Clinical Skills Lecturer Practitioner; Adult Field x2

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a ‘Clinical Skills Lecturer Practitioner (Registered Nurse Adult Field) in Healthcare Education to join Aberystwyth University. As part of its civic mission, Aberystwyth University is seeking to find ways of supporting the workforce and community needs of Mid-Wales by increasing opportunities for individuals to train and work in healthcare in their local area. Jointly working with Local Health Boards and other key stakeholders, the aim is to design and deliver a number of professional health-related courses (at pre- and post-registration levels and Continuing Professional Development), with BSc degrees in pre-registration Adult Nursing and Mental Health Nursing- full time and part time, Return to Nursing Practice (Adult Field) programme, and Level 4 Certificate in Healthcare Studies.

These are two exciting posts for 2 days each per week (set days), allowing practitioners to continue working within their clinical practice roles.

This vision comes at a timely point with the introduction of new Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) pathways and commissioned programmes through by Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW). The very first cohort of nursing students commenced their studies in Aberystwyth in September 2022 and have successfully completed as registered nurses.

The post holder will support the Principal Lead & Head of Healthcare Education to design and deliver new provision in clinical skills and simulation, working alongside the clinical skills lead and simulation lead for Level 4 programmes, pre-registration Adult Nursing, Mental Health Nursing degrees, and Return to Practice programmes. The programmes will be developed through the medium of English and Welsh.

To make an informal enquiry, please contact Amanda Jones
- Principal Lead & Head of Healthcare

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Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check.

Appointments are normally made within 4 - 8 weeks of the closing date.

This job description is subject to review and amendment in the light of the changing needs of the University, to provide appropriate development opportunities and/or the addition of any other reasonable duties.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Teach (on site) a wide range of topics related to healthcare for clinical skills and simulation as a member of the Healthcare Education teaching team in adult field of nursing
• Act as module coordinator, manage modules and co-ordinate the work of colleagues where necessary in developing clinical skills & simulation activities
• Challenge thinking, foster debate and develop the ability of students to engage in critical discourse and rational thinking.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, service users and academic colleagues on curriculum and module development and changes
• Actively seek opportunities to collaboratively plan, design and deliver healthcare CPD to a variety of health professionals
• Ensure own professional knowledge and skills are up to date and meet revalidation requirements and maintain professional registration on relevant part of the Nursing and Midwifery (NMC) register
• Work closely with the Clinical Skills Lead, Simulation Lead and the Clinical Skills & Simulation technician
• Act as an academic assessor (where necessary) and provide high quality support to students and clinical staff in a variety of practice learning environments
• Actively manage placement learning opportunities and capacity for nursing students
• Act in line with the NMC Code always, ensuring the values and principles are upheld
• Use the NMC Code to help students understand what it means to be a registered professional and how keeping to the Code helps to achieve that.
• Act as a role model of professional behaviour for students, maintain integrity and leadership for others to aspire to.
• Publish and share evidence of scholarship related to learning and teaching in books, articles and/or papers in academic journals.
• Communicate material of a specialist or highly technical…