Affiliate academic appointments

Applicant experience

Health graduate currently undertaking postgraduate professional training (e.g. a medical intern undertaking PGY1 within the health system, or another health professional currently completing requirements for full registration or recognition for practice.)

Minimum qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a health-related discipline or education.

Potential teaching contribution

Primarily clinical supervision, small group tutorials, learning sessions or resource sessions and assessment.

Potential research contribution

Participation in research projects, particularly of clinical or educational nature.

Potential clinical services, professional leadership and administration contribution

Peer and near-peer support and mentorship, liaison with student and junior practitioner organisations.

Applicant experience

A registered health professional or research fellow (e.g. a medical practitioner who has completed PGY1, or health practitioner with an entry-level professional qualification).

Minimum qualification

Bachelor’s degree in health-related discipline or education.

Potential teaching contribution

Same as an Associate Lecturer, plus regular scheduled teaching or clinical supervision, as well as a role in curriculum development and organisation of learning and assessment activities.

May supervise postgraduate research students or projects and be involved in research training.

Potential research contribution

Participation in research activities resulting in publications in refereed journals, and carrying out independent or team-based research.

Potential clinical services, professional leadership and administration contribution

Some involvement in local professional or administrative committees. This could also include administration within the postgraduate training programs of the discipline.

Applicant experience

• A medical practitioner with relevant specialist qualifications (including in general practice); or
• A health professional with additional post registration qualifications; or
• An experienced and established health or medical researcher with some leadership responsibilities.

Minimum qualification

Bachelor’s degree plus Fellowship of Specialist College or equivalent post-registration professional recognition or postgraduate award (e.g. a masters degree).

Potential teaching contribution

Same as a lecturer but would usually also be significantly involved in curriculum and assessment development and the organisation of learning programs.

Potential research contribution

Provision of leadership in research, including research training and supervision. Will usually make independent and original contributions to research that have a significant impact on their field.

Potential clinical services, professional leadership and administration contribution

Involvement in local professional or administrative committees. Some involvement in regional or state professional or health committees. This may include participation in the state committee of a relevant discipline or a primary healthcare network.

Applicant experience

As for Senior Lecturer level but with a significant leadership role within the health system and local and national leadership within the affiliate’s profession; or
A senior health or medical researcher with an established track record and at least national standing.

Minimum qualification

Same as a Senior Lecturer level but, in addition, would usually have a doctoral degree by research or have undertaken an equivalent coherent body of scholarly work.

Potential teaching contribution

Taking a lead role in developing, organising and implementing learning and assessment activities for students and/or supervising research higher degree students.

Potential research contribution

• Playing an outstanding role in fostering the research activities of others, and in research training.
• Lead significant research and research collaborations, with publication in peer-reviewed journals.
• Will make major original and innovative contributions to their discipline in research that are recognised as outstanding nationally or internationally.

Potential clinical services, professional leadership and administration contribution

Professional leadership through representation on state or national committees. Senior leadership of a substantive clinical service with which the University collaborates. Broad service contributions outside day-to-day clinical practice.

Applicant experience

• Same as the Associate Professor level but with a senior leadership role in their profession at national level or a major role within the state health system; or
• An international research reputation in one or more discipline areas.

Minimum qualification

A doctoral degree by research (or evidence of an equivalent coherent body of scholarly work). This requirement might be waived where there is evidence of significant national and international impact in other areas.

Potential teaching contribution

Significant leadership of design and delivery of learning and assessment programs. Supervision of research higher degree students where appropriate.

Potential research contribution

Same as an Associate Professor with recognition of their research contributions at international level and extensive involvement in the development of other researchers.

Potential clinical services, professional leadership and administration contribution

Same as an Associate Professor and leadership activities with national and international impact.