Senior Lecturer In Advanced Clinical Practice (Acp)

Post Title: Senior Lecturer in Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP)
SBU/Department: Health and Social Work/Nursing Health And Wellbeing
FTE: 0.9 fte (working 33.3 hours per week) Part-time will be considered/ clinical academic post and or secondment will be considered
Duration of Contract: Permanent
Salary: UH8 £44,263 to £56,021pa depending on skills and experience
Annual Leave: 35 days plus standard public holidays and an additional 4 days including the closure of our office between Christmas and New Year.
Location: College Lane Campus, Hatfield
The School of Health and Social Work at the University of Hertfordshire is a multidisciplinary School housing a wide range of undergraduate and post graduate provision in professions allied to medicine. We have a long-established reputation as a centre of excellence for healthcare education in these fields. Due our close partnership working with local Integrated Care Systems (HWE and London), we have a growing provision for Advanced Clinical Practice and related postgraduate provision and have a healthy intake of students and learners both on the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice and the apprenticeship route. We are in the process of applying for NHSE accreditation and are currently successfully through the threshold stage.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the School as a Senior Lecturer in Advanced Clinical Practice. You will join a friendly and forward facing academic team, which is innovating and developing ACP education and training, working across disciplines, and working with NHSE, the ICS, Clinical Supervisors and students alike to provide innovative education and CPD to practitioners to equip them to respond to the demands of this rapidly evolving landscape. You will be a key member of the academic team who is providing this education and training for the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice and MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (with Degree Apprenticeship).
The post requires an individual with knowledge of the current Advanced Clinical Practice landscape; who has experience of working with postgraduate students/learners, and therefore is student/learner focussed; who has the skills to work with clinical partners; and who is a motivated and committed team player committed to working with the programme team to deliver and contribute to the future development of Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) learning teaching and CPD within the School.
Main duties and responsibilities
To contribute to, and lead on aspects of ACP development, delivery and evaluation of learning and teaching activity in Advanced Clinical Practice in addition to contributing to Advanced Clinical practice CPD and future credentials.
You will be committed to teaching and learning techniques to engage and support students, including supporting recruitment; initial needs assessments; progress reviews and assessment. Scholarly activity is an important element of the role, and a time allowance is given for this output. You will be engaged in building effective working relationships with local partners and external agencies.
You will need to be open to working across disciplines and teams.
We support all our staff achieving Fellowship of Advance HE and gaining recognised teaching qualifications.
Skills and experience required
You will have experience in supporting student learning in either a practice or classroom setting.
You will be able to demonstrate evidence of teamworking and working across disciplinary boundaries. Working autonomously is an essential skill as well as having excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Qualifications required
You will be Registered with a Healthcare Professional and Regulatory Body and hold a minimum of a Master’s Degree (or equivalent level 7 qualification) or higher level qualification in a relevant subject area.
Please view the job description and person specification for a full list of the duties and essential criteria. Please attach a personal statement showing clearly how your skills and experience match the Person Specification.
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
Our commitment to the University’s Safeguarding Policy, requires that the recruitment of staff in this area, will need to undertake the minimum of a Basic DBS Check. In the course of our work and University-led activities, there may be external or other contractual obligations where a further Enhanced Check is required. DBS Checks may require renewal in line with policy.
Overseas applicants and UK applicants who have lived abroad
Successful applicants who have lived outside the UK, for 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total), in the last 10 years, will be required to produce a ‘Certificate of Good Character/Conduct’ from each of those countries.
Contact Details: Head of Department Nursing Health and Wellbeing. Philomena Shaughnessy. Email: p.a.shaughnessy@herts.ac.uk. Tel: 07793880526
Closing Date: 03 March 2024
Interview Date: TBC
Reference Number: 053298
Date advert placed: 11 January 2024
Our vision is to transform lives: UH is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and building a diverse community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of their protected characteristics, and recognise there are different ways applicants may achieve the criteria in this document. We offer a range of employee benefits including generous annual leave, flexible location opportunities within the UK, discounted Sports Village memberships and free Active Staff sessions, personal and professional development and family-friendly policies. #GoHerts

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