The University of Derby is seeking an External Examiner specialising in Nursing Apprenticeships with experience of integrated End Point Assessment, commencing July 2025, the period of tenure is for five years.
Principle duties will be to:
- Moderate the standard of work submitted for assessment by students for End Point Assessment
- Attend up to four assessment boards, with potential for extraordinary boards as required.
- Provide judgement and recommendations on subject content and whether assessment practice measures student achievement against learning outcomes in the context of the relevant regulations, Subject Benchmarks and sector norms.
- Submit an annual report to help ensure academic standards and student achievement are comparable with other UK Higher Education Institutions of which the Examiner has experience.
- Provide guidance and expertise to the programme team as required.
- Moderate End Point Assessment processes for Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeships across all fields of nursing
Suitable candidates will:
Be a higher education academic with experience in End Point Assessment for Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeships at a UK University or College.
- Have a good understanding of quality assurance requirements in HE.
- Have subject specific knowledge relating to the programme.
- Have current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)) and have experience of apprenticeships.
- Be resident and have the right to work in the UK.
It is desirable that candidates have previous External Examiner experience, however a mentor will be provided to those candidates who are first time External Examiners. Assessment Boards are held four times a year at the end of (February/March) and (August/September). Our agreed fee for External Examiners is paid per academic year upon submission of an annual report, in addition to any fees incurred whilst on UoD business.
Please send expressions of interest and an accompanying CV to demonstrate your suitability for the role, highlighting your current teaching responsibilities and previous external examiner positions to f.mccandless@derby.ac.uk by the closing date of Friday 14th of February 2025.
Please note that all appointments are subject to verification of eligibility to work in the UK, as per UK Visas and Immigration (
https://www.gov.uk/check-job-applicant-right-to-work) requirements.
The documents requested in this advertisement will be kept in accordance with Data Protection Legislation. The information which you give will be used for the following purposes: to enable the University to create a computer and paper record of your application; to enable the application to be processed; to enable the institution to compile statistics, or to assist other organisations to do so, provided that no statistical information that would identify you as an individual will be published. The information will be kept securely, and will be kept no longer than necessary. The information provided for your Right to Work check will be used for the sole purpose of gaining initial confirmation that you are eligible to apply for this work*. The data and the documents provided will be kept secure and destroyed should you be unsuccessful in your application. No personal information will be shared with any third party without your permission. UoD’s Data Protection information can be found at
https://www.derby.ac.uk/about/data-governance/data-protection/
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