Senior Lecturer, Surgery (Echuca)

University of Melbourne; Echuca; On-site; AUD 153,000 - 176,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

17% Superannuation

Salary packaging

PD opportunities

Discounted services

Health programs

Job summary

The University of Melbourne is seeking a Part Time role to lead and coordinate general surgery teaching for Rural Clinical School students in Echuca. You design rich clinical learning experiences, support students, and collaborate with Echuca Regional Health teams.

You will deliver high quality teaching, coordinate placements, and participate in assessments while contributing to research and student projects within a supportive regional setting.

Qualifications

• Hold a medical qualification recognised in Australia.
• Fellowship or equivalent recognised postgraduate clinical qualification.
• Demonstrate experience in clinical teaching, medical education and curriculum delivery within surgical or perioperative environments.
• Build strong working relationships with medical practitioners and university colleagues in regional settings.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills and thrive as a collaborative member of multidisciplinary teams.
• Understand the needs of medical students and provide guidance and pastoral support as required.
• Show strong organisational and administrative skills, maintaining teaching schedules and assessment records.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate general surgery teaching for Rural Clinical School students in Echuca.
• Design rich clinical learning experiences, support students, and collaborate with Echuca Regional Health teams.
• Plan, organise and deliver high quality general surgery teaching, tutorials and clinical sessions for RCS students.
• Coordinate student placements, ward rounds and theatre experiences with Echuca Regional Health clinicians.
• Orientate students to surgical wards, procedures and workflows, modelling professional behaviours and communication standards.
• Participate in and contribute to assessments, including in-term tasks and end-of-year examinations.
• Engage in research, supervise student projects where appropriate, and support development of competitive grant applications.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Organisational skills

Education

Medical qualification recognised in Australia

Fellowship or equivalent postgraduate qualification

Job description

Role type: Part Time (0.2FTE); Fixed term until 31 December 2028
Faculty: Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Department/ School: Department of Rural Health - Echuca Clinical School
Salary: $152,695 - 176,065 p.a. pro rata for part time plus 17% super

• Lead rural surgical education in Echuca / collaborate with Echuca Regional Health / mentor and inspire future surgeons
• Investing in you - 17% superannuation, benefits package including salary packaging, health and wellbeing programs, discounted services, and professional development opportunities.

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Your next career opportunity
You will lead and coordinate general surgery teaching for Rural Clinical School students in Echuca.
You will design rich clinical learning experiences, support students, and collaborate with Echuca Regional Health teams

What you will deliver:

• Plan, organise and deliver high quality general surgery teaching, tutorials and clinical sessions for RCS students.
• Coordinate student placements, ward rounds and theatre experiences in surgery with Echuca Regional Health clinicians and educators.
• Orientate students to surgical wards, procedures and workflows, modelling professional behaviours and communication standards.
• Participate in and contribute to assessments, including in-term tasks and end-of-year examinations.
• Engage in research, supervise student projects where appropriate, and support development of competitive grant applications.

You may be a great fit if you:

• Hold a medical qualification recognised in Australia plus Fellowship or equivalent recognised postgraduate clinical qualification.
• Demonstrate experience in clinical teaching, medical education and curriculum delivery within surgical or perioperative environments.
• Build strong working relationships with medical practitioners, health professionals and university colleagues in regional settings.
• Bring highly developed interpersonal skills and thrive as a collaborative member of multidisciplinary teams.
• Understand the needs of medical students and provide approachable academic guidance and pastoral support when required.
• Show strong organisational and administrative skills, maintaining up-to-date teaching schedules, documentation and assessment records.

For further information please refer to the attached PD.

What we offer you!
We offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits to support your success and sense of fulfilment, including:

• Build future financial security with 17% superannuation
• Supportive flexible work arrangements underpinned by our commitment to inclusion and well-being
• Career development opportunities, including access to a range of tailored programs, such as Academic Women in Leadership, and learning platforms including LinkedIn Learning
• Progressive, considerate leave provisions to empower your work-life balance and well-being, including leading parental leave, gender affirmation leave, cultural leave, and menstruation and menopause leave.
• Salary packaging and access to a range of discounted services including Bupa health insurance, and access to unique cultural and recreational benefits such as discounts for the Melbourne Theatre Company
• Health and well-being services including a leading Employee Assistance Program

For more information check out our benefits page!

Your new team -
You will join the Department of Rural Health within the Melbourne Medical School, based at Echuca Clinical School.
The department delivers high quality health professional education and research in partnership with rural communities across Victoria.
Working closely with Echuca Regional Health, the team provides immersive training that strengthens the rural surgical workforce.
You will be part of a supportive, values-driven culture that prioritises innovation, inclusion and staff development.

Be Yourself
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