Jobs: North West

Edge Hill University, Faculty of Health & Social Care is seeking to engage an External Examiner for the following Master of Medicine Programmes with effect from October 2021:

• Vacancy ref: MED 03
• Programme(s): MSc Leadership Development (Medical Leadership)

External Examiners are typically placed on the Edge Hill University External Examiners Register for a period of four years. Principle duties normally include;

• Visit the University at the least once a year to moderate assessed coursework and examination scripts
• Attend module assessment boards
• Produce an Annual Report
• Review and approve examination papers that contribute to a student’s final award, and any other assessment material as agreed
• He/she will preferably come from a clinical background and hold an MSc in Leadership.

If you would like to discuss specific information relating to the programmes, please contact:

• Medical School – Charlotte Moen (Programme Lead), 01695 657028, charlotte.moen@edgehill.ac.uk

Fees and Expenses are payable in line with the University policy. Admission to the University’s External Examiners Register is on the basis of satisfactory completion of the University’s Committee and Personnel approval processes, including Right to Work and Reciprocity Checks. Prospective External Examiners are encouraged to send an expression of interest and CV to Laura Makin, Quality Assurance Administrator (makinl@edgehill.ac.uk) citing the programme title and/or vacancy reference. Your data will be held and not processed for any purpose other than that for which it has been obtained, in accordance with current Data Protection Legislation until this recruitment process has concluded. Should you be unsuccessful in your application your data will be destroyed securely. For more information, our Privacy Notice is available at https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/externalexaminers/ Laura Makin Quality Assurance Administrator Faculty of Health & Social Care Edge Hill University Tel: 01695 650748 makinl@edgehill.ac.uk

Edge Hill University, Faculty of Health & Social Care is seeking to engage an External Examiner for the following Master of Medicine Programmes with effect from October 2021:

• Vacancy ref: MED 02
• Programme(s): MSc Leadership Development (Clinical Leadership & Leadership Management)

External Examiners are typically placed on the Edge Hill University External Examiners Register for a period of four years. Principle duties normally include;

• Visit the University at the least once a year to moderate assessed coursework and examination scripts
• Attend module assessment boards (may be virtual)
• Produce an Annual Report
• Review and approve examination papers that contribute to a student’s final award, and any other assessment material as agreed
• He/she will have a qualification in Leadership at Masters level and programme leadership experience of an MSc Leadership programme.

If you would like to discuss specific information relating to the programmes, please contact:

• Medical School – Charlotte Moen (Programme Lead), 01695 657028, charlotte.moen@edgehill.ac.uk

Fees and Expenses are payable in line with the University policy. Admission to the University’s External Examiners Register is on the basis of satisfactory completion of the University’s Committee and Personnel approval processes, including Right to Work and Reciprocity Checks. Prospective External Examiners are encouraged to send an expression of interest and CV to Laura Makin, Quality Assurance Administrator (makinl@edgehill.ac.uk) citing the programme title and/or vacancy reference. Your data will be held and not processed for any purpose other than that for which it has been obtained, in accordance with current Data Protection Legislation until this recruitment process has concluded. Should you be unsuccessful in your application your data will be destroyed securely. For more information, our Privacy Notice is available at https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/externalexaminers/ Laura Makin Quality Assurance Administrator Faculty of Health & Social Care Edge Hill University Tel: 01695 650748 makinl@edgehill.ac.uk

The University of Cumbria is seeking to appoint an External Examiner for PgDip/MA Counselling and Psychotherapy and associated Introduction to Counselling Skills module (HLLC4070) with effect from 1st October 2021. An additional aspect of the role is to act as External Examiner for the FdA Counselling with our partner organisation, Northumberland College. Please contact Margaret Rock for further information. Ideally interested applicants should have experience of external examining in at least one other Higher Education Institution but this is not compulsory. Please note that we are unable to accept applications from you if:-

• You are a current external examiner within the University of Cumbria or have been in the previous four years if you have served a four year term with us previously;
• You are currently professionally involved with members of the programme team;
• You have been employed within the previous five years by the University or at one of its associate institutions.

Information on the external examining role at the University of Cumbria is available via the following link: www.cumbria.ac.uk/AboutUs/Services/AQD/ExtExaminers.aspx If you are interested, please apply by sending your CV to margaret.rock@cumbria.ac.uk by 15th March.

The University of Cumbria is seeking to appoint an External Examiner for postgraduate courses in magnetic resonance imaging (PG Cert/PG Dip/MSc) with effect from September 1st 2021. Please contact Dr Iain MacDonald, academic lead, for informal discussion about the role. Ideally interested applicants should have experience of external examining in at least one other Higher Education Institution but this is not compulsory. Please note that we are unable to accept applications from you if:-

• You are a current external examiner within the University of Cumbria or have been in the previous four years if you have served a four year term with us previously;
• You are currently professionally involved with members of the programme team;
• You have been employed within the previous five years by the University or at one of its associate institutions.

Information on the external examining role at the University of Cumbria is available via the following link: https://www.cumbria.ac.uk/AboutUs/Services/AQD/ExtExaminers.aspx If you are interested, please apply by sending your CV to Dr Iain MacDonald, iain.macdonald@cumbria.ac.uk by 5th March 2021.

The University of Cumbria is seeking to appoint an External Examiner for the Msc Advanced Clinical Practice and the Msc Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Apprenticeship) as soon as possible but by April 2021. Please contact Kathryn Haigh Kathryn.haigh@cumbria.ac.uk for further information. Ideally interested applicants should have experience of external examining in at least one other Higher Education Institution but this is not compulsory. Please note that we are unable to accept applications from you if:-

• You are a current external examiner within the University of Cumbria or have been in the previous four years if you have served a four year term with us previously;
• You are currently professionally involved with members of the programme team;
• You have been employed within the previous five years by the University or at one of its associate institutions.

Information on the external examining role at the University of Cumbria is available via the following link: http://www.cumbria.ac.uk/AboutUs/Services/AQD/ExtExaminers.aspx If you are interested, please apply by sending your CV to Kathryn.haigh@cumbria.ac.uk by March 12th 2021

The University of Central Lancashire is seeking to appoint experienced and suitably qualified academics to act as External Examiners for the Pre-registration Adult Nursing programmes, The School of Nursing has a long tradition of delivering pre-registration nursing programmes, successfully validating and delivering a programme in line with the NMC Standards for Education, since September 2019. The programme delivery includes both full-time direct entry students and apprentice learners. The successful applicant must be registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) and have relevant experience of working in adult nursing practice settings as well as teaching on a pre-registration nursing programme. S/he will work with our existing External Examiners to review a number of modules within the pre-registration adult nursing programmes. This will include modules delivered at levels 5, 6 and 7, with some of the modules being shared between fields. An induction is provided that the appointee will be expected to attend, and ideally, the external examiner will have had experience of external examining. The External Examiner will be expected to attend the programme assessment board, consider student work and contribute to the overall assessment process. Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced academic staff. All appointments are subject to the candidate meeting the University’s criteria for appointment. The appointment will be with effect from April 2021 and will be for a period of 3.5 years. To apply, please submit your Curriculum Vitae to hdickinson1@uclan.ac.uk For further information about the programme, please contact Hazel Dickinson Course leader for BSc Pre Registration adult nursing School of Nursing UCLAN Email: hdickinson1@uclan.ac.uk School of Nursing Brook Building University of Central Lancashire Preston, Lancashire, PR1 2HE