About the college
Careers — teach with us
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Why teach with us
A small college, where teaching is the point
Groups small enough to teach properly
Practical teaching is capped at [XX] students per tutor, and clinical supervision runs at a ratio that lets a supervisor actually watch what a student is doing rather than sign it off afterwards.
Your practice keeps informing the curriculum
Tutors here still treat patients. Difficult cases from your own clinic shape what is taught, and the college expects you to bring them into teaching rather than leave them at the door.
Support for people new to teaching
Induction into the college's assessment and safety standards, a named mentor for your first year, peer observation that is developmental rather than punitive, and funded CPD including a teaching qualification where you do not already hold one.
Scope to shape the programmes
The college is still building. Tutors join curriculum working groups, contribute to validation documents, and can propose new short courses and CPD days on subjects they know well.
Honest expectations, in writing
Your role description, hours, preparation time, marking load and the support you can expect are set out in writing before you accept, and reviewed annually. Sessional arrangements are confirmed in advance, not reconciled afterwards.
Person specification
What we look for in tutors
Essential — every teaching post
- A qualification in the subject you would teach, at or above the level being taught, verified from original certificates
- Current practice in that subject — we do not appoint tutors who have stopped doing the work
- Membership of a relevant professional body and current professional indemnity insurance
- Ability to explain Chinese medicine clearly in English, including its terminology in Chinese where meaning depends on it
- Understanding of assessment: setting work that tests competence rather than recall, and marking it consistently
- A demonstrable commitment to safety, and to being honest with students about the limits of the evidence
- Willingness to be observed teaching, to act on feedback, and to complete the college's induction and safeguarding training
Additional — clinical supervisors
- At least [FIVE] years of clinical practice, with evidence of a caseload comparable to the one you would supervise
- Clinical supervision training, or completion of the college’s supervision course within [12 MONTHS] of appointment
- Confidence in teaching point location, needling technique and safety, with a working knowledge of the college's infection prevention and incident procedures
- Ability to assess a patient, decide whether treatment is appropriate, and take over the case if it is not
- Willingness to take part in the clinical audit cycle and to present cases — including cases that went badly — at clinical governance
Desirable, but not required
A teaching qualification, experience of curriculum design or validation, publications or research experience, supervision training, and experience of teaching online are all welcome. None of them substitutes for current practice, and none of them is a requirement to apply — the college will support a good practitioner who has never taught before.
Current opportunities
Roles we are recruiting for
| Role | Commitment | Location | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sessional tutor — Acupuncture | [X] days per month, term time | London, with some online teaching | [OPEN] |
| Clinical supervisor — teaching clinic | [ONE SESSION] per week | London teaching clinic | [OPEN] |
| Sessional tutor — Chinese Herbal Medicine | [X] days per month, term time | London | [OPEN] |
| Tutor — Tui Na & manual therapies | [X] weekends per year | Birmingham | [OPEN] |
| Assessment and quality officer | [X] days per month | [LONDON / HYBRID] | [CLOSED] |
| Herb dispensary assistant | [X] hours per week | London — herb dispensary | [CLOSED] |
Nothing here that fits?
Tell us anyway. The college keeps a register of practitioners who would like to teach, supervise, examine, dispense or contribute a short course, and refers to it when a role is created. Several of our current tutors first wrote to us before there was a vacancy at all.
Not a teaching role?
We also need dispensary, administrative and clinical support colleagues, and we take on student ambassadors each year. General enquiries are welcome through the college office.
Contact the collegeHow to apply
A short, predictable process
Step one
Register your interest
Send us a short message saying what you would like to teach or supervise, where you are based, and what you currently do. A CV helps but is not essential at this stage. Use the form below or write to the college office.Step two
A conversation, not an interrogation
A discussion with the Director of Education or the relevant subject lead, in person or online, about your practice, your teaching experience and what you would want from the role. You will be told honestly whether there is a role to apply for.Step three
A written application
A CV, a covering statement against the person specification, copies of relevant qualifications, details of your professional body membership and insurance, and two referees — one of whom must be your most recent employer.Step four
Observed teaching session
Shortlisted teaching applicants deliver a session of [30 MINUTES] to a small group, on a topic we agree in advance. Clinical supervisor applicants additionally discuss a clinical scenario with the Clinical Director. We pay for preparation time.Step five
Checks
Before any teaching or clinical contact: identity and right to work, verification of qualifications with the awarding body where necessary, confirmation of registration and insurance, two references, and an enhanced DBS check including the barred lists where the role is eligible.Step six
Offer, induction and probation
A written offer setting out hours, rate and expectations, followed by induction into the college’s teaching, assessment, safety and safeguarding standards. Appointments are confirmed after a probationary period of [12 MONTHS], during which teaching is observed and student feedback reviewed.
Register your interest
Put yourself forward
Applications are welcome from practitioners at any career stage, including those who have never taught before but would like to. If you would prefer to speak to someone first, contact the college office and ask for the Director of Education.
We hold your details only for recruitment purposes. See the college’s privacy notice for how applicant data is used and how long it is kept.
Equal opportunities
The college appoints on merit against the person specification, and welcomes applications from everyone. We particularly want to hear from practitioners from groups under-represented in Chinese medicine in the UK, and from practitioners whose training was outside the UK.
If you need an adjustment at any stage — a different interview format, materials in advance, a longer assessment, or anything else — tell us and it will be arranged. You do not have to disclose a health condition or disability to ask, and asking has no bearing on the outcome. Applicant monitoring data is collected anonymously and never seen by the shortlisting panel. The college’s full commitments are set out in the equality, diversity & inclusion policy.
Safeguarding
Every appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check and two references, and all staff complete safeguarding training [ANNUALLY]. The college’s duties to students, to patients in the teaching clinic and to anyone under 18 in contact with the college are set out in the safeguarding & child protection policy and overseen by the designated safeguarding lead. See also governance & quality assurance.
Where a role involves regulated activity, the college applies the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order and considers criminal record information only where it is relevant to the post. Having a criminal record does not automatically disqualify you from applying.
What happens to your enquiry
This website is a static site, so the form prepares an email from your own account rather than storing your details on a server. Enquiries go to the college office and are passed to the Director of Education. We aim to reply within [10] working days, and we reply to everyone.
Help us teach this properly
If you practise Chinese medicine and can explain it clearly, the college would like to hear from you — whether or not there is a vacancy advertised today.