Senior Lecturer (Independent and Supplementary Prescribing)

Job Title: Senior Lecturer (Independent and Supplementary Prescribing, V300 Programme Lead)

Location: Birmingham

Salary: £42,978 - £54,395 per annum - AC3

Job type: Permanent, Full-time

The University is unlike any other. Standing proud in the heart of the city of Birmingham, they have been delivering career-focused education and training for decades. With around 8000 students across FE and HE level provision, the University is highly respected by employers and industry in meeting the region's skills needs.

The University's mission is to promote and provide the opportunity for participation in the learning process by those with the ambition and commitment to succeed and to maintain a learning community that meets the diverse needs of our students, the economy and society at large.

The University works in partnership with one of the UK's leading Universities. A member of the Russell Group, the partner University is ranked 9th in The Guardian 2024 league table with an international reputation for research and teaching quality. The partner University not only accredits many of the University's undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, but also works on a number of collaborative projects to support development of higher education and widen access within the West Midlands.

The Role:

We would like you to bring your skills and experience to join our Health and Nutrition Department, where you will be teaching and supporting students undertaking the Independent and Supplementary Prescribing programme (V300) for Registered Nurses.

This is a new programme for the University which has been approved by the NMC. We are looking to recruit a Senior Lecturer with contemporary knowledge of prescribing and pharmacology, who has professional experience as a senior healthcare practitioner or pharmacist.

Our programmes' curriculum is focused on preparing practitioners to develop their role or innovate their practice as advanced clinical and specialist practitioners, and our philosophy is to work in partnership with students, academics, researchers, service users and service colleagues to deliver high quality learning and teaching based on contemporary research.

To be successful in this role you should have: Professional Registration with NMC, HCPC or GPhC· Annotation of your prescribing qualification on the professional register.

Your teaching approach should be flexible, student focussed, and research informed, and you should possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You must have expertise in engaging in post-registration nursing education with sound pedagogical foundations and be able to offer inspirational learning and teaching to students.

You will be able to demonstrate evidence of leadership, teamworking and working autonomously. You should have a strong commitment to developing and maintaining relationships with the programme delivery team, wider university teams, the NMC and our stakeholders, as this will be required during curriculum development and ongoing programme monitoring.

Benefits:

• Generous allocation of annual leave
  • 38 days' paid leave per year
  • 12 Bank Holidays & Concessionary Days
• Teachers' Pension Scheme
  • Employer Contributions -28.6%
• Subsidised private healthcare provided by Aviva including a Digital GP Service
• Employee Assistance Programme inclusive of counselling services, financial wellbeing support and bereavement support
• Annual health MOTs with our Registered Nurse
• Excellent staff development opportunities including professional qualification sponsorship
• A variety of salary sacrifice schemes including car, technology home and cycle
• Heavily-subsidised on-site car parking in central Birmingham
• Free on-site gym membership

Extra Information:

All applicants for employment at the University will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the principles of Safeguarding and the PREVENT agenda in the context of further and higher education.

Closing Date - 29th September 2024

The University is an equal opportunities employer.

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Candidates with experience of: Pharmacology, Nurse Practitioner, Pharmacist, Registered Nurse, ANP, Medical Lecturer will also be considered for this role.