>Lectureship In Medical Ethics at the University of Leeds
>
>School Of Medicine And School Of Philosophy
>
>Closing Date: 31-05-2001
>
>                         Further details:
>
>The Schools of Medicine and Philosophy wish to make a joint
>appointment to a permanent Lectureship in Medical Ethics, to
>organize and partly deliver ethics teaching within the new MBChB
>curriculum in the School of Medicine, and to undertake limited ethics
>teaching in the School of Philosophy.
>
>Salary: Lecturer A/B scale (£18,731 - £24,227 p.a. under review). The
>starting date for the post is 1st August, 2001.
>
>Informal inquiries either to the Director of the Medical Education
>Unit, Professor Trudie Roberts, tel: 0113 233 4368, or e-mail:
>[log in to unmask], or to the Head of the School of Philosophy,
>Professor Robin Le Poidevin, tel: 0113 233 3277, or e- mail:
>[log in to unmask]
>
>                         Job Description
>
>Background to the post The Schools of Medicine and Philosophy
>have agreed to create a new permanent post as a result of the
>increased demand for ethics teaching within the new MBChB
>curriculum in the School of Medicine, and the success of the
>Health Care Ethics programme in the School of Philosophy.
>
>The Schools The School of Medicine is in the process of
>implementing its new curriculum and has recently been successful in
>bidding for further medical student places. From 2001, the School
>will admit approximately 260 students annually to its undergraduate
>medical course. The Medical Education Unit is responsible for aspects
>of the curriculum which continue as vertical themes throughout the
>course and are not associated with specific medical departments. The
>School recognizes the importance of ethics within the undergraduate
>medical course and wishes to build on the firm base that has already
>been established.
>
>The School of Philosophy at Leeds is one of the largest unitary
>philosophy departments in the U.K., with three professors, a reader,
>ten senior lecturers, nine lecturers, four teaching fellows and three
>research fellows. The interests of members of staff cover the whole
>range of subjects within the discipline, allowing the School to offer
>courses in most areas of philosophy. In addition to a large number of
>undergraduate degree programmes, the School also offers a number of
>taught MA schemes, including Health Care Ethics, and MPhil and PhD
>degrees by research. There are currently six PhD students in the
>field of medical ethics. In the 1996 HEFCE research assessment
>exercise, the School obtained a 4 rating.  In the TQA exercise it
>received 24 out of 24.
>
>
>Purpose of the post: To organize, and partly deliver the ethics
>component of the MBChB curriculum within the School of Medicine, and
>to undertake a limited amount of teaching for the MA in Health Care
>Ethics within the School of Philosophy.
>
>Main duties (i) Teaching. The appointee will be required to teach
>ethics at all undergraduate and postgraduate levels, involving both
>design and delivery of modules. (ii) Research. The appointee will be
>required to pursue research, and maintain published output at a level
>compatible with their inclusion in the School of Philosophy's
>submission in the Research Assessment Exercise. (iii) Administration.
>The appointee would be expected, from time to time, to undertake
>administrative duties associated with the ethics theme. It is
>expected that the appointee would in due course take the lead in
>co-ordinating ethics teaching in the School of Medicine. (iv)
>Professional development. The University expects lecturers to take
>part in staff development and training programmes. In particular, new
>lecturers are, where appropriate, encouraged to register for the
>Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. (v)
>Relationships. The appointee will be directly responsible to the
>Director of the Medical Education Unit and the Head of the School of
>Philosophy, and will be assigned an advisor during their probationary
>period (if applicable).
>
>                         Person specification
>
>The successful candidate should already possess the following
>essential qualities:
>
>Personal attributes · excellent communication and presentation
>skills; · ability to adapt existing courses to his/her own interests
>and expertise, and show creativity in course design; · good time-
>management skills; · good organizational skills; · ability and
>willingness to contribute to development of teaching policy; · at
>least basic word-processing/IT skills.
>
>Experience · some previous experience in teaching and examining, at
>least at undergraduate level.
>
>Research record · publications suitable for inclusion in the
>Research Assessment Exercise.
>
>Educational training · a PhD, or nearly completed PhD, in a
>relevant subject.
>
>How to apply academic:
>
>Applications should include the following:-
>· A completed application form · A Curriculum Vitae/ information
>requested on page 3 of the form. · Equal Opportunities Monitoring
>Form . Please return the Form in a separate envelope marked 'EOs
>Monitoring'.
>
>Replies will be treated in complete confidence.
>
>Applications should be returned to Dr R Le Poidevin, Head of the
>School of Philosophy, The University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, quoting
>the reference number 013-008-002-009, not later than 31 May 2001. It
>is expected that interviews will be held on 22 June 2001.
>
>If you are selected for interview you can expect to hear from the
>University not later than two months after the closing date. If you
>are not selected for interview the University will not contact you
>again. The volume of applications for each post prevents us from
>being able to notify everyone of the outcome of their application.
>This unfortunately means we are treating you less courteously than we
>would wish, but I hope you will appreciate the reasons for this.
>
>                         Disabled Applicants
>
>The post is located in the Schools of Medicine and Philosophy,
>both of which are fully accessible. Disabled applicants are
>welcome to review the building and its access. Disability Services
>(tel: 0113 233 3927) can provide advice if required.
>
>Disabled applicants are not obliged to inform employers of their
>disability but will still be covered by the Disability Discrimination
> Act once their disability becomes known.
>
>

>
>
>Dr. Christopher Megone,
>Senior Lecturer,
>Department of Philosophy,
>University of Leeds,
>Leeds. LS2 9JT
>UK.
>
>(Joint co-ordinator Euricon Project)
>Tel. 00-44-1132-333278
>Fax. 00-44-1132-333265
>
>http://www.philosophy.leeds.ac.uk/CBM/
>

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