About This Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the leadership and ongoing development of a Central Learning Community within the UQ Medical School. As Deputy Head of the Learning Community (Year 3), you will play a pivotal role in fostering an inclusive, supportive and high-performing learning environment where medical students are supported to flourish academically, professionally and personally. Working collaboratively with academic clinicians, professional staff and students, you will provide visible educational leadership within a vibrant clinical teaching context aligned to UQ’s purpose of creating change together.

Key responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Provide academic leadership and coordination of Year 3 learning experiences, including clinical immersion, assessment, remediation, pastoral care and career guidance.
• Contribute to high-quality face-to-face clinical teaching and assessment, supporting students’ professional identity formation and clinical capability.
• Lead and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance the quality of teaching, learning and engagement within the Learning Community.
• Support staff capability through mentoring, supervision, professional development and contribution to staff training activities.

This is a teaching focused position. Further information can be found by viewing UQ’s Criteria for Academic Performance.

About You

• Medical qualification and eligibility for registration as a medical practitioner in Australia, with a specialist qualification recognised by: AHPRA
• PhD or equivalent in the disciplinary area, or an appropriate combination of professional and academic service relevant to the field.
• An established profile in clinical teaching.
• Evidence of a substantial senior contribution to quality clinical teaching at undergraduate postgraduate and/or professional entry level.
• Expert discipline knowledge and extensive experience in a general or specialist capacity, including evidence of dissemination of new and innovative clinical techniques.
• A record of peer reviewed publications in reputed refereed journals and presenting at conferences, in conjunction with evidence of contribution towards successful applications for external research funding.
• A strong track record of participation in the development and continuous innovation of new programs, curriculum design and course material in the discipline area.
• A solid record of contribution to the supervision of trainees in clinical speciality training programs.
• A growing record of meaningful internal service roles in conjunction with demonstrated leadership roles in external activities that foster links within the profession and the relevant specialty, including developing consultancies in speciality areas.

About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you will have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world, and within an environment where interdisciplinary collaborations are encouraged. As part of our commitment to excellence in research and professional practice in academic contexts, we are proud to provide our staff with access to world-class facilities and equipment, grant writing support, greater research funding opportunities, and other forms of staff support and development.

The greater benefits of joining the UQ community are broad: from being part of a Group of Eight university, to recognition of prior service with other Australian universities, up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave, 17.5% annual leave loading, flexible working arrangements, access to exclusive internal-only vacancies, and genuine career progression opportunities via the academic promotions process.

The successful applicant may attract additional salary loadings (clinical and/or state) within this role, based on their qualifications and registrations and subject to approval. More information can be found here.

A Conjoint/Secondment arrangement with Queensland Health may be considered for a suitable applicant.

Interested?

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Associate Professor Carl Lisec c.lisec@uq.edu.au. For application inquiries, please reach out to the Talent Acquisition team at talent@uq.edu.au stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.

When you apply, please ensure you upload a resume, cover letter, and responses to the ‘About You’ section.

Other Information

Pre-employment checks may include verification of the right to work in Australia, qualifications, professional registration AHPRA, mandatory immunisations. This may also include checks relating to gender-based violence matters or other integrity and conduct requirements.

You must maintain unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Employer sponsored work rights are not available for this appointment.

We're dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion. We recognise that career pathways and opportunities differ and encourage applications from candidates who may not meet every criteria but can demonstrate their potential relative to opportunity. We’re also happy to support any accessibility needs throughout the recruitment process. Just let us know how we can help by emailing talent@uq.edu.au or calling +61 7 3365 2623.

Applications close Sunday 24 May 2026 at 11.00pm AEST (R-64342). Please note that interviews have been tentatively scheduled for 3rd June.