Undergraduate Speciality Lead - Gastroenterology - (Tooting)

Job description

Job Description

City St George's, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George's, University of London into one institution. The combined university is now one of the largest higher education destinations for London students, combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology. Our students are at the heart of everything that we do, and we are committed to supporting them to pursue their career and personal ambitions.

Our research is engaged, at the frontier of practice and has a positive impact on the world around us.

City St George's is seeking an enthusiastic Clinician-Educator to take on the role of MBBS Undergraduate Specialty Lead for Gastroenterology. You will oversee, design and deliver teaching related to gastroenterology and nutrition within the MBBS programme, from Year 1 through to F Year, including clinical teaching content on the virtual learning environment (Canvas).

This role provides dedicated specialty-specific academic and clinical teaching leadership, reflecting the increasing need for expert specialty input within a generalist undergraduate curriculum and the need to ensure a clear, coherent and transparent student learning journey.

Your new roles responsibilities will include:

• Design, deliver and/or delegate and oversee clinical teaching related to the specialty across all years (1-F) of the curriculum
• Act as a specialty-specific academic and clinical teaching resource for the MBBS team, placement leads, Core Specialty Leads and clinical education leads on gastroenterology and nutrition teaching content and stage-appropriate clinical learning outcomes
• Be responsible for the quality of the specialty's clinical teaching material on the VLE, updating it before each academic year with any in-year amendments
• Contribute to the development of clinical learning outcomes for the subspecialty, and ensure teaching meets these requirements
• Review student feedback and evaluation, addressing concerns and offering constructive support to colleagues
• Contribute to summative assessment, both directly and by encouraging and supporting other clinical colleagues
• Maintain teaching skills and professional development as an educator, including relevant training in medical education and assessment

The role would suit a consultant or career-grade clinician in gastroenterology and nutrition with current knowledge of the MBBS curriculum, experience of undergraduate teaching, and an interest in specialty-specific educational leadership.

Informal Enquiries

Informal enquiries may be directed to Dr Shehla Baig, Director of Curriculum Development ([email protected]) or Dr Hamed Khan, Divisional Lead for Medical Education ([email protected])

Closing date for applications: Sunday 27th September 2026 at 23:59pm

Interviews are scheduled to take place on or around a date to be confirmed

The selection process will involve an interview and an assessment/exercise/presentation. Further details will be confirmed at the interview stage.

City St George's offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

City St George's, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. City St George's operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

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