Senior Lecturer in Practice Learning (Nursing)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Function of the Post:

Activity will be predominately with the Nursing programmes in ensuring compliance with the NMC (2018) Future Nurse standard, in addition to supporting compliance for HCPC courses as relevant. This post has an emphasis on the continued development of practice learning. The post holder is the main contact for supporting student learning in practice and contribute to teaching, quality assurance compliance, partnership working, research and income generation. At Senior Lecturer level, the post holder will be expected to engage in the planning, design and leadership of teaching and research activity, and to be making wider contributions with partners and activity associated with the School and University.

Principal Accountabilities:

Learning and Teaching

• Contribute to the planning, design and development of objectives and material based on the Standards for student supervision and assessment and teaching these to colleagues, students and partner organisations to ensure full compliance of the Regulators Educational standards.
• Collaborate with colleagues on the implementation of practice learning assessment procedures.
• Lead activities to ensure continual enhancement in student placement learning experiences involving programme leaders
• Undertake regular compliance audits and returns to stakeholders.
• Support colleagues in ensure that simulated practice learning teaching complies with the NMC educational standards
• In collaboration with Programme Leads allocate, lead and monitor on the provision and support of Academic Assessors ensuring NMC educational standards are maintained
• Lead on the development and support of placement support mechanisms both for students, practice partners and colleagues.

Research, scholarly and income generating activities

• Engage with Head of School in establishing relevant contracts with placement learning providers.
• Develop and produce learning materials and disseminate the results of scholarly activity.
• Engage in and develop income generating activity applicable to the context of the school and with full discussion with the Head of School
• Prepare proposals and applications to external bodies, e.g. for funding and accreditation purposes.
• Strive to achieve national and/or international recognition for these activities.

Communication, liaison and networking

• Working with the Head of School in relationship building and management with external stakeholders involved in workforce development and placement learning across NHS, Private, Independent and Voluntary organisations.
• Work collaboratively with placement administration team to continually enhance placement administration processes and to identify and implement enhancements to deliver outstanding inclusive student support.
• Take sole responsibility for scoping, securing and development practice learning placements to support courses in the School.
• Lead, deliver and monitor on the quality assurance processes for Nursing placements, ensuring robust reporting systems are maintained across internal and external partners.
• Communicate complex and conceptual ideas to external partners and consider methods to promote understanding.
• Communicate material of a specialist or highly technical nature.
• Liaise with colleagues academic and professional services effectively and support programme leaders
• Participate in and develop internal and external networks (e.g. internal and external committees), for example to contribute to placement learning and building relationships for future collaboration.
• Focus upon and explore ways to be and think together as educators that are positive and encouraging and empowering.

Teamwork

• Co-ordinate and support other practice learning academic staff from other disciplines in shaping our cohesive quality assurance structure in the School.
• Act as a responsible team member, leading where agreed, and develop productive working relationships with other members of academic and professional services staff.
• Co-ordinate the work of colleagues to identify and respond to students needs.
• Lead on the accreditation of courses and quality control processes within the department relevant to practice learning.
• Contribute to and/or lead on team and departmental meetings and/or committees internally or externally.
• Contribute to the development of new systems and procedures.
• Work with colleagues and students to sustain and strengthen an inclusive, supportive, caring and authentic learning community.

Managing people

• Depending on the area of work, the post holder could be expected to manage, co-ordinate and/or supervise the work of others.
• Support and mentor colleagues with less experience and advise on their personal development relating to teaching and/or research and/or income generation and taking account of relevant professional frameworks (e.g. UK Professional Standards Framework and the Researcher Development Framework).
• Co-ordinate the work of others to ensure modules are delivered to the standards required.
• Undertake the role of Personal Tutor provided pastoral support to students and act as Academic Assessor for NMC purposes.

Pastoral care

• Develop and use listening, interpersonal and pastoral care skills to act as first line support to students, referring them as appropriate to internal and external services providing further help and advice.
• Appreciate the needs of individual students and their circumstances.
• Support students in developing their resilience to be able to take responsibility and overcome the various challenges they will face including personal, economic, mental, physical etc.

Planning and managing resources

• Manage projects relating to own area of work and/or outside the department.
• Be responsible for administrative duties in own areas such as admissions, time-tabling, examinations, assessment of progress and student attendance.

Work environment

• Be aware of the risks in the work environment and their potential impact on areas of their own work and that of others.
• Depending on the area of work and level of training received, the post holder may be expected to conduct risk assessments and take responsibility for the health and safety of others.

Expertise

• Possess breadth and depth of specialist knowledge in the discipline to develop the curriculum, establish teaching programmes and the provision of learning support.
• Use a range of delivery techniques to enthuse and engage students.
• Balance the pressures of teaching and administrative demands and competing deadlines.
• Develop innovative and creative approaches when responding to teaching, learning and scholarship challenges.

Other duties:

You are required to undertake such other duties appropriate to the grade and content of the work as may reasonably be required of you. Therefore, the list of duties in this job profile should not be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive. Please note that, in consultation with you, the University reserves the right to update your job profile to reflect changes in, or to, your post. All staff have a role in supporting the Universitys People Strategy: Working Together Supporting each other, 2018-25 and the Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Strategy 2018-25.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity

• The post holder will take responsibility for upholding and complying with the Universitys Equality and Diversity policies and for behaving in ways that are consistent with fair and equal treatment for all.
• Take responsibility for own learning and engagement with equality issues and actions and consider the impact of their actions to ensure that they do not have a detrimental effect onachieving equality of opportunity.

The University believes that everyone has the right to be treated equally and that the diversity of individuals and groups should be embraced, valued, and respected. The University is committed to eliminating any form of discrimination be it direct, indirect, harassment or victimisation, and to support this the University has a number of policies that you should ensure you are familiar with and compliant to. All policies are available on the Universitys Intranet. Any breaches may lead to termination of employment.

Health and Safety

• Take responsibility for ensuring that workplace responsibilities within the University are carried out with full regard to, and in support of, the Universitys Health and Safety policies. This will include ensuring Health and Safety priorities reflect a post-COVID-19 period. This might include acting as Health and Safety Co-ordinator, Fire Warden, Risk Assessor, First Aider or other Health and Safety Representative.

Data protection

• The post holder is responsible for ensuring that workplace responsibilities within the subject area are carried out in compliance with the requirements of the Data Protection legislation and the Employment Practices Data Protection Code, especially concerning confidentiality, treatment of personal information and records management.

Personal development

• Take responsibility for own learning and development in relation to core responsibilities of teaching and learning, research and income generation taking account of relevant professional frameworks (e.g. UK Professional Standards Framework and the Researcher Development Framework).
• Actively engage in continuous professional development, maintaining and developing knowledge and expertise through membership of appropriate professional bodies (where appropriate), continuous knowledge and skills development.

Sustainability and Environment:

• The University is fully committed to sustainable development and environmental initiatives. It accepts its environmental responsibilities and recognises the contributions it can make to the resolution of global, regional and local environmental issues.
• The University will continuously seek to improve its environmental performance and will comply, as a minimum, with all relevant environmental legislation, regulations and codes of practice.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

• Demonstrable success in supporting placement learning and expanding opportunities for students.
• Contribute to the development of a culture of inclusivity, innovation and enterprise.
• Demonstrable current teaching methods and presentation skills.
• Demonstrable current practice learning experience to support students learning in practice in UK.
• Excellent administrative, IT, organisational and prioritisation skills.
• Able to effective use online VLE such as Moodle and use it to support creative and informative learning sessions.
• Highly developed academic support and guidance skills.
• Demonstrable skills in developing areas of interest in the subject area.

Desirable

• Research Skills and supervision.
• Skilled in strategic placement allocations/work force development in the NHS or HEI setting.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Pro-active and self-motivated, able to show initiative as well as inclusivity when working with others.
• Able to manage competing demands and pressures.
• Demonstrate attributes of Emotional Intelligence and excellent team working.
• Able to motivate, enthuse and develop students and/or staff.
• Able to work successfully with a variety of different post holders at different levels of the organisation.
• Willing to demonstrate commitment and support for the Universitys People Strategy and the Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Strategy.

Experience

Essential

• An experienced nurse educator in the UK setting in HEI or practice setting with experience of supporting practice learning for nursing and/or AHP students.
• Experience of utilising influencing and negotiating skills to initiate, promote and nurture collaborative opportunities with external stakeholders to ensure maximum impact and benefit.

Desirable

• Experience of working with a range of stakeholders
• Strong research or scholarly work profile aligned with subject area.

Qualifications

Essential

• A good Bachelors (Hons) Degree in Nursing or related degree.
• NMC registrant in good standing as RGN/RN on the Register. No exceptions on their registration.
• Demonstrable evidence of continuing professional development.
• Masters level qualification in related subject to Nursing/ Education/ Health or willing to work towards this.
• HE teaching qualification or be willing to work towards this.
• Practice Assessor or Academic Assessor prepared as per NMC standards (2018).
• Demonstrable in-depth knowledge of the NMC (2018) Future Nurse standards.
• Demonstrable contemporary knowledge of health care practice and nursing in UK.

Desirable

• Doctorate, or nearly completed.
• Associate or Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

University of Chichester

Address

University Of Chichester

College Lane

Chichester

West Sussex

PO19 6PE

Employer's website

https://www.chi.ac.uk/about-us/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)