Lecturer in Clinical skills & TRCU co-ordinator

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About UQ
As part of the UQ community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world, and within an environment where interdisciplinary collaborations are encouraged.
At the core of our teaching remains our students, and their experience with us sets a foundation for success far beyond graduation. UQ has made a to making education opportunities available for all Queenslanders, regardless of personal, financial, or geographical barriers.
As part of our commitment to excellence in research and professional practice in academic contexts, we are proud to provide our staff with access to world-class facilities and equipment, grant writing support, greater research funding opportunities, and other forms of staff support and development.
About This Opportunity
The Lecturer in Clinical Skills and Coordinator will teach into the Clinical skills and simulation sessions and courses within their scope of clinical expertise, with a key role and responsibility to coordinate the Clinical skills and simulation program and ensuring it aligns with the learning outcomes of the MD Program.
Key responsibilities include:
Teaching - Plan in consultation with the Head and other academics of the Toowoomba RCU, a comprehensive Clinical Skills and Simulation program, which will align with and complement the learning outcomes of the medical program, within a rural and regional context.
Develop, coordinate and teach within scope of practice into the Clinical Skills and Simulation program.
Be responsible for managing and maintaining the physical educational environment of the simulated learning environments including simulators and associated equipment, resources, consumables, and communication technologies.
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - Consistently undertake activities that develop a knowledge base of effective discipline-specific pedagogical practices.
Maintain personal academic standing, including the pursuit of scholarship of teaching and learning.
Work with colleagues in the development of quality projects which contribute to building the Regional Clinical Unit and the Rural Clinical School’s research capacity by enabling and engaging in collaborative research projects between UQ academics, health service clinicians and other partners.
Supervision and Researcher Development - Undertake scholarship related to Clinical skills and simulation training including maintaining currency in the discipline, developing skills in aspects of teaching practice, continuous improvement of curricula and teaching resources.
This is a teaching focused position. Further information can be found by viewing UQ’s .
This is a part-time (30%), fixed-term position through until 31st December 2024 at Academic Level B.
The full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $106,079 - $125,687 plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $124,113 - $147,054 annually. As this role is covered by an Enterprise Agreement, you will also receive regular remuneration increases – at least once a year.
The greater of joining the UQ community are broad: from being part of a university, to recognition of prior service with other Australian universities, up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave, 17.5% annual leave loading, flexible working arrangements including hybrid on site/WFH options and flexible start/finish times, and genuine career progression opportunities via the academic promotions process.
About You
Completion of a PhD in the discipline area, or equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training, together with relevant experience permitting APHRA registration.
Experience and demonstrated record of providing leadership in a clinical and/or educational role.
Experience and demonstrated record of supervising or mentoring staff.
Expertise in using appropriate simulation techniques for Clinical skills training. These techniques can include screen-based simulation, virtual reality, patient simulators, part-task trainers and simulated patients.
Ability to work independently to achieve planned objectives including being able to prioritise tasks competing for limited resources and working within a budget.
High level communication and interpersonal skills for working with students, colleagues and the wider community.
Demonstrate competency in risk management.
Current or recent clinical experience.
Proven ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
A commitment to and an understanding of the issues surrounding, living and working in a rural and/or regional area.
In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:
Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.
Mandatory Immunisations: It is a condition of employment for this role that you will be required to provide evidence of immunisation against certain vaccine preventable diseases.
Background Checks: All final applicants for this position may be asked to consent to a criminal record check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.
AHPRA: It is a condition of employment for this role that you are required to have and maintain Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) registration during the course of your employment.
Questions?
For more information about this opportunity, please contact Dr Doogie Whitcombe at
For application queries, please contact stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.
Want to Apply?
All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:
Resume
Cover letter
Responses to the ‘About You’ section
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Other Information
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Applications close 7th January at 11.00pm AEST (R-32758). Please note that interviews have been tentatively scheduled for 17th January.
Please note that UQ will be closed from 23 December until 2 January (inclusive). All applicants for this position will be contacted in the new year. We thank you for your patience during this time.