Associate Professor (Teaching Focussed)

University of Warwick; Coventry; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Warwick's Warwick Medical School invites applications from qualified academic and/or clinical staff to lead education in clinical anatomy and medical imaging for MBChB and postgraduate levels. The post offers opportunities to contribute to teaching, assessment, and curriculum design, with HTA licensing obligations and potential leadership roles.

Informal enquiries may be directed to Professor Richard Tunstall.

Qualifications

• Qualified and experienced academic or clinical staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and delivery of education in clinical anatomy and medical imaging.
• Contribute to MBChB programme teaching, learning and assessment.
• Help shape curriculum design and scholarly activity, ensuring HTA compliance.
• Potentially take leadership roles in MBChB and related activities.

Job description

About the Role

WMS invites applications from qualified and experienced academic and/or clinical staff (note this is not a clinical post) to work with a team of clinical anatomists who are internationally recognised for their modern innovative curricula and their student-centred approach to learning.

The role offers a unique opportunity for the post holder to enhance their existing skills via the leadership, development and delivery of education and training in clinical anatomy and medical imaging at MBChB and postgraduate/professional level.

There will be opportunities for the post holder to contribute to other teaching, learning and assessment activities within the MBChB programme, such as OSCE examinations and written assessment creation and delivery, and to take leadership roles at appropriate points.

This is a unique opportunity to influence medical education at a leading institution. If you are passionate about clinical anatomy, imaging, and inspiring the next generation of medical students, please contact Professor Richard Tunstall ([e-mail]) for informal enquiries.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description (link here).

About You

Working in collaboration with the Clinical Anatomy team, the post holder will help shape the curriculum by developing and delivering teaching and learning opportunities in clinical anatomy and medical imaging to support the work of WMS, helping to enhance WMS's teaching reputation locally, nationally and internationally. The post holder will play a key role in shaping and delivering high-quality teaching and assessment in clinical anatomy and medical imaging for the graduate-entry MBChB course.

Working in close partnership with the Clinical Anatomy team and the Human Tissue Authority Designated Individual for Anatomy on a range of activities, the post holder will both contribute to educational delivery, assessment, curricular design, and scholarly activity, while ensuring compliance with HTA anatomy licensing obligations. The post holder may be required to carry out other activities to support and enhance delivery of the MBChB, in agreement with their line manager.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description.

About the Department

Warwick Medical School (WMS) runs the largest Graduate Entry Medical programme in the UK; it has a reputation for recruiting highly motivated intellectually curious students and producing excellent graduates. The MBChB course is centred around Case Based Learning (CBL) and is composed of integrated longitudinal Themes (e.g., clinical anatomy) and Blocks of system and clinical specialty-based learning, with clinical anatomy and imaging woven throughout the course. The Clinical anatomy and imaging teaching and team in WMS are one of the most highly rated parts of the MBChB programme.

The new purpose-built Clinical Education hub houses the dedicated 500m2 clinical anatomy and imaging suite. Students learn using a unique combination of resources and techniques/theories including asynchronous online materials, interactive workshops using plastinated dissections and patients, and novel hands-on learning techniques.

For further information on the department, please see our webpage here: Warwick Medical School, UK.

Closing Date:

Sunday 13 December 2026, 11:59 PM (UK)

The interviews will be held: Monday 18 January 2027.

£59,390 to £68,817 per annum