MB BS Undergraduate Medicine Pharmacology Lead
Overview
The University of East Anglia is hiring a Pharmacology Theme Lead within the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Norwich Medical School. The position is part-time at 0.3 FTE and is offered on an indefinite, permanent basis starting on 1 January 2027. The role involves academic leadership and oversight of pharmacology, medicines management, and prescribing education spanning Years 1 through 5 of the MB BS Medicine programme.
Who can apply
Applicants must hold full registration with the General Medical Council along with a licence to practise. A primary medical qualification such as an MBBS, MBChB, or equivalent is required, alongside a relevant postgraduate qualification or substantial demonstrable expertise in pharmacology, clinical pharmacology, therapeutics, or prescribing. Candidates must also bring substantial clinical experience demonstrating a strong understanding of safe and effective prescribing and medicines management, as well as prior experience teaching pharmacology, therapeutics, or prescribing within undergraduate medical education.
What you get
The salary is 113565 to 150569 GBP per annum pro rata on the Clinical Academic Salary Scale for Clinical Academics holding Consultant Contracts, in accordance with associated threshold guidance. The benefits package includes 44 days of annual leave inclusive of Bank Holidays and additional university customary days, calculated on a pro rata basis for part-time staff.
Requirements
The appointed individual is responsible for ensuring teaching stays current, clinically relevant, and integrated across the curriculum. Duties include conducting annual reviews of SOFIA learning objectives, updating materials based on national treatment and prescribing guidelines, contributing directly to lectures, seminars, and Student Selected Components, and overseeing practical prescribing teaching with clinical pharmacy and clinical colleagues at NNUH. Additional responsibilities cover assessment leadership for pharmacology and prescribing, which involves single best answer and objective structured clinical examination development, review, standard setting, and assessment. The role specifically prepares students for the Prescribing Safety Assessment by embedding prescribing skills across all five years, maintaining the question bank, delivering revision and exam preparation, and offering targeted one-to-one support and remediation for students needing resits or extra assistance.