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Are you an emerging leader in health services research? Are you looking for an opportunity to grow your research program and drive the education of future healthcare leaders?

• Opportunity to contribute to research and teaching in health leadership and services management, with a focus on integrated care and quality improvement in health.
• Drive teaching innovation and curriculum development in postgraduate education.
• Actively advance your research profile harnessing our system and service partnerships in healthcare locally, nationally, and globally.

The Opportunity 

• Contribute to teaching and curriculum development in the subject area of health leadership and services management, with a focus on integrated care.
• Lead a program of research in health services as an independent researcher.
• Full time, Continuing position.
• Academic Level C.
• Part-time options, job share or other flexible work arrangements available by negotiation.

The UNSW Medicine and Health’s School of Population Health is a leader in public health and health leadership and management education. Our Master of Health Leadership and Management program is the oldest in Australia, providing generations of health leaders with the skills to transform the health of populations and health systems. The Senior Lecturer – Integrated Care will contribute to teaching and curriculum development in the Master of Health Leadership and Management program, with a focus on integrated care and quality improvements in health. This role will directly influence the School’s strategy of delivering educational offerings that reflect the changing needs of population health and health systems.

The School of Population Health is internationally recognised as a leader in public health and health services research and has a core mission to transform people’s health and health systems through excellence in population health research. The School conducts cross-disciplinary research with academia, community and industry and has strong associations with research centres and institutes throughout UNSW Medicine and Health. The School of Population Health supports research-active academics to conduct high-quality research that addresses current and emerging population health challenges and priorities. The Senior Lecturer – Integrated Care will be an independent researcher and will be expected to actively advance their research profile through publications in peer reviewed journals, applications for competitive funding, higher degree student supervision and contributions to academic administrative functions in the School of Population Health.

The role of Senior Lecturer reports to the Director of Teaching and has no direct reports.

Please see the attached position for a full list of responsibilities.  Position Description - Level C Senior Lecturer Integrated Care

Skills and Experience: 

• A PhD in health management, public health or a related discipline.
• Extensive experience in health services or health systems research and recognised as an authority in integrated care.
• Proven linkages with key stakeholders in appropriate policy and/or clinical settings.
• Proven commitment to proactively keeping up to date with discipline knowledge and developments.
• Demonstrated experience in teaching and learning design using a range of pedagogical approaches, development and delivery of courses and programs, at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level.
• Experience of implementing educational technologies and online delivery methods.
• Evidence of teaching effectiveness and passion for educational excellence and fostering this in others.
• Demonstrated success in initiating curriculum development and improvement.
• Demonstrated experience with industry or work-integrated learning.
• Evidence of ability to support and inspire students from diverse backgrounds and support student equity diversity and inclusion initiatives.
• Demonstrable track record in obtaining funding for health services/health systems research from a diverse range of sources including category 1 peer reviewed grants.
• Demonstrated track record in research with outcomes of high quality and high impact with clear evidence of the desire and ability to continually achieve research excellence as well as the capacity for research leadership.
• Demonstrated track record in dissemination of research and development findings through presentations, publications, refereed articles, journal papers, educational bulletins and information systems.

Please click Apply to submit your application online. Applications will not be accepted if sent to the contact listed below.

Contact (for job related questions)

Associate Professor Anita Heywood

Director of Teaching, School of Population Health

a.heywood@unsw.edu.au

Applications close: 24 March 2021

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