Undergraduate Education Lead (Clinical)

Description

The Undergraduate Education Lead (Clinical) provides senior clinical academic leadership in the design, delivery, and continuous enhancement of clinical education across the faculty's undergraduate programmes. Working with the Executive Dean, Pro-Dean, and Undergraduate Education Lead (Non-Clinical), the postholder ensures that the faculty delivers a high-quality, future-facing clinical curriculum that prepares graduates with the knowledge, skills, and professional values required for contemporary healthcare practice. Patient safety, professionalism, and quality of care are embedded throughout all stages of clinical education.

Collaboration and Compliance

The role involves close collaboration with NHS and community partners, academic colleagues, and professional services teams to ensure educational quality, regulatory compliance, and sufficient clinical training capacity. As a senior member of the Faculty Leadership Team, the postholder will contribute to faculty-level strategic planning, promote innovation in simulation and technology-enhanced learning, strengthen clinical educator development, and ensure that students experience outstanding, equitable, and safe learning across all clinical environments.

Responsibilities

Strategic Planning

The postholder will play a central role in forward-looking clinical education planning, aligning curriculum delivery with workforce needs, service pressures, and emerging models of care. The role requires a visionary leader who can translate clinical excellence into educational innovation, aligning patient safety principles with curriculum design, assessment, and clinical supervision ensuring that students experience outstanding, equitable, and safe learning across all clinical environments.

Communication and Networking

Influence and negotiate with multi-disciplinary teams and external partners to provide clinical placements. Regularly contribute to local education providers meetings and represent the Faculty in regional, national, and international forums, influencing policy and shaping workforce initiatives.

Service Delivery

Oversee the integration of clinical education across undergraduate programmes and multiple locations, ensuring consistency, safety, and equity of the student experience. Lead the integration of simulation into the clinical curriculum to strengthen patient safety, clinical preparedness, and interprofessional learning.

Decision Making and Planning

Make timely and considered decisions and contribute to the decision-making of others. Participate in appeals and review processes in accordance with university regulations and governance frameworks. Contribute to portfolio development by identifying and supporting new programmes, interdisciplinary initiatives, and externally funded curriculum projects.

Analysis and Research

Drive innovation and excellence in clinical education, ensuring alignment with GMC, PSRB, and University standards and responsiveness to evolving healthcare practice.

Team Development

Lead and coordinate the training and development of academic staff, clinical educators, and educational supervisors in line with PSRB standards.

Teaching and Learning Support

Promote innovation in simulation-based and technology-enhanced education, embedding these as core components of clinical learning, patient safety, and assessment.

Knowledge and Experience

The ideal candidate possesses in-depth knowledge and experience in the delivery of Healthcare education across multiple clinical settings, along with a proven track record of successfully leading and delivering projects. Maintain clinical and academic credibility through continuous professional development and the dissemination of educational and clinical research.