"Lecturer/Senior Lecturer Centre for Biomedical Ethics"

Lecturer or Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore. The Centre for Biomedical Ethics (CBmE) was established in September 2006 in the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine through a generous gift by the Chen Su Lan Trust. Under the leadership of Prof Julian Savulescu, CBmE is a thriving and internationally-regarded centre for education and research relating to the ethical aspects of healthcare and biomedical sciences.

CBmE leads the Health ethics, Law and Professionalism (HeLP) programme, a longitudinal curriculum integrated across all five years of the undergraduate medical degree. We are also pioneering a new interprofessional approach to education in ethics, law and professionalism, delivering foundational learning to all medical, nursing, pharmacy and dental students as part of the recently introduced NUS Common Curriculum for Health Professional Education. HeLP aims to equip future doctors with the ethical reasoning, legal awareness, and professional values essential for clinical practice in Singapore and globally: https://medicine.nus.edu.sg/cbme/education/undergraduatecurriculum/

We are seeking a talented and collegial educator with expertise in healthcare ethics, law and professionalism to contribute to our teaching mission. The successful candidate will demonstrate a commitment to excellence in education, and will play a key role in the ongoing development and delivery of the HeLP programme, working in a senior position within a team of more than 25 educators.

This is an appointment on the Educator Track. It will be a fixed-term, full-time appointment with opportunities for renewal, subject to ongoing need and satisfactory performance. Demonstrated achievement may also lead to advancement to the rank of Associate Professor, either on an open or term contract. The role requires residency in Singapore.

The main responsibilities of the position are to:

• Develop, co-ordinate, and deliver undergraduate teaching within the HeLP programme.
• Contribute to all aspects of good educational governance, including oversight of assessment practices and audits, serving on relevant medical school committees, and co-ordinating the training and allocation of teaching staff.
• Lead new teaching and learning initiatives for students, including the development of educational activities in the health humanities, and the expansion of extra-curricular opportunities for student participation in ethics and humanities research projects.
• Contribute to other educational programmes within CBmE (postgraduate and/or continuing education for health professionals), if time permits.
• Participate in identifying and contributing to new educational research activities in ethics, law and professionalism, or in the health humanities.
• Provide academic support within CBmE, such as assisting to organise national and international conferences and meetings, or educational development workshops.
• Communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders about CBmE’s educational activities and impacts.
• Strengthen existing relationships with key educational partners across NUS.

Essential requirements for this position:

• A PhD in a relevant subject. For medical doctors, a PhD is not required if you can demonstrate i) postgraduate level training in a relevant subject, and ii) an extensive track record of teaching ethics, law and professionalism to medical students or other health professional students.
• Extensive knowledge across core topics in healthcare ethics, health law and professionalism.
• Demonstrable experience of relevant teaching. Appointment at the level of Senior Lecturer will require 5 years of relevant teaching.