"Senior Lecturer (Speciality Lead, Acute Care)"

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Senior Lecturer (Speciality Lead, Acute Care)

• Faculty of Health Sciences
• Perth, Western Australia
• Permanent Part Time

Date posted: 7/2/2026

• $144,512 - $166,354 (ALC) + clinical loading + 17% super (pro-rata)
• Part-time (0.2 FTE), Continuing Teaching Academic
• Based at Curtin's vibrant Bentley Campus

Job reference: 1399842

Shape the future of Acute Care medical education in WA

Curtin Medical School is seeking an experienced and passionate clinician-educator to take on a key leadership role as Senior Lecturer and Specialty Lead (Acute Care) within our undergraduate MBBS program.

This is a unique opportunity to shape how Acute Care is taught across all five years of Western Australia’s only undergraduate medical degree, ensuring graduates are well prepared to meet contemporary clinical, professional, and community needs.

Your new role

As the Clinical Specialist Lead, you will provide strategic leadership for your specialty, ensuring its high-quality representation across the MBBS curriculum. Working closely with Domain Leads and Year Coordinators, you will play a central role in curriculum review, development, assessment, and delivery.

The role also involves identifying and overseeing adjunct academics who contribute to teaching, and providing leadership for “Back to Campus” programs in Years 4 and 5 focused on acute care topics. You will contribute to the development and oversight of written and OSCE assessments aligned with Acute Care learning outcomes.

This flexible, part-time opportunity suits a senior clinician with a strong interest in medical education who enjoys collaboration, leadership, and making a lasting impact on student learning.

In this role, you will:

Teaching & Curriculum Development

• Lead comprehensive reviews of curriculum outcomes to ensure alignment with Australian Medical Council Graduate Outcomes relevant to your specialty.
• Develop and implement curriculum enhancements that integrate Acute Care meaningfully across all years of the MBBS.
• Approve specialty-specific curriculum content in collaboration with Domain Leads and Year Coordinators.
• Contribute to the design, delivery, and review of assessment activities, including written and OSCE assessments relevant to Acute Care.
• Deliver face-to-face and online teaching, and identify, recruit, and oversee adjunct and additional clinical educators as required.
• Provide oversight of Year 4 and 5 Back to Campus programs related to Acute Care.
• Monitor the impact of curriculum changes on student learning and performance, adjusting as needed to maintain excellence.
• Participate in relevant Medical School committees related to clinical education.
• Where appropriate, engage in scholarly and evidence-based educational research.
• Act as the first point of contact for academic queries related to your specialty.

Engagement & Representation

• Serve as Curtin Medical School’s representative for your clinical discipline, responding to stakeholder and external body enquiries across all clinical teaching sites.

About you

You are a respected clinician with a passion for medical education and leadership. You bring credibility, collaboration, and a strong commitment to equity and community-focused healthcare.

Essential criteria:

• Medical degree with current unrestricted AHPRA registration
• A Fellowship or Post graduate qualification in a relevant discipline (or equivalent accreditation and professional standing for a Teaching Focused Clinical Professional role).
• Extensive clinical experience in Acute Care.
• Demonstrated excellence in teaching, supervising and mentoring medical students and junior doctors
• Strong leadership capability, with experience in curriculum development or educational initiatives
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and ethical professional practice

Desirable criteria:

• Experience in curriculum quality improvement, assessment design, or accreditation processes
• Evidence of research in the field, with publications, presentations, or project involvement
• Interest in integrating research and evidence-based practice into teaching and curriculum design

Role Requirements

As this is a continuing contract, you will require current work rights in Australia that match the tenure of this role. Successful applicants are subject to a National Police Clearance, and background, integrity, and reference checks to Curtin’s satisfaction

About the Team: Curtin Medical School

Curtin Medical School delivers Western Australia’s only undergraduate MBBS, enrolling up to 120 students annually with a strong emphasis on equity, rural health, and Indigenous participation. Our future-focused curriculum is delivered through state-of-the-art clinical teaching and simulation facilities at Bentley, supported by an extensive clinical education network that includes:

• Over 10 metropolitan hospital placement sites
• Health campuses in Midland and Kalgoorlie
• Membership in the Rural Clinical School of WA
• Strong partnerships with metropolitan and rural primary care and community providers

We are committed to producing future-ready doctors with strong primary care capability, leadership skills, and a commitment to serving diverse communities.

About Curtin University

Curtin University proudly stands among the top one percent of global universities according to the ARWU 2025 rankings. We are an energetic, dedicated team of academics and professionals working together to provide global solutions through quality graduates and innovative research.

Curtin is a welcoming space where integrity, respect for one another, courage, excellence, and impact are essential to everyday life. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality and faith are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live. For more information, please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page - https://staff.curtin.edu.au/discover-curtin/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-at-curtin/

What We Offer You

Situated on Whadjuk Nyungar Country, our vibrant Bentley campus includes an art gallery, gym, childcare and medical centre, bus station, accessible parking and endless food options including a supermarket. Aside from the vibrant campus life, we offer more than just a job. Curtin offers a wide range of generous benefits, including additional leave, salary packaging, health and wellbeing services and an array of discounts for retail, travel and much more. For more reasons to work at Curtin, please visit https://staff.curtin.edu.au/discover-curtin/

Join Us!

If this sounds like your next role, please click APPLY NOW ensuring to attach the following documents:

• Up to date Resume
• Cover Letter outlining your interest and demonstrating how your background meets the position’s selection criteria (noted above).

If you have any queries in relation to this opportunity or the application process, please contact our careers team on CurtinCareers@curtin.edu.au or 08 9266 9000 (option 3,1), quoting the reference number. Please note, late applications or applications received via email will not be considered, and only successful candidates will be contacted.

Applications close: 8.30pm (AWST), Sunday 1 March 2026 Curtin reserves the right at its sole discretion to withdraw from the recruitment process, not to make an appointment, or to appoint by invitation, at any time. We reserve the right to remove the advert earlier than the date on the advert.