Senior Lecturer- FdSc Nursing Associate

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Department of Pre-Qualifying Practice
Location: City Centre Campus/City South Campus
Salary:

£47,778 to £51,931
Posted On:  Tuesday 18 October 2022
Closing Date:  Monday 07 November 2022
Reference:  102022-625

The Department for Pre-Qualifying Practice has an exciting opportunity for an individual who can demonstrate expert subject knowledge aligned to the FdSc Nursing Associate programme to join the team as a permanent Senior Lecturer. We are a motivated, supportive, and friendly team who are fully committed to pursuing excellence to enhance employability for our Trainee Nursing Associates by providing learner experiences that are inclusive, practice led, and evidence based.

The two-year FdSc Nursing Associate programme was developed to support the introduction of a new nursing role and is a work-based learning course aimed at experienced Health Care Assistants and new to care learners who want to develop themselves to become a Registered Nursing Associate (NAR). We are advocates of the Registered Nursing Associate role and take every opportunity to highlight how the role is an essential part of the ever-evolving healthcare workforce.

We are the largest provider of the FdSC Nursing Associate programme nationally and the largest apprenticeship programme within the University. The team have a reputation for delivering a programme that is learner centred and employer led as well as providing innovative, educational opportunities within a professional and supportive environment.

As a Senior Lecturer within the team, you will:

• Design & Develop Module Content across the Programme
• Manage modules, including oversight of day-to-day operational processes
• Represent the University and the programme in recruitment activities
• Quality assure module design and delivery aligned to university regulations
• Contribute to the development of academic processes across the institution
• Develop and apply innovating teaching techniques
• Work closely with employer partners to ensure that the learner journey is a cohesive experience from recruitment through to award
• Provide academic and pastoral support
• Develop assessments to test learner’s attainment of relevant knowledge and skills across a range of informal and formal methods
• Provide pastoral and academic support
• Lead on research, enterprise, and scholarly activities

 Essential Criteria:

• Hold current professional registration with the NMC
• Demonstrate excellent subject knowledge
• Demonstrate clear understanding of Apprenticeships, IFATE, OFSTED and NMC requirements
• Demonstrate experience of supporting undergraduate students/learners in clinical and educational or higher education settings
• Hold a master’s degree or other postgraduate qualification or good honours degree or are undertaking study at level 7 with a commitment to achieve a master’s degree
• Hold or be working towards a Post Graduate Teaching Qualification
• Provide evidence of ongoing professional development

Our staff and student community are defined by our core values; excellence, people focused, partnership working and fairness and integrity, which outline who we are as a university and how we work with one another. Our state-of-the-art facilities, first-rate staff and focus on practical skills and professional relevance is key to ensuring that our learners have the best opportunity to be successful within the FdSc Nursing Associate Programme.

Please arrange an informal discussion with Dezita Taylor-Robinson, Head of Department for Pre-Qualifying Practice dezita.taylor@bcu.ac.uk

Further details:

Please be aware that this position will require an Enhanced +Barred List DBS disclosure, please contact HR on 0121 331 6693 for a confidential self-disclosure form should you wish to declare anything in advance.

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The University is committed to internationalism and diversity and welcomes applications from all countries, faiths and backgrounds.

It is each individual successful applicants responsibility to ensure that they have permission to work in the UK. Some applicants may require sponsorship from the University and a visa from UKVI to take up the role if successful. More information on this can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa

Some roles are not capable of sponsorship because they do not meet the UKVI criteria relating to skill and salary level. If you are unsure as to whether you would require sponsorship if successful, or whether the role is capable of sponsorship, please contact us: RTinbox@bcu.ac.uk

Please note on occasions where we receive a large number of applications, we may close the advert ahead of the publicised closing date. If this does happen, we will contact all candidates via email who have started but not yet completed their application, giving 48 hours’ notice.  We would therefore advise that you submit your completed application as soon as possible.

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