Position Details

Part Time at 0.2FTE | Continuing Position Academic Level C | $141,370 - $162,619 (pro rata as part time) Location: Bedford Park / Kaurna Country View Position Description

About the Role

As a Senior Lecturer in Surgery, you will play a pivotal role in advancing academic excellence across teaching, research and clinician academic capacity development within the College of Medicine and Public Health. You will contribute to innovative teaching, impactful research, student supervision, and the development of strategic partnerships that enhance learning and research outcomes.

This position presents an excellent opportunity for an established surgeon seeking to complement their clinical practice with a rewarding academic appointment, contributing to teaching, research, mentorship and clinician scientist development while maintaining strong connections to the healthcare sector.

Key responsibilities:

- Lead the planning, delivery and evaluation of Clinician Scientist Academy initiatives in collaboration with senior University and health sector stakeholders.
- Drive high-quality research outcomes through publications, grant acquisition, researcher mentoring, and supervision of honours and higher degree research students.
- Deliver inspiring and innovative teaching, including curriculum development, placement education leadership, and the use of contemporary learning technologies.
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with industry, professional organisations and healthcare partners while contributing to college leadership, quality assurance and accreditation activities.

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 ' Research that Matters '.



By leading impactful surgical research, mentoring emerging clinician scientists, and strengthening partnerships between academia and healthcare, the role helps translate knowledge into meaningful health, education and community outcomes.

About You

You are a passionate and accomplished academic and clinician researcher with a strong commitment to excellence in teaching, research and mentorship. You thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy developing future healthcare professionals and clinician scientists while contributing to research that delivers meaningful impact. With proven leadership capabilities and the ability to build strong stakeholder relationships, you bring a forward-thinking approach to education, innovation and academic excellence.

To be successful in this position, you will:

- You hold a PhD (or equivalent qualification) and have a demonstrated track record of excellence in tertiary teaching, curriculum development and course coordination.
- You have an established research profile, including high-quality publications, success in securing competitive funding, and experience supervising honours and higher degree research students.
- You are an engaging leader and mentor with the ability to foster collaborative, high-performing teams and support the development of students and early career researchers.
- You possess exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills,



with experience building productive relationships across academia, healthcare, industry and professional networks.

College of Medicine and Public Health

At the College of Medicine and Public Health, we deliver clinical, population and lab-based research, integrated teaching programs and high-quality clinical services. Our footprint reaches out from our world class teaching hospital at the Flinders Medical Centre in South Australia to multiple rural clinical locations all the way to Darwin in the Northern Territory. Our research and teaching equip the next generation of leaders and innovators with the skill, commitment, and vision to protect vulnerable communities and truly advance health outcomes. It is at the heart of everything we do.

Life at Flinders

They say know your place. We say you've found it right here.

Flinders University was founded on the belief that learning should open minds, celebrate individuality and give people the freedom to pursue their own point of view. That spirit lives on in our community of thinkers, doers and changemakers who challenge convention, and each other, to shape what comes next.

Rising to a challenge is nothing new for Flinders. During our first 60 years, we've navigated revolutionary changes in social and cultural norms, and have responded to transformative economic, environmental and technological developments. Through it all, we've continued to deliver for our students and community, innovating in learning and research to prepare graduates for the changing world they help create.

Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and chance for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embr

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📌 Senior Lecturer in Surgery (Adelaide)
🏢 Flinders
📍 Adelaide