Clinical Dental Tutor - Department of Dentistry - Z- Clinical

Clinical Dental Tutor - Department of Dentistry - 98116Z25 - Clinical

United Kingdom

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

Location:

University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £45,943 to £82,701

Clinical

Part Time (16 hours per week)

Fixed Term contract up to January 2027

Closing date: 12th January 2026

Background

An opportunity has arisen for an individual to join the enthusiastic and forward‑looking team of Clinical Dental Tutors and academics at the University of Birmingham teaching undergraduate dental students registered on the BDS degree programme. Teaching on the open plan clinics, supervising patient care, at the Birmingham Dental Hospital and School of Dentistry provides an excellent opportunity to shape the future dental professional using modern assessment and feedback technologies.

The state‑of‑the‑art Dental Hospital and School opened in 2016 as the first integrated, stand‑alone facility of its kind in the UK for almost 40 years. Students have access to microscopes and other modern dental equipment to ensure they get the clinical experience they need to enter the profession upon graduation. This role has a focus on teaching in Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and Primary Care Dentistry.

College Overview and Structure

The College of Medicine and Health (CMH) is the largest of the University’s five Colleges with over 1,700 members of staff ensuring teaching and research excellence across a wide range of pre‑clinical and clinical disciplines.

The College structure is aligned under three Schools (Principal Academic Units): the School of Medical Sciences, the School of Health Sciences and the School of Infection, Inflammation and Immunology. Within these three schools sit fifteen different departments, including our clinical trials units:

School of Medical Sciences:

• Cancer and Genomic Sciences
• Cardiovascular Sciences
• Metabolism and Systems Science
• Birmingham Medical School
• Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit (CRCTU)

School of Health Sciences:

• Pharmacy
• Dentistry
• Nursing and Midwifery
• Applied Health Sciences
• Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit (BCTU)

School of Infection, Inflammation and Immunology:

• Immunology and Immunotherapy
• Inflammation and Ageing
• Microbes, Infections and Microbiomes
• Biomedical Sciences
• Clinical Immunology Service

Our departments are in identified areas of high‑performing research and teaching excellence, each with an ambitious strategy and empowered leadership. We draw together outstanding academic, clinical, and professional services staff around coherent and highly collaborative themes.

Role Summary

The Department of Dentistry is looking to appoint a Clinical Dental Tutor to work under the direction of the Academic Leads for Clinical Practice, Specialty Teaching, Programme Director and the Head of Department. To undertake clinical teaching and/or laboratory‑based simulation teaching and associated administrative duties including progress monitoring, report writing and feeding into the Department’s reporting processes, particularly with a focus on the delivery of teaching in and supervision of students providing Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and Primary Care Dentistry.

The demonstration of initiative in contributing actively to the continued development and improvement of the teaching programme is welcomed and expected.

Clinical teaching sessions run through the day (08:30‑12:30 morning and 13:00‑17:00 afternoon). The post holder will be required to work through the day or on a sessional basis, which will be agreed at the time of appointment.

Main Duties

Teaching

• Clinical supervision of integrated adult restorative dentistry teaching in Clinical Practice or specific Specialty Teaching areas, including paediatrics, fixed and removable prosthodontics, endodontics, periodontics, simulation environments and occasionally in other areas as required.
• Simulation teaching, as directed by Specialty Teaching areas, utilising phantom heads in both the laboratory and clinical environments.
• To monitor student progress with clinical procedures and to intervene when…