Lecturer/Senior Lecturer

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Non Medical Prescribing

Fixed term until 31 July 2018 (or the earlier return of the postholder)

£32,004 - £48,327 (pro rata if part time)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the multi professional non-medical prescribing team in the Department of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of the West of England.

UWE Bristol is an ambitious university. Together, our people are working hard to advance knowledge, inspire people and transform futures. We are looking for people with the skills and ambition to help us achieve those aims.

We are a well-established university, with over 27,000 students, 250,000 alumni and 3,000 staff. Students come to study with us from all over the UK, as well as from 140 different countries around the world, making this a diverse and interesting place to come and study.

Bristol itself is a hub of social and cultural activity. A place with a strong, creative and fiercely independent mindset. A city with a buzzing music scene, great restaurants and interesting business ventures. It’s not surprising Bristol is consistently named as one of the best places to live and work in the UK.

With over 450 inspiring staff and over 8000 aspiring students, the Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences strives to provide higher education with impact and positive benefits for society.

The Faculty is a large, diverse and dynamic part of the University, bringing together experts from Allied Health Professions, Applied Sciences, Health and Social Sciences and Nursing and Midwifery.

We are united by our commitment to providing an inspirational and career-creating learning experience for all our undergraduate, postgraduate and professional students, one that equips them with the skills, knowledge, enterprise, real-world experience and confidence to succeed in a wide range of environments. It’s a commitment backed by an outstanding reputation for teaching excellence, world-class facilities, strong partnerships and a focus on research with impact at regional, national and global levels.

Our staff are professional practitioners and researchers at the forefront of their specialist areas. Our students benefit from their cutting-edge insight, practical experience and innovative approaches to teaching. We collaborate closely with employers and stakeholders to ensure that our curricula remain current, topical and relevant to societal needs. Many of our programmes also lead to professional registration and accreditation.

All our programmes have a substantial practice-orientation providing students with opportunities to apply their academic knowledge to real-world challenges through clinical practice, work-based experience, fieldwork and residential trips in the UK and abroad. Our partners offer placements or internships, set live briefs, participate in teaching and work with us on research projects and provide graduate jobs.

This practical focus is also reflected in our continuing investment in state-of-the-art facilities. We have excellent formal and informal learning spaces, outstanding laboratories, superb simulation facilities including high fidelity manikins and acute hospital wards, virtual laboratories and scenarios, a VERT suite for radiography and a simulation house. Our facilities provide excellent opportunities for the demonstration and practice of professional competencies for all students.

The Faculty has a vibrant research culture, organised around four University Centres of Excellence The Centre for Appearance Research, The Centre for Health and Clinical Research, The Centre for Research in Biosciences and the Science Communication Unit; and three research groups in Psychological Sciences; Social Sciences; and Public Health and Wellbeing. In addition, we work with colleagues across the University in our Institute of Bio-sensing Technology and the Health Technology Hub in the University Enterprise Zone. Our work makes world-leading contributions to the global academic community and society, as well as enhancing the quality of our teaching and the student experience.

This is a one year fixed term post to cover maternity leave, and is part time for three days a week, to allow for flexibility in supporting programme delivery.

You will join a visionary Department; we are therefore seeking an innovative, inspiring and adaptable individual who will integrate into a successful non-medical prescribing team. The aim to help support the delivery of non-medical prescribing educational programmes across the South West in multiple locations.

The Department of Nursing and Midwifery with the programme team work closely with healthcare practice partners to provide a high quality student experience and provide education to help transform the healthcare workforce across the South West. Knowledge of current government drivers for workforce planning and transformation is essential to help underpin current and future curriculum development and to ensure that the vision and creativity of the Department is enriched.

Integral to this are activities, which enhance the student experience through innovative teaching, learning and assessment strategies. You will provide both pre and post registration education and must have the flexibility to adapt to differing student groups.

You must be registered healthcare professionals and hold a first degree and non-medical prescribing qualification. You must also be committed to professional development and will be expected to engage in research activities, external networks and develop themselves as an academic through personal research and knowledge exchange activities.
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You will be joining a thriving academic community whose key focus is education, research and partnership working.

This post requires an enhanced DBS clearance.

This post is not available on a job share basis.

Other benefits, in addition to salary:

• a generous holiday allowance of 35 days
• up to 12.5 bank holiday/closure days per year in addition;
• flexible working;
• excellent defined benefit pension schemes;
• option to participate in the cycle to work scheme;
• family friendly policies;
• onsite nursery at our Frenchay Campus;
• option to purchase childcare vouchers.

This post is based at our Glenside Campus which is set within beautiful grounds in Stapleton, just three miles north east of Bristol City Centre. Regular bus services connect the campus to the main Frenchay site, the city centre and surrounding areas, and nearby Bristol Parkway train station. Home to UWE's Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, Glenside Campus offers excellent teaching facilities, these include a selection of inter-professional simulation suites, enabling students to practice and develop professional competencies, and one of the best health care libraries in England.

Closing date: 15 June 2017

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