Clinical Lecturer (Paediatric Dentistry)

University of Birmingham; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent UK university seeks a Clinical Lecturer in Dentistry to contribute to teaching, research, and academic administration. The role requires a dentist who has specialist training and a strong commitment to enhancing student experience through innovative teaching and quality research. The position emphasizes academic citizenship and leadership in educational practices. Benefits include competitive salary, flexible working arrangements, and a comprehensive development program. Applications are due by 9th February 2026.

Benefits

40 days paid holiday per year

Paid volunteering day

Occupational sick pay

Pension scheme

Subsidized day nurseries

Qualifications

• Candidates must be fully registered dentists with a license to practice.
• Demonstrated competence in Learning and Teaching, and Management and Administration.
• An excellent teaching profile showing significant impact and quality.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to teaching, research, and administration with a focus on academic citizenship.
• Develop major teaching programs that enhance the student experience.
• Engage in sustained research with a reputation for high-quality publications.

Skills

Clinical education

Research proficiency

Management in academia

Pedagogical knowledge

Education

PhD in relevant field

Completed specialist training as a dentist

Job description

Position Details

Department of Dentistry, School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £45,943 to £82,701

Grade: Clinical

Full Time, Permanent

Closing date: 9th February 2026

Please note: We are advertising for both a Clinical Lecturer (8620) and an Associate Clinical Professor (8621), however there is only 1 post available.

Our offer to you

People are at the heart of what we are and do. The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we are equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university. We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.

We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector‑leading Birmingham Professional programme which provides all professional services staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential. With almost 5,000 professional services jobs in a wide range of functions in Edgbaston and on our campus in Dubai, there are plenty of opportunities for you to develop your career at the University.

We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate. We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work.

Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements. We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible working. In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme. We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.

The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site. On campus we have a state‑of‑the‑art sports centre with pool, shops, places to eat and drink, our own art gallery, museum and botanical gardens.

Find out more about the benefits of working for the University of Birmingham.

Role Summary

In their role as Clinical Lecturer, the candidate will contribute to teaching, research, and administration. In addition, the candidate will be expected to contribute to academic citizenship, likely to be demonstrated through generous, mutually respectful and supportive working relationships with all staff and students.

Teaching will include: (a) development and leadership of major teaching programmes or equivalent; and (b) enhancement of the student experience and employability.

Research will involve an established national and international reputation through significant original research work and a clear record of impact.

Management and administration will include Departmental / School leadership and management activity with University wide involvement – for example, through sustained high value research, knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, and public engagement or similar activities.

Clinical service as part of an honorary contract with the Birmingham Community Health Care Foundation Trust.

Main Duties

Education

You will contribute across the range of teaching and learning activities:

• making a significant contribution to the pedagogical knowledge base of the subject that advances teaching through the enhancement of practice, the development of teaching resources and/or through practice‑based research;
• leading on the management and the development of approaches to teaching and learning, including designing innovative approaches to digital resources/environments and supporting colleagues to use them that are innovative to the subject area or institution;
• leading on curriculum design at module and programme level to ensure it is contemporary, inclusive, engaging and academically challenging;
• actively engaging students in curriculum design and sharing evidence of “what works”;
• making an impactful, high‑quality contribution to debates about education policy, methods and practices through internal and external publications, subject societies and conference activity;
• developing an external profile, evidenced through engaging in external quality assurance activities related to teaching, e.g. external examining and engaging with/supporting education in other institutions;
• playing an important and sustained role in the recruitment and admission of students;
• leading the development of teaching, learning and assessment policies and strategies;
• acting as an education mentor to colleagues in the School/Department/College or more widely;
• leading the development of new and appropriate approaches to learning and teaching. This may be underpinned by research and evaluation of teaching methods and systems;
• leading sustained high value impact in knowledge transfer and enterprise (including business engagement, public engagement) that enhances the student experience and/or employability, and is of manifest benefit to learning and teaching in the College and the University;
• undertaking own teaching, which will include teaching and examining courses at a range of levels, planning and reviewing own teaching approaches, developing programme proposals, supervision, marking and examining. You will ensure that your teaching practice is informed by discipline‑based research, through participating in the research culture of the School.

Research

To pursue sustained research activity through original research and scholarship, including other research‑related contributions through conference papers and presentations and/or consultancy projects and advice, including (as appropriate):

• contributing to the management of research activities;
• consistently publishing internationally excellent research, with some research regarded as world leading, that results in a sustained, highly respected reputation of international quality;
• providing expert advice internally and externally;
• peer reviewing articles for peer reviewed academic journals and grant applications by research councils and/or other major funding bodies;
• leading sustained impact activity including public engagement and makes a significant contribution to policy development at a national and international level;
• as appropriate, managing research activities;
• developing novel methodologies and techniques appropriate to the type of research being pursued.

Management / Administration

Lead activities in the Department/ School and represent the School on College/ University committees or working groups. Where appropriate to the discipline, this is likely to include some but not all of the responsibilities listed below:

• making an important contribution to the development and running of the Department or School, for example, leading activity on research and/or teaching assessment;
• leading a successful international engagement at School or College level;
• making important contributions to the development of the Department’s research and/or learning and teaching strategy;
• contributing significantly to the development and delivery of knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement and public engagement activities with sustained high value impact of manifest benefit to the College and the University;
• promoting a culture (including policies and procedures) that embeds equality and values diversity and inclusion;
• leading, serving on and assisting the work of committees and task and finish groups beyond School/ Research Institute, e.g., Senate, Council, University Education or Research Committee etc.;
• leading external committees, e.g., those associated with public / professional bodies or delivery of activities for an external body at an appropriate level, e.g., chairing sub‑committees associated with large elements of work;
• leading / project managing a team to devise and implement a new and/or revised process (e.g. a new research initiative, or a recruitment drive);
• making a sustained contribution to widening participation, schools outreach and/or public understanding of the discipline;
• contributing to administrative activities within the University (e.g. appeals panels, working groups).

Citizenship

• identifying wellbeing issues within the School/College/University and developing appropriate solutions to address these;
• taking collective ownership of challenges faced by the School or College and working with colleagues to develop solutions.

Person Specification

• This is a clinical academic post and the postholder must be a dentist who has completed specialist training, is fully registered and with a licence to practise with the GDC and participating in clinical appraisal and revalidation.
• Demonstrated competence in Learning and Teaching, and Management and Administration.

Learning and Teaching Requirements

An excellent teaching profile and performance in terms of both impact and quality. The teaching quality demonstrated to be informed by an appropriate level of scholarship.

Where appropriate, evidence of success under the following headings:

• Successful and sustained use of a range of appropriate teaching methods, and assessment strategies that promote high quality learning, including learning that is flexible, distinctive and current and stimulates learners’ natural curiosity;
• Significant and sustained contribution to one or more of the following: strategic development of new programmes; approaches to learning; the development of learning resources;
• Track record of substantial and sustained high value impact on the enhancement of the student experience, and/or employability.

Research Requirements

A PhD is a prerequisite for all applicants seeking a Research & Education role, along with the required level of experience.

Management and Administration‑Related Requirements

Demonstrated significant achievement in management and administration‑related activities, which may include leadership of activities/initiatives. Evidence of success under the following headings

• Successful and sustained contribution to the corporate life of the School/College/University, displaying willingness to contribute actively to committees, collaborative teaching and administrative tasks;
• Actively promotes equality and diversity to internal and external stakeholders;
• Able to use data to identify equality and diversity issues;
• Experience of developing interventions to address equality and diversity issues;

Clinical Service

• To engage in clinical activity in Paediatric Dentistry as guided by the service lead for the department. This could include local sessions within BCHCT or under a service level agreement with surrounding trusts.
• To continue to develop clinical skills across Paediatric dentistry.
• Personal treatment sessions on an outpatient basis with access to inhalation sedation.
• To be involved in formal and informal teaching programme established in the department supporting junior of dental and nursing staff.
• To work closely with colleagues in BCHCT, surrounding community trusts and Birmingham Children’s Hospital to develop and strengthen a network for paediatric dental service provision.

OH and DBS Required

The University is committed to safeguarding and we promote safe recruitment practice, therefore all associated pre‑employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. Due to the nature of the work undertaken in this role all successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Occupational Health and DBS clearance prior to appointment.

Further Particulars

Further particulars can be found.

Informal Enquiries

Informal enquiries to Maddie Kyffin, email: [e-mail]

AI and Diversity Statement

Use of AI in applications: We want to understand your genuine interest in the role and for the written elements of your application to accurately reflect your own communication style. Applications that rely too heavily on AI tools can appear generic and lack the detail we need to assess your skills and experience. Such applications will unlikely be progressed to interview.

We believe there is no such thing as a ‘typical’ member of University of Birmingham staff and that diversity in many forms is a strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation and debate at the heart of University life. We are committed to proactively addressing the barriers experienced by some groups in our community and are proud to hold Athena SWAN, Race Equality Charter and Disability Confident Accred in Acc … etc.

We are also committed to sustainability, which is a key part of our strategy. You can find out more about our work to create a fairer university for everyone.