Senior Lecturer in Mental Health (Digital Education)

Department: Wolfson Institute of Population Health
Salary: £58,378 – £61,710 (Grade 7)
Reference: QMUL30496
Location: Whitechapel
Date posted: 30 September 2022
Closing date: 21 October 2022

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Overview

About the Role

We are seeking an innovative and experienced leader in distance and/or online education to lead and deliver our postgraduate programmes in Mental Health by Distance Learning and to help provide direction on digital education to the Institute’s Education Committee on present and future courses.

There are numerous opportunities for ongoing academic development as a teacher and learner in HE through the QMUL Teaching Recognition Project (TRP), which provides a framework for recognition up to and including Senior Fellowship with the Higher Education Academy.

This is primarily a teaching and scholarship position and opportunities for individual research will be limited.

About the Institute

The Unit of Psychological Medicine, is a part of the Centre for Psychiatry & Mental Health at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health. It has a focus on academic discipline, research, the translation of research into public health strategies and their practical implementation – all dedicated to the reduction of disease and disability.

The Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health plays a key role in the development and delivery of undergraduate medical education (MBBS course) and other undergraduate courses at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).

Ranked in the top 10 in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, Queen Mary University of London, is one of the UK’s leading research-intensive higher education institutions, delivering world class education and knowledge transfer across a wide range of subjects in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Medicine & Dentistry and Science & Engineering.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

The post is based at Whitechapel Campus in London. The post is full-time 1.0FTE and is permanent. Starting salary will be in the range £58,378 – £61,710 per annum, inclusive of London Allowance.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. Where required this may include entry clearance or continued leave to remain under the Points Based Immigration Scheme.

Informal enquiries should be addressed to Dr Mark Freestone

 (m.c.freestone@qmul.ac.uk ).

Details about the Centre for Psychiatry can be found at:

https://www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres/centre-for-psychiatry-and-mental-health/

Application enquiries can be directed to recruitment@qmul.ac.uk

The closing date for all applications is 21 October 2022.

Interviews are expected to take place shortly afterwards.

Further details and apply