Company Description

Every institution values excellence. What matters most is why.
Griffith was created to be a different type of university. You’ll find we’re about leading research, academic excellence, and the transformative power of education. But what sets us apart is why those things matter and how you’ll achieve them.

Why? Griffith brings together exceptional minds like yours from across the globe and from all walks of life. Here, we do incredible work, questioning and challenging, always in the pursuit of excellence.

The strives to prepare the next generation of professionals and practitioners to tackle health and healthcare challenges in an ever-changing world. As a community, we are committed to building better health outcomes for all by delivering high-quality education, impactful research and engagement with and for the communities we serve. As articulated in our Strategic Plan, we commit to the University's values and, importantly, to being a School for Country, place, communities and the people we serve. Through our learning and teaching, we strive to produce graduates who are confident, competent and resilient to be agents for change.

We are committed to recruiting and retaining the best possible staff; staff who support our educational mission to deliver an outstanding student learning experience and producing competent, compassionate health professional and practitioners.

The School of Medicine and Dentistry shares the Health Group and broader University's commitment to excellence, ethical behaviour, and engagement. The Health Group Charter articulates the core values and behaviours we expect in our workforce: inclusion, integrity, performance, respect, and collaboration. These values and behaviours are embedded in the School's annual Academic Employee Career Development (AECD) / Professional Staff Career Development (PSCD) process and frame staff performance planning and review conversations.

Job Description

We are seeking qualified candidates for the role of Lecturer (Level B) / Senior Lecturer (Level C) in Oral Surgery. The successful candidate will be expected to make significant contributions to the clinical and didactic teaching effort of the School of Medicine and Dentistry and play a major role in scholarship, research and/or professional activities. The incumbent will promote and support the School’s educational mission in relation to dentistry and oral health. They will contribute to the development and implementation of high-quality learning and assessment activities across courses and programs.

The incumbent will also contribute to the broader mission of the School through scholarly and service activities as negotiated with their supervisor.

This is a full-time continuing role based at our Gold Coast location. As Griffith is a multi-campus institution, there may be some requirement to attend other campuses on occasion.

There is a requirement for considerable face-to-face didactic and clinical teaching, so the expectation is that the incumbent will regularly attend campus across the extended dentistry academic calendar, contributing to learning and teaching, research/scholarship and service activities to support the discipline and the School more broadly.

Qualifications

Candidates seeking appointment at Lecturer (Level B) will be expected to possess:

• A postgraduate qualification in a relevant discipline, or equivalent accreditation and standing, and/or significant progress towards completion of a doctoral degree in a relevant discipline or field.
• Current registration or eligibility for registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra).
• The demonstrated ability to teach and supervise students primarily in Oral Surgery.
• Evidence of research, scholarship, or professional engagement.
• Clinically active in professional practice.

Candidates seeking appointment at Senior Lecturer (Level C) will be expected to possess:

• A postgraduate qualification in a relevant discipline, or equivalent accreditation and standing, and either a doctoral qualification (PhD) or equivalent academic, clinical, or professional standing.
• Current registration or eligibility for registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Evidence of experience in the delivery of student learning and curriculum development, including teaching and supervision in Oral Surgery.
• An established record of research and scholarship, with the potential to establish a grant-funded program of research.
• Evidence of ability to mentor HDR candidates on dissertation projects.
• Clinically active in professional practice.
• Evidence of academic or professional leadership.