Teaching Fellow - Department of Applied Health Sciences - 108206 - Grade 7

Position Details

Department of Applied Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health

University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £36,636 to £46,049 with potential progression once in post to £48,822

Grade: 7

Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to November 2029

Closing date: 16th November 2026

Background
Academic leads and line manager: Dr Jeffry Hogg

Academic team

You will be part of Bright, our team lead by Professor Alastair Denniston, Chair of Regulatory Science and currently chairing the national commission on the regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare. Bright is nationally and internationally recognised for its expertise in the evaluation, regulation and implementation of AI in health and care and hosts national infrastructure supporting regulation and innovation with AI health technologies. Our flagship educational offering (MSc AI Implementation (Healthcare)) is the first of its kind in the UK and we have partnered with the NHS Digital Academy and NHS England’s AI Ambassador’s Network to deliver virtual foundational AI training across the NHS.

The post holder will join Bright at an exciting time following the completion of the first year of the MSc and external funding secured to grow our postgraduate education portfolio with three new modules regarding AI in cancer diagnostics and global software medical device regulation. The team is also highly active in research and policy, with an established track record for high impact research outputs. This post will present opportunities to engage with some of these research projects where they align with the post holder’s interests and goals for professional development.

Role Summary

The post holder will teach and advise postgraduate or CPD students within their own subject area and within established teaching programmes concerning the evaluation, regulation and implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) in health and care. You will be supported and supervised by senior staff with ultimate responsibility for the design, delivery and assessment of the teaching programme(s). You will work closely with our wide network of cross-sector guest faculty from public bodies (e.g. MHRA, NHS England, NICE), Industry (e.g. Apple, Microsoft, software medical device SMEs) and academics (across and beyond University of Birmingham). Through these relationships you will help to curate and deliver high-quality learning experiences for students, drawing on expertise and delivery capacity from across our wider academic network. You will receive support from senior academics within Bright with a wide range of backgrounds in practice and research.

Main Duties

• Teach courses at a range of levels within AI in healthcare and within own area of subject specialism to postgraduates and CPD students, predominantly through allocated lectures and seminars, so that the School’s teaching objectives are met.
• Contribute to the design of modules with other colleagues.
• Plan and prepare own teaching, including guidance notes and handouts in accordance with the established objectives of the teaching programme.
• Devise and supervise projects, student dissertations and practical work.
• Develop an approach to planning and reviewing own teaching.
• Undertake full range of responsibilities in relation to supervision, marking and examining. (Summative assessment, including assessed work contributing to the final award – as a mark or as a credit – such as unseen examinations, essays, dissertations or presentations, is subject to validation by the academic supervisor.)
• Frequently update own subject expertise.
• Undertake personal professional development in teaching, including self-reflection on own teaching, using student and peer review feedback, to enhance own teaching and learning processes.
• Contribute to knowledge transfer on own specialism that is of manifest benefit to the College and the University, often under supervision of a project leader.
• Undertake management/administration arising from teaching.
• Contribute to Departmental/School teaching-related activities and teaching-related administration.
• Contribute to enterprise, business development and/or public engagement activities of manifest benefit to the College and the University, often under supervision of a project leader.
• Fosters a fair and equitable workplace for all staff.
• Identify and respond to equality and diversity issues in line with relevant university policies and procedures.
• Other relevant criteria from our equality and diversity duties document.

Person Specification

• Higher degree relevant to research or teaching area or equivalent qualifications
• High level analytical and reflective capability
• Ability to design and deliver module materials successfully
• Ability to assess and organise resources effectively
• Understanding of and ability to contribute to broader management, administration and student support processes
• Experience in developing and managing external partnerships
• Knowledge of the protected characteristics and duties under the Equality Act 2010. Including fostering good relations and advancing the universities Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED)

DBS required

Pre-employment DBS

The University is committed to safeguarding and we promote safe recruitment practice, therefore all associated pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. Due to the nature of the work undertaken in this role all successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory DBS clearance prior to appointment.

Further particulars can be found here

Informal enquiries to Jeffry Hogg , email: j.hogg.1@bham.ac.uk

Use of AI in applications: We want to understand your genuine interest in the role and for the written elements of your application to accurately reflect your own communication style. Applications that rely too heavily on AI tools can appear generic and lack the detail we need to assess your skills and experience. Such applications will unlikely be progressed to interview.

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