Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, Prescribing and Therapeutics

Job Title: Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, Prescribing and Therapeutics

Location: Chelmsford

Salary: £45,413 – £55,755 (pro rata) per year

Job type: Full time or fractional – Permanent

Closing Date: Tuesday 1st April 2024

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.

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 post graduate short courses and conferences. Our dynamic approach ensures that our students receive a high quality, research informed educational experience.

We are looking for a new Pharmacology, Prescribing and Therapeutics lecturer/senior lecturer for the MBChB course. This post will lead on the Prescribing and Therapeutics theme within the MBChB course. The post holder will teach on the Undergraduate Medicine course primarily as well as feeding into other courses as appropriate.

Candidates should have a degree plus PhD or Professional Doctorate (or be near completion within the first 18 months of employment). Excellent written and oral communication skills are essential for this role.

Benefits:

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 welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff to share this commitment.

We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.