Lecturer In Healthcare Education

The Role
What you’ll do
Who you are – Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills required
How to apply
Benefits
Employment Visa

The Role

Salary on commencement will be dependent on experience and qualifications (see Essential Criteria below).

An exciting opportunity has arisen for 1 x Adult/Child field Lecturer in Healthcare Education to join Aberystwyth University. As part of its civic mission, Aberystwyth University is seeking to find ways of supporting the workforce and community needs of Mid-Wales by increasing opportunities for individuals to train and work in Healthcare in their local area. Jointly working with Local Health Boards and other key stakeholders, the aim is to design and deliver a number of professional health-related courses (at pre- and post-registration levels and Continuing Professional Development), starting with BSc degrees in pre-registration Adult Nursing and Mental Health Nursing- full time and part time, Return to Practice programme, a Level 4 Certificate in Healthcare Studies and CPD modules.

This vision comes at a timely point with the introduction of new Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) pathways as a new provider of Healthcare Education by Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW). The very first cohort of nursing students commenced their studies in Aberystwyth in September 2022.

The post holder will support the Principal Lead for Healthcare Education to design and deliver new provision in Level 4 programmes, pre-registration Adult Nursing, Mental Health Nursing degrees (full time & part time), Return to Practice programmes and CPD modules. The programmes will be developed through the medium of English and Welsh.

Where a visa sponsorship is likely, this section must briefly but clearly state the main duties and responsibilities of the role.

To make an informal enquiry, please contact Amanda Jones-Principal Lead in Healthcare Education at amj36@aber.ac.uk.

Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check.

Appointments are normally made within 4 - 8 weeks of the closing date.

What you’ll do

This job description is subject to review and amendment in the light of the changing needs of the University, to provide appropriate development opportunities and/or the addition of any other reasonable duties.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• On site daily teaching of a wide range of topics related to healthcare and clinical skills as a member of the Healthcare Education teaching team in adult & Mental health fields of nursing
• Act as module coordinator, manage modules and co-ordinate the work of colleagues where necessary.
• Challenge thinking, foster debate and develop the ability of students to engage in critical discourse and rational thinking.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, service users and academic colleagues on curriculum and module development and changes.
• Actively seek opportunities to collaboratively plan, design and deliver healthcare CPD to a variety of health professionals
• Ensure own professional knowledge and skills are up to date and meet revalidation requirements and maintain professional registration on relevant part of the Nursing and Midwifery (NMC) register
• Act as an academic assessor and provide high quality support to students and clinical staff in a variety of practice learning environments
• Actively manage placement learning opportunities and capacity for nursing students
• Act in line with the NMC Code always, ensuring the values and principles are upheld
• Use the NMC Code to help students understand what it means to be a registered professional and how keeping to the Code helps to achieve that.
• Act as a role model of professional behaviour for students, maintain integrity and leadership for others to aspire to.
• Publish and share evidence of scholarship related to learning and teaching in books, articles and/or papers in academic journals.
• Communicate material of a specialist or highly technical nature within the practitioner’s specialism.
• Attend and contribute to subject group meetings.
• Identify student learning needs and provide appropriate teaching to meet requirements
• Liaise with colleagues and students. Build internal contacts and participate in internal networks for the exchange of information and to form relationships for future collaboration. Join external networks to share information and ideas.
• Could be expected to supervise students’ projects, fieldwork and placements.
• Develop appropriate teaching materials, methods and approaches
• Plan and manage own teaching, scholarship and administrative tasks
• Provide appropriate assessment and supervision of student work and provide constructive feedback whilst supported by senior staff
• Use listening, interpersonal and pastoral care skills to deal with sensitive issues concerning students and provide support. Appreciate the needs of individual students and their circumstances. Act as personal tutor, giving first line support.
• Teach as a member of a teaching team in a developing capacity within an established programme of study, with the assistance of a mentor if required. Teach in a developing capacity in a variety of settings from small group tutorials to large lectures. Transfer knowledge in the form of practical skills, methods and techniques.
• Reflect on practice and the development of own teaching and learning skills.
• Possess sufficient breadth or depth of specialist knowledge in the discipline to work within established teaching programmes.
• Provide support to new members of the team.
• To undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post.
• Support the clinical skills tutors with mandatory skills delivery to all student groups as required
• To be committed to the University’s Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy, together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post.
• To be committed to your own development and that of your staff through the effective use of the University’s staff development and performance review.
• Any other duties reasonably requested.
• To undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post.
• To be committed to the University’s Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy, together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post.
• To be committed to your own development and that of your staff through the effective use of the University’s Effective Contribution Scheme.
• Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.

The responsibilities of this vacancy have been matched to the Academic Role Profile Teaching and Scholarship. Details of the role profile can be found at: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/hr/info-staff/employment/agreement/academic-profiles/#teaching-&-scholarship-(grade-)

Who you are – Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills required

Essential Grade 7:

Essential Grade 8:

• More information on Welsh Language Levels can be found at:

How to apply

To promote a flexible workforce, the University will consider applications from individuals seeking full time, part time, job share, or term time only working arrangements.

Applications for this role must be made through jobs.aber.ac.uk. You are welcome to apply for any vacancy in Welsh or English and any application submitted will be treated equally.

Benefits

• Flexible working policy
• 36.5 – hour week for full-time roles
• Generous leave entitlements – 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays and university closed days
• Commitment to Professional Development
• Enhanced contribution to our workplace pension schemes
• Staff recognition and reward schemes
• Opportunity to learn the Welsh language for free
• Staff relocation bursary
• Maternity, Paternity, Parental and Adoption Leave
• Staff discount for gym facilities, hospitality, and retail on campus.

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We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities and, those that are currently underrepresented in our workforce. This includes but is not limited to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates, candidates with disabilities, and female candidates.

We are a Bilingual Institution which complies with the Welsh Language Standards and is committed to Equal Opportunities. You are welcome to apply for any vacancy in Welsh or English and any application submitted will be treated equally.

Employment Visa

We welcome international applicants who are eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route.

Under the points-based system, this role meets the criteria to be sponsored by AU for an SWR application. Please be advised that AU will only support the Certificate of Sponsorship for any employment visas and will not support the payment of the employment visa for the offered candidate and/or dependants.

Any prospective candidates coming to work for AU under the SWR will require a minimum of 70 points, made up of the following:

• Appropriate knowledge is classed as the following:

• A national of a majority English speaking country
• Having an academic degree taught in English (if an overseas degree, must be verified by NARIC)
• Completing and passing an English language test at Level B1 or above.

For more information, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa