Senior Lecturer in Clinical Skills

Position Details

• Fixed Term until December 2027 | Part-Time at 0.3FTE

• Academic Level C | $141,370 - $162,619 p.a. (pro-rata)

• Location: Mount Gambier | On the Traditional Lands of the First Nations of the Southeast

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About the Role

Join Flinders University’s South Australia Rural Medical (SARM) Program and play a pivotal role in shaping the next generation of rural medical practitioners. Based at the Mount Gambier campus, the Senior Lecturer in Clinical Skills will provide academic leadership across clinical skills and communication teaching, delivering innovative, student-centred learning experiences that support excellence in medical education. Drawing on significant clinical expertise, the successful candidate will contribute to curriculum development, clinical skills training, simulation-based education, and the strengthening of industry and health service partnerships that enhance student learning and support the growth of the rural medical workforce.

• Lead the delivery, coordination and continuous improvement of clinical skills and communication education across the SARM Program, ensuring an engaging and high-quality student learning experience.

• Drive curriculum innovation through the design and review of medical education programs, incorporating contemporary pedagogical approaches, simulation, team-based learning and educational technologies.

• Build and maintain strong partnerships with health services and industry stakeholders to support clinical placements, work-integrated learning opportunities and graduate employability.

• Provide academic leadership, mentoring and professional support to students and colleagues, while contributing to accreditation activities, governance, community engagement and broader College initiatives.

This position makes a significant contribution to the University’s strategic plan to change 10 million lives, Every One Matters, by 2035 through directly contributing to the strategic driver of Student Centricity. By delivering innovative, high-quality clinical skills education, supporting student success, and fostering the development of career-ready rural medical graduates, the role helps strengthen the future healthcare workforce and improve health outcomes across regional South Australia.

About You

You are a passionate and experienced clinical educator who is committed to excellence in medical education and student success. Bringing contemporary clinical expertise and a collaborative approach, you have a proven ability to design and deliver engaging learning experiences that develop clinical competence, professionalism and communication skills. You thrive in partnership-focused environments, embrace innovation in teaching, and are motivated by the opportunity to contribute to the development of the future rural medical workforce.

• Demonstrated excellence in tertiary-level teaching, including the delivery of clinical skills, simulation-based learning and innovative educational approaches that enhance student outcomes.

• Proven experience in curriculum design, development and continuous improvement, with a strong understanding of contemporary medical education principles and pedagogical practices.

• Strong interpersonal, communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to effectively engage students, academic colleagues and health service partners across rural and remote settings.

• Relevant clinical qualifications and experience, including current or eligible AHPRA registration, combined with a commitment to scholarship, professional development and educational leadership.

Flinders Rural and Remote Health SA

Flinders Rural and Remote Health SA (FRRHSA) facilitates high quality multidisciplinary health education and research in our State's regional areas.

We have a strong national and international reputation for providing community-engaged inter-professional training for medical, nursing, and allied health students. This includes the SA Rural Medical (SARM) program and multidisciplinary rural clinical placements.

Through this practice, we bring new and exciting opportunities to actively engage and work with rural communities.

Life at Flinders

We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.

Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them. So, why work at Flinders?

• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options

• Flexible working arrangements

• Awarded the AHEIA Higher Education Award for Workplace Culture Excellence due to our commitment to wellbeing through our Thriving@Flinders staff wellbeing program

• Wide range of professional development activities and services, including exclusive staff study offers

• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff, as shown through our three SAGE Cygnet Awards.

• Recognised as a Veteran Employer of Choice

Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment

Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.

• Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan

• Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

• A current Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check which is satisfactory to the University will be required by Flinders University before the successful applicant can commence in this position. A criminal record will not automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration. Each case will be assessed on its individual merits and relevance to the inherent requirements of the role.

• It is a requirement of this position that the incumbent maintain a current Working with Children Check which is satisfactory to the University in accordance with the Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act 2016 (SA).

How to Apply and Information

• You are required to submit a CV, along with a Suitability Statement as a separate document. This should be no more than 3 pages, and address the Key Position Capabilities of the position description

• Flinders University is committed to providing an environment where staff with disability are valued, supported and encouraged, and can, as far as practicably possible, participate fully and independently in the life of the University. If you require any reasonable adjustments to assist you in the selection process, including being accompanied by an accredited assistance animal with public access rights as per the Disability Policy, please advise the contact the Recruitment Team so that we can make appropriate arrangements through [email protected] or call 08 8201 2383.

• For more information regarding this position, please contact Claire Drummond

Certification

Applications to be submitted before 10.00pm:

28 July 2026

At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

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