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Senior Lecturer - Interprofessional Clinical Placement Coordinator

Job details
Posting date: 29 April 2024
Salary: £51,283 to £59,421 per year
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 13 May 2024
Location: Cardiff, Cardiff County
Remote working: Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week
Company: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 23REQ0002816

Summary

Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences is a recognised centre of excellence in the UK and has established a national and international reputation for the quality of its academic and research work in the areas of sport and health sciences. Based across the Cyncoed and Llandaff campuses, we provide a broad range of vocationally focused academic programmes and pride ourselves on good student feedback and excellent graduate employability. Many of our programmes are professionally accredited to meet the requirements of the sport and healthcare professions and we engage closely with industry to provide consultancy services and professional development programmes. Our School also delivers a thriving research culture, with over 100 PhD students across a variety of disciplines. The wellbeing of our staff, students and our local community underpins everything we do as we continue to add value through our teaching, innovation and research.

The opportunity

As Senior Lecturer / Interprofessional Clinical Placement Coordinator
you will be required to provide support to the Interprofessional Education Lead for the innovative design and implementation of clinical interprofessional placements for commissioned healthcare programmes. You will facilitate collaborative partnerships with health boards, local authorities, and other external organisations to ensure appropriate provision of interprofessional clinical placements.
You will need strong organisational skills and networking abilities with the ability to problem solve. You will work collaboratively and sensitively with the IPE Lead, Placement Tutors, Placement Office, and NHS Placement Coordinators.

What we are looking for
• An in-depth knowledge of interprofessional clinical placement models.
• An in-depth understanding of clinical pedagogy.
• An in-depth understanding of research/enterprise and scholarly activity.
• Ability to support, develop, and organise a range of interprofessional clinical placements at various levels, both internally and externally.
• Ability to review interprofessional clinical placements on a regular basis to ensure compliance with quality standards and academic regulations and to make alterations where appropriate.
• Ability to contribute to the achievement of the School Development Plan and the institutions strategic planning processes.
• Ability to identify opportunities for strategic development/improvement e.g. research projects, new courses, consultancy.
• Ability to identify (through the analysis of appropriate management information) areas requiring improved performance e.g. student numbers, student satisfaction, placement experience.
• Experience of HE teaching or equivalent.
• Experience of providing academic leadership and first line support/mentoring for other colleagues.
• Experience of engaging in pedagogic and practitioner research.
• A good honours degree.
• Ability to achieve Fellow Status as part of the Higher Education Academy’s Professional Recognition scheme, within agreed timescales (as soon as is practicably possible and definitely within three years of commencement of employment).

You will be an enthusiastic and friendly professional with excellent communication and interpersonal skills coupled with a commitment to providing an excellent student placement experience. Being a HCPC registered AHP with good teaching experience on relevant programmes is essential.

If you would like to talk with us about this opportunity please contact Jo Fawcett, ATL Healthcare, jfawcett@cardiffmet.ac.uk

Should a high volume of applications be received, we may need to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage you to apply as early as possible.
The University is committed to creating a highly inclusive culture. We offer family friendly and flexible working arrangements and a range of staff networks, forums and events to support and develop our people. We warmly welcome applications from those traditionally underrepresented in the higher education sector.

Further information

Visit our staff recruitment website for information about working for us, our culture, benefits, work-life balance and our career progression and development opportunities.

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