About ARU
Job Category: Clinical Academic
Vacancy Type: Permanent
Employment Type: Part time
Location: Chelmsford
Faculty/Prof Service: Faculty of Health, Medicine & Social Care
Closing Date: 12/03/2025
Ref No: 3026
About ARU
ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.
About The Role
The Faculty of Health Education, Medicine and Social Care offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses including doctoral level studies. Our new School of Medicine was established in 2018, and offers a five-year undergraduate Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery. We also offer a wide range of postgraduate short courses and conferences. Our dynamic approach ensures that our students receive a high quality, research-informed educational experience. We have received significant funding from the NIHR and NHS England to support the recruitment of Essex’s first Clinical Academic Trainees.
We are looking for a Clinical Academic Lead. This role will provide management and development of our clinical academic trainees and clinical academic training pathways. You will be required to work closely with our external partners as well as funders and regulators.
You will have excellent facilitation and interpersonal skills, a track record in research output and publications, and an extensive knowledge of postgraduate clinical academic training pathways in the United Kingdom.
Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Jo-Anne Johnson, Head of Undergraduate Medicine at jo-anne.johnson@aru.ac.uk.
We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme, and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.
Guidance Notes
For a list of key requirements, please download the Job Description and Person Specification above. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification.
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