Lecturer/Senior Lecturer & Deputy Placements Lead

Job description

Job responsibilities

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (0.5fte): 1. Make a significant contribution to an outstanding learning experience for students through inspirational teaching during campus-based sessions including student placement briefing and preparation. This includes outstanding pastoral care.

2. Contribute to teaching and teaching related activities (theory, skills, and scholarship), highlighting community-based medicine and primary care topics across the School.

3. Design and develop learning materials, including primary care simulation and assessments and contribute to module evaluation.

4. Contribute to the assessment process for students including the setting, marking and moderation of work, individually or collectively as part of a team in accordance with quality assurance procedures (Lecturer), depending on experience take on duties commensurate with Clinical Assessment Lead (Senior Lecturer).

5. Participate in the development of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) events especially for our NHS Tutors.

6. Participate in student recruitment activity, including outreach visits to schools, sixth form colleges, and recruitment fairs, and attendance at University Open Days and Applicant Days.

7. Act as a student dissertation supervisor.

8. Carry out academic administrative work and participate in relevant committees within the Institute and University.

9. Participate in staff development and review processes.

10. Participate fully in the life of the department, School and University, by engaging in representational and ambassadorial activities and carry out any other reasonable duties as requested by the Head of Department and/or Head of School.

11. Contribute to the promotion, growth, and reputation of the University as an outstanding place at which to be a student.

12. To undertake other duties as agreed with the Dean of School.

Role descriptor for Deputy Lead for Clinical Placements (0.5fte):

13. To specifically design and undertake curriculum development concerning student learning on placements

14. To recruit and support clinical placements specifically in primary care, assuring their quality and development, under the supervision of the Phase 2/MBChB Placements Lead. This will include ongoing planning of the year 3 MBChB longitudinal integrated clerkships, and the further recruitment of rural and urban GP placements to expand authentic GP placements.

15. To network and visit placements to both support educational supervisors and students, ensuring the quality of our MBChB placements and, where directed, those of the PA Programme.

16. To ensure that new knowledge and curriculum design is disseminated through conference and publications as appropriate.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Demonstrable ability to enthuse, motivate and facilitate student learning and intellectual challenge, using a variety of methods of learning and teaching.
• Demonstrable commitment to diversity and inclusion, and to health and well-being issues in both staff and students.
• Evidence of (or willingness to) making a substantial contribution to both student recruitment and support activities.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills, and exceptional ability to analyse situations and solve problems.

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of two years post-qualification clinical experience.
• Significant experience of teaching relevant subject area degree programmes at undergraduate or postgraduate level and/or extensive knowledge, skills and experience in teaching undergraduates/postgraduates
• Experience of innovative and successful curriculum design.
• Demonstrable experience of successful undertaking of quality assurance processes.

Desirable

• Experience of clinical placement recruitment, support and development
• Knowledge and experience of working with healthcare regulatory bodies.
• Knowledge and experience of working in collaboration with colleagues in NHS. Excellent awareness of national strategic and policy developments in Higher Education and active membership of professional networks and associations in related fields.

Qualifications

Essential

• Related healthcare qualification to degree level.
• PG Cert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (or equivalent) and/or Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy / Advance HE or working towards.
• Registration with an appropriate Professional Body (GMC / Physician Associate Managed Voluntary Register [PAMVR], or equivalent).

Desirable

• PhD in a related field and /or relevant professional qualification and /or equivalent professional experience

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

University of Worcester

Address

Severn Campus

Hylton Road

Worcester

WR2 5JN

Employer's website

https://www.worcester.ac.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)