Lecturer In Health Sciences (Inter-Professional Education)

Lecturer In Health Sciences (Inter-Professional Education)

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This role will be located on campus at Bangor. Through our Dynamic Working framework, there will also be the option to spend some time working remotely (although remaining in the UK) to support work life balance, which will be discussed further with candidates at interview.

Applications will also be considered to carry out this role on a part-time or job share basis.

Applications will only be accepted via our on-line recruitment website, jobs.bangor.ac.uk. However, in cases of access issues due to disability, paper application forms are available by telephoning 01248 383865.

Informal enquiries about all posts can be made to Dr Elizabeth Mason, Deputy Head of School; e-mail: e.mason@bangor.ac.uk

Committed To Equal Opportunities

Overview

College of Medical and Health Sciences

The College provides students with a world-class learning experience characterised by scientific rigour, practical relevance, and in particular a collaborative, multi-disciplinary approach to our teaching and research.

The College, through the University, has formally linked with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board enabling an integrated approach to developing research, training, medical and healthcare education that will serve the needs of North Wales. Although each school/institute preserves its specific identity and subject integrity, the College fosters inter-school collaboration and shared academic goals and practices.

School of Health Sciences

The School of Health Sciences is an interprofessional school which sits within the College of Medicine and Health and provides health and care education and research at Bangor University. The School works in partnership with health, social and educational care providers through well-established links to enable a total clinical and academic experience to be provided for students on healthcare professional programmes. The School offers a career-spanning portfolio of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and short courses for health and care and allied professionals.

The School Mission Statement reflects our aims to champion and promote excellent health and social care science, research, scholarship, teaching and learning, quality and values with people who use services, practitioners, and stakeholders. To promote language and cultural competence relevant to local, national and international partners, and to provide an inclusive culture and environment for staff and students within the School.

Bangor’s mission is for a research-led University of and for North Wales, providing transformative learning experiences and nurturing a positive impact on society regionally, nationally, and internationally (Strategy 2030). Across the University, research and teaching are closely inter-linked: almost all research academics teach, ensuring that our students benefit from the knowledge created by our research.

Purpose of the Job

This post is available on our teaching and scholarship career track. The School of Health Sciences values the partnership we have with students and prioritise support and encouragement for all our students across their differing programmes. The School offers a welcoming context for less experienced lecturers to develop their potential. We provide an in-depth induction and academic mentorship, plus opportunities to undertake a PGCERT in Advanced HE leading to a nationally recognised qualification.

The successful candidate will have opportunities to contribute to teaching and learning across the School’s portfolio of programmes and through our interprofessional modules. The successful candidate will also be expected to contribute to wider deliver to reflect their professional and teaching specialisms. Our teaching is student centred, supported by a strong interprofessional education ethos, provide experience in a range of settings and place a strong emphasis on partnership working with the regional health and care sector.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Teaching duties will include:

• Plan, prepare and deliver lectures and tutorials responding effectively to a variety of student backgrounds, learning styles, personal support plans and class sizes.
• Motivate students to proactive engagement in learning and provide meaningful and constructive feedback on the quality of their work.
• Keep abreast of new professional, educational and related social, economic and technological developments in health and care.
• Supervise undergraduate and postgraduate projects.
• Be personal tutor to a number of undergraduate and postgraduate students, providing the highest quality, consistent, advice, guidance and support.
• Contribute to the development of programmes and undertaking role of module coordinator or contributing to module co-ordination.
• Maintain and develop scholarly activities in line with University and College strategies. • Publish and share evidence of scholarship related to learning and teaching in books, articles and/or papers in academic journals.
• Ensure adherence to organisational and professional body (i.e. NMC/HCPC) requirements in all aspects of academic work, and in personal professional development.
• Engage in scholarly, professional and improvement-related activities around health and care education in partnership with students, local stakeholders and service users.
• Contribute to the growth and improvement of the practice learning circuit capacity and quality, and support students’ learning in practice.
• Actively engage in strategic and project-related activities that maximise student engagement, and that mitigate the risks of attrition.
• Lead the development of new modules, and the re-design and improvement of existing modules.

Administrative and Wider Contribution duties will include:

• Participate in the student recruitment and induction procedures of the School (e.g. School and University Open Days).
• Contribute to the School's management and participate in the administration of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes (e.g. organisation of exams, contribute to accreditation/QA procedures as module co-ordinator.
• Contribute to the marketing of programmes by participating in School and College link activities and other marketing initiatives.
• Undertake other administrative duties and responsibilities as directed by the Head of School (e.g. membership of School boards and task groups, addressing/supporting undergraduate and postgraduate student experience, contributing to community engagement).
• Through partnership roles, disseminate information about the School’s portfolio, and capture intelligence about stakeholders’ future education and training requirements.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

• To participate in performance review and developmental activities.
• To comply with the University’s equality policies and statements, Dignity at Work and Study Policy and the University’s Welsh Language Scheme.
• To maintain a general and legal duty of care in relation to health, safety and wellbeing and must take all reasonable steps to ensure a safe and healthy working environment for him/herself and for other members of staff, students and visitors affected by his/her actions or inactions.
• To comply with all applicable health and safety policies, procedures and risk assessments.
• To must comply with relevant legal and financial policies and procedures and be aware of their responsibilities in terms of the legal requirements of their posts.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential :

• Degree in a relevant subject area.
• Professional registration (e.g. NMC, HCPC)

Desirable :

• Post graduate degree
• PGCertTHE teaching qualification or equivalent.

Experience/Knowledge - Teaching

Essential :

• A sound knowledge of contemporary policy and practice in health and care.
• Evidence of teaching in clinical or academic settings.

Desirable :

• Experience of module development and delivery in higher education.
• Experience of supervising undergraduate and postgraduate projects.

Experience/Knowledge – Scholarship

Essential :

• Capability to develop and manage projects, and to disseminate results through presentation at relevant conferences.

Desirable :

• Capability to publish scholarship in peer-reviewed journals of international standard, conferences, social and other media.

Skills/Abilities

Essential :

• Demonstrate the ability to prioritise workload and work to deadlines.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and on own initiative.
• Excellent verbal and written skills.
• Demonstrable computer skills, including MS Office, PowerPoint, Excel. This also includes the use of Blackboard and other on-line learning platforms

Other

Essential :

• An appreciation of the bilingual context of healthcare delivery and University education across north Wales.
• Able to travel across campus and if necessary placement areas.

Desirable :

• The ability to communicate through the medium of Welsh.

General

The University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We strive to develop a workforce from all sections of the community regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. We promote and facilitate the use of the Welsh language through our progressive Welsh Language Policy. We comply with the Welsh Language Standards and are committed to equality of opportunity. You are welcome to apply for any job in English or Welsh and all applications submitted will be treated equally.

We are a member of Advance HE's Athena SWAN Gender Equality charter and hold a Silver award in recognition of our commitment to and progress towards gender equality within the University's policies, practices, and culture. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

All members of staff have a duty to ensure their actions are in line with the overall environmental aims of the University and minimise their environmental impact.

All offers are made subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK and receipt of satisfactory references. All candidates must meet the requirements of UK ‘right to work’ requirements. If you require Home Office permission to work in the UK, or need to switch your visa status in order to take this job we recommend you use the following link to information about the routes into employment and to check eligibility requirements: https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

Please note that we are unable to employ anyone who does not have the right to live and work in the UK legally. When applying for this post you will be required to explain the basis upon which you believe you will be able to live and work in the UK legally on the commencement date of the role should your application be successful.

Please note that, in the event of applications being received from candidates on the University's Redeployment Register with a reasonable skills match to the post specification, these applicants will be given prior consideration.

Disclosure & Barring Service

This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check. As Bangor University meets the requirements in respect of exempted questions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, all applicants who are offered employment will be subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) before the appointment is confirmed. This will include details of cautions, reprimands or final warnings as well as convictions. DBS checks will be updated every 3 years.

Candidates should note that the University uses an external Umbrella body to process DBS checks. As such you should be aware that, if successful in your application, your name and e-mail contact details will be shared with the Umbrella body in order that they may contact you to start the application process.