these; taking collective ownership of challenges faced by the School or College and working with colleagues to develop solutions.

Person Specification
This is a clinical academic post and as such the post holder should be a dentist who has completed specialist training, is fully registered with a licence to practise with the GDC, and participating in clinical appraisal and revalidation.

Learning and teaching requirements
An excellent teaching profile and performance in terms of both impact and quality. The teaching quality demonstrated to be informed by an appropriate level of scholarship.

Research requirements
A PhD is a prerequisite for all applicants along with the required level of experience.

Management and administration-related requirements
Demonstrated significant achievement in management and administration-related activities.

Clinical Service
To engage in clinical activity in Paediatric Dentistry as guided by the service lead for the department. This could include local sessions within BCHCT or under a service level agreement with surrounding trusts.

To continue to develop clinical skills across Paediatric dentistry; personal treatment sessions on an outpatient basis with access to inhalation sedation; to be involved in formal and informal teaching programme established in the department supporting junior members of dental and nursing staff; to work closely with colleagues in BCHCT, surrounding community trusts, and Birmingham Children's Hospital to develop and strengthen a network for paediatric dental service provision.

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. All successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Occupational Health and DBS clearance prior to appointment.

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. We are committed to proactively addressing the barriers experienced by some groups in our community and are proud to hold Athena SWAN, Race Equality Charter, and Disability Confident accreditations. We have an Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Centre that focuses on continuously improving the University as a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. We are also committed to sustainability which is a key part of our strategy.