Senior Lecturer & Principal Specialty Supervisor (Medicine)

The University of Queensland; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 146,000 - 168,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

26 weeks parental leave

17.5% annual leave loading

Flexible working arrangements

Internal vacancies access

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

The University of Queensland invites applications for the role of Principal Specialty Supervisor at Greater Brisbane Clinical School. This part-time 0.2FTE, fixed-term position runs until October 2028 and is based at the Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital in Herston.

You will provide specialty-specific educational leadership across the MD program, shaping clinical learning experiences, mentoring junior staff, and collaborating with the Mayne Academy and MD Curriculum & Assessment teams to advance

Qualifications

• Medical qualification with eligibility for registration as a medical practitioner in Australia.
• PhD or equivalent in a relevant discipline.
• Demonstrated excellence in clinical teaching, with evidence of contributions to medical education.
• Established expertise in your specialty with educational leadership and innovation.
• Strong scholarly activity with publications and research engagement.
• Proven ability to mentor and supervise students and trainees.

Responsibilities

• Teach with specialty-specific leadership across the MD program and assess learning outcomes.
• Mentor and supervise students, residents and researchers, providing feedback.
• Lead research and educational improvement projects within clinical learning environments.
• Collaborate with hospital colleagues, Mayne Academy, and curriculum teams to enhance teaching and assessment.

Skills

Clinical teaching excellence

Mentoring & supervision

Scholarly activity

Educational leadership

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Medical qualification with eligibility for registration in Australia

PhD or equivalent

Job description

Greater Brisbane Clinical School Part‑time (0.2FTE), fixed‑term position until October 2028

Base salary will be in the range $145,961- $168,043 + 17% super (Academic LevelC)

Based At the Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital- Herston

About This Opportunity

Join a visionary and collaborative academic community dedicated to shaping the next generation of medical practitioners. As Principal Specialty Supervisor, you will play a pivotal leadership role within UQ’s Doctor of Medicine program, providing specialty‑specific educational leadership across clinical learning environments while fostering excellence in teaching, mentorship, and clinical engagement. Working closely with the Mayne Academy, MD Curriculum & Assessment team, and a network of hospital and community‑based clinicians, you will help create meaningful learning experiences that inspire, challenge and support future doctors to thrive in an increasingly complex healthcare landscape. This is an exceptional opportunity for an accomplished clinician‑educator to influence medical education at scale while contributing to a culture of collaboration, innovation and positive change.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Teaching: Provide specialty‑specific leadership in clinical education across the MD program, deliver high‑quality learning experiences and assessments, support clinical supervisors and colleagues, mentor students, act as an educational advisor, and contribute to curriculum enhancement and continuous improvement of teaching and assessment practices.
• Research: Maintain a strong clinical research profile through high‑quality publications and scholarly outputs, contribute to competitive research funding applications, lead or support research projects, and apply best‑practice research methodologies to advance clinical knowledge and practice.
• Supervision & Researcher Development: Supervise Higher Degree by Research students and specialty trainees, foster researcher capability and professional growth, provide coaching and performance feedback, lead responsible research practices, facilitate engagement opportunities, and effectively manage staff throughout the employee lifecycle.
• Citizenship & Service: Demonstrate leadership through mentoring and collaboration, support staff wellbeing, contribute to committees and administrative activities, build strategic partnerships with healthcare, industry and professional stakeholders, strengthen community engagement, and uphold UQ’s values and standards.

This is a teaching focused position. Further information can be found by viewing UQ’s Criteria for Academic Performance.

About You

• Medical qualification with eligibility for registration as a medical practitioner in Australia and a specialist qualification recognised by an Australian specialist college.
• PhD or equivalent in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent combination of specialist clinical expertise, academic achievement and professional standing.
• Demonstrated excellence in clinical teaching, with evidence of significant contributions to undergraduate, postgraduate and/or professional-entry medical education.
• Established expertise within your specialty area, including experience leading innovation, educational improvement and the adoption of contemporary clinical practices.
• Strong track record of scholarly activity and/or clinical research, including publications, conference presentations and engagement with evidence-based practice.
• Proven ability to mentor and supervise students, trainees and clinical colleagues, with a collaborative approach to leadership, stakeholder engagement and building professional partnerships.

About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you will 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. 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.

The greater benefits of joining the UQ community are broad: from being part of a Group of Eight 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, access to exclusive internal‑only vacancies, and genuine career progression opportunities via the academic promotions process.

Other Information

Pre‑employment checks may include verification of the right to work in Australia, qualifications, professional registration (e.g. AHPRA), criminal history checks and mandatory immunisations. This may also include checks relating to gender‑based violence matters or other integrity and conduct requirements. You must maintain unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Employer sponsored work rights are not available for this appointment.

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Applications close 4th of November 2026 at 11.00pm AEST (R-69369). Please note that interviews have been tentatively scheduled for the 9th of November 2026.

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