Clinical Lecturer and Researcher
Description
Required to join an exciting science and medical clinical education department based across a number of sites in Liverpool City Centre Region based in our brand new £7.8 million Head Quarters, focusing on bringing real clinical work experience into the classroom. You will be delivering a range of current courses and lead the development of exciting new clinical education programmes accredited by Pearson as well as Department of Education Skills Bootcamps. Not only will you be shaping the next generation of Doctors, Nurses and Scientists, you will be leading research projects into prenatal care that will hopefully affect the lives of thousands of mothers and children! Please note, this is a new role which will likely develop and change over time.
Reports to: Head of Education
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Management
- Support, guide and encourage development within the clinical team to ensure that they are able to undertake their role to the best of their ability and meet KPIs
- Working with the Head of Education, plan the annual clinical course schedule ensuring that teaching spaces and staff are allocated to courses
- Ensure that clinical staff are appropriately trained to follow company policies and procedures
- Ensure clinical staff have all the required skills and qualifications to undertake their assigned roles within the clinical department
- Have overall responsibility for all clinical training and assessment equipment and ensuring that purchases for any extra materials are authorised and completed
- Complete annual appraisals in line with company policy
- Ensure annual moderation is conducted in line with company policies and procedures and meets all regulatory body requirements
- Manage research projects including funding applications, budgets, time scales, staff and ethics applications
- Manage a team of clinical professionals as well as lecturers
- Manage the development, deliver and assessment of all qualifications and training courses
- Manage stock rotation, storage and ordering
- Manage designated clinical areas and company standards throughout
2. Leadership
- Working with the Head of Education, CEO & MD plan out the annual department strategy and KPI’s
- Working with the Marketing Team to ensure the annual marketing strategy is created and a plan has been put in place for delivery
- Provide support to Head of Education on any work and research completed for new markets
- Represent department at Senior Management meetings
- Represent company at relevant stakeholder events
3. Teaching
Provide teaching as required using a variety of pedagogical techniques such as; small group teaching, practical work, student-centred learning, building on prior learning, skills and experience, individual activity, assessment for learning and questioning.
Ensure students are provided with the appropriate equipment to undertake training and complete any required assessments
Supervise PhD students
4. Assessment
- Complete assessments of students in line with company policies and the relevant qualification body guidelines
- Create and update written course materials and assessments, so they are fit for purpose and where necessary, conform to the regulations of awarding bodies
- Contribute to formative and summative feedback and tasks related to student’s work
5. Curriculum development and Quality assurance
- Work with colleagues to ensure content of training courses are up-to-date and relevant.
- Engage with feedback on teaching to enhance quality and learner experience
- Adopt reflective pedagogical practices and share learnt experiences with the team to improve delivery and assessment
- Attend standardisation and moderation meetings as and when required
- Work with the Quality Assurance Manager to ensure the quality of course materials including assessments
- Ensure that course equipment has been tested and any problems addressed so that courses are fit for purpose
6. Administration and pastoral duties
- Provide pastoral support and references to students during and after courses
- Contribute to student admissions processes including interviews and selection panels
- Update website information and back-end content, course dates etc as well as maintaining required spreadsheets to assist the team in the smooth running of training programmes
- Answer student/client questions and in relation to specific enquiries including corporate booking and bespoke packages.
2. Leadership
- Working with the Head of Education, CEO & MD plan out the annual department strategy and KPI’s
- Working with the Marketing Team to ensure the annual marketing strategy is created and a plan has been put in place for delivery
- Provide support to Head of Education on any work and research completed for new markets
- Represent department at Senior Management meetings
- Represent company at relevant stakeholder events
3. Teaching
Provide teaching as required using a variety of pedagogical techniques such as; small group teaching, practical work, student-centred learning, building on prior learning, skills and experience, individual activity, assessment for learning and questioning.
Ensure students are provided with the appropriate equipment to undertake training and complete any required assessments
Supervise PhD students
5. Curriculum development and Quality assurance
- Work with colleagues to ensure content of training courses are up-to-date and relevant.
- Engage with feedback on teaching to enhance quality and learner experience
- Adopt reflective pedagogical practices and share learnt experiences with the team to improve delivery and assessment
- Attend standardisation and moderation meetings as and when required
- Work with the Quality Assurance Manager to ensure the quality of course materials including assessments
- Ensure that course equipment has been tested and any problems addressed so that courses are fit for purpose
7. Research
Identify a gap in prenatal care research related to early diagnostic tests and their effects on maternal and new-born health
Discuss and collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders to explore pre-pregnancy and prenatal care research that improves and promotes a healthy pregnancy.
Independently design studies and conduct experiments to generate results and materials, analyse experimental data, write research reports and papers, and formulate technical recommendations.
8. Health & Safety
- Create and review all related risk assessments and make amendments in line with the relevant guidance
- Have overall responsibility for laboratory health and safety within the department
- Ensure technicians, students and lecturing staff understand and follow laboratory health and safety
- Ensure all team members complete the relevant health and safety assessments
Person Specification
Qualifications, Training & Knowledge
- NMC/GMC/HCPC Registration
- Educated to Degree Level
- Relevant Post Registration Education/Development
- Understanding and ability to manage a research group
- Clinical research experience
- PhD in a relevant clinical area
- PGCE or equivalent, and QTS
Knowledge
- Knowledge of clinical governance framework
- Broad knowledge of professional and other health care policies
Circumstances
- The post requires a flexible approach and willingness to carry out working hours across set teaching schedules which will include weekends and bank holidays
Experience
- Experience at Band 7 or equivalent
- Recent experience of working within Urgent and Emergency Care
- Experience of managing and leading teams
- Experience of leading change
- Experience of developing and implementing policies which enhance patient safety and patient experience
- Experience of design and implementing a new service
- Experience of writing grant and funding applications
- Experience of CQC regulations and ability to deputises / willingness progress to Registered Manager
- Experienced in lecturing/teaching
- Experience of planning professional development for several teams
- Experience of working in a multi-cultural setting
- Experience of writing risk assessments
- Experience in quality assurance
- Experience in budget management
- Experience in creating, managing and delivering assessment strategies
- Experience of developing advanced clinical roles
- Experience of working with Special Educational Need students and adapting lessons to their need
- Experience of developing and delivering regulated qualifications
Skills & Behaviours
- Strong communication skills with proven ability to use them to convey complex information to students and colleagues
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to take personal responsibility and have the confidence to make difficult or unpopular decisions and through role modelling empowers others to do the same
- Ability to differentiate lessons plans in accordance with student requirements so as to stretch and challenge all student
- Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework: ü Patient Centred ü Safety ü Compassion ü Respect and ü Excellence
- Demonstrates an ability to manage complex and difficult situations with authority and expertise
- Demonstrates personal credibility and adopts an open communication style
- Well-developed organisational skills with the ability to coordinate a team, ensuring appropriate cover is provided
- Ability to write course materials such as schemes of work, lesson plans, assessments and marking
- Ability to take initiative and work without supervision
- Confidence in making decisions within area of expertise
- Able to work efficiently and co-operatively as part of a team
- Ability to write and present information effectively and concisely
- Ability to work under third parties and adjust policies and procedures in line with change.
- Ability to review documentation and make amendments appropriately within set guidelines
- Strong negotiation skills, with ability to reach agreements
- Ability to analyse and solve problems
- Ability to work calmly under pressure, and adapt readily to changing circumstances
- Coaching/supervision/mentorship skills
- Knowledge of service improvement methodologies
- Knowledge of developing advanced clinical roles
- Knowledge of pedagogical methodologies including assessment
More Information
Contract
Full-time – Fixed Term – 2 years
Salary
£38,000 – £45,000 per annum
