About the role
- Employment Type: Part time (21 hours per week)
- Duration: 2-year Fixed Term contract
- Remuneration: Level C position from $155,403 base + 17% Super + Annual Leave Loading pro rata
- Work rights required: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Candidates must hold full rights to work in Australia to be considered for this position.
- Location: Kensington Campus, Sydney, New South Wales
Who we are
UNSW School of Clinical Medicine encompasses all our clinical campuses and disciplines as well as a number of other affiliated clinical sites. Our goals within this school are to provide the best educational practices across all our clinical campuses, make sure that all our researchers are well supported and that our staff and students flourish. This school may be widely disbursed physically but this gives us a fantastic scale and diversity that only enriches our clinical school.
Our Medicine Program is the most popular first-preference choice for school leavers in NSW. Our students are highly motivated and enthusiastic learners. Our curriculum is based around a set of graduate capabilities that guide learning and assessment across all six years of the program.
The Opportunity
The Lead in Professionalism, Ethics and Law will provide academic leadership in the design, delivery, evaluation and ongoing development of professionalism, ethics and law teaching across the UNSW BMedMD program. This role will oversee existing teaching and assessment within the current program while also working in close partnership with the Medicine Program Redesign team to shape and implement an integrated and contemporary professionalism, ethics and law curriculum in the redesigned Medicine program.
As an education-focused academic, the appointee will contribute to high-quality teaching and assessment, curriculum innovation, educational scholarship and engagement with relevant internal and external stakeholders. The appointee will work collaboratively with academic, clinical and professional colleagues to ensure that graduates of the UNSW Medicine program are equipped with the knowledge, skills and values required to meet professional standards and community expectations.
The role of Senior Lecturer reports to Program Director, BMed/MD and may have direct reports.
Responsibilities will include:
- Provide academic leadership and oversight of teaching and assessment of professionalism, ethics and law within the current Medicine program.
- Collaborate with the Medicine Program Redesign team to lead the development, integration and delivery of professionalism, ethics and law content in the redesigned Medicine program curriculum, including integration of the Faculty’s Professionalism Student Code of Conduct.
- Ensure curriculum design reflects contemporary developments in medical ethics, legal frameworks, regulatory requirements, and professional practice standards.
- Develop and lead high-quality student learning experiences, including lectures, small-group teaching, tutorials, workshops and online modules.
- Design and develop innovative learning and assessment approaches, including lectures, small-group teaching, workshops and online modules
- Lead the development and implementation of assessment strategies that validly and reliably assess professionalism, ethics and law and integrate with learning and assessment in areas of the program.
- Maintain strong collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders (e.g. Program Director, Medicine Redesign team, Blakcademy, Phase and Discipline leads and other clinical academics) and external stakeholders (e.g. health services, regulatory and professional bodies, clinicians).
- Undertake educational scholarship and contribute to the evidence base in medical professionalism, ethics, and law education.
- Supervise and mentor junior academic staff and casual educators involved in teaching in this discipline.
- Contribute to the academic governance of the BMedMD program, including participation in relevant committees and working groups.
- Maintain an excellent standard of professional practice in accordance with UNSW’s Code of Conduct, and champion equity, diversity and inclusivity in education.
Some key skills required
(Selection Criteria)
- A medical or relevant health professional qualification, with expertise in medical ethics, professionalism and the relevant legal frameworks and laws
- Demonstrated record of excellence in medical education, relevant to these domains
- Demonstrated experience in teaching and learning design using a range of pedagogical approaches, development and delivery of courses and programs, at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level
- Experience of implementing educational technologies and online delivery methods
- Evidence of teaching effectiveness and passion for educational excellence and fostering this in others
- Evidence of professional development of teaching practice in self and others with the ability to advance and lead an inclusive culture of excellence in learning and teaching
- Demonstrated success in initiating curriculum development and improvement
- Evidence of highly developed interpersonal and organisational skills.
Please refer to the position description for full list of Selection Criteria.
Pre-Employment checks required for this Position
- Verification of qualifications
UNSW Benefits and Culture
- 17% Superannuation and leave loading
- Flexible working
- Additional 3 days of leave over the Christmas Period
- Access to lifelong learning and career development
- Progressive HR practices
More information on the great staff benefits and culture can be found here.
How to Apply
Please click on Apply now to apply online. Applications should not be sent to the contact listed below.
Please provide a resume and a separate document addressing the bullets points listed under the skills and experience heading in the position description. A copy of the Position Description can be found on JOBS@UNSW.
Contact
Anabel Wason - Talent Acquisition Consultant
E: a.wason@unsw.edu.au
Applications close: Sunday 23rd November 2025 at 11:55pm (Sydney time).
UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.
The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.
