Job Description

Please note: this job is only available to current employees of Lancaster University

Lancaster Medical School is seeking to appoint a Clinical Skills Manager at 1.0FTE, less than full time and job share candidates are welcome to apply. Part time and job share options are possible for the right candidate.


You will need to be able to prioritise your workload and work under pressure whilst developing and maintaining mutually beneficial working relationships with the undergraduate medicine (MBChB) programme team, internal and external stakeholders including our partner NHS trusts.


Excellent organisational skills and experience of clinical skills teaching (including physical examination skills) are essential.


You will be a registered healthcare professional on an agenda for change contract (e.g., nurse, allied health professional). You must have a licence to practise and have extensive experience in clinical settings which support and compliment the curriculum.


You will be responsible for teaching first year medical students across a range of clinical skills, with a focus on the clinical examination of key body systems, to help prepare them for early clinical experience, you will also facilitate small group teaching, simulation and lecture-based sessions.


You will manage a state-of-the-art simulation and clinical skills facility, including a 9-bed clinical skills lab and an 8-bed mobile simulation teaching unit. You will be supported by a clinical skills classroom assistant and visiting colleagues from partner NHS organisations.


The Faculty of Health and Medicine champions the needs of each individual employee and promotes a teaching and research environment based on a healthy work-life balance. We are committed to working policies that are family-friendly and flexible, in line with the Athena SWAN Charter, which recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address gender equality in higher education and research.


We welcome applications from people in all diversity groups and are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements which are subject to business needs, including working week, flexible start/finish times or condensed hours.


Enquiries to Cliff Shelton c.shelton@lancaster.ac.uk or Ian Parkinson i.parkinson1@lancaster.ac.uk