Jobs: £50-60k

The University of Worcester is a high achieving, award-winning, dynamic institution set within an inclusive and engaged community. The number one University in England for gender equality, according to the last three years of the Times Higher Education’s University Impact Rankings, with multiple accolades for teaching quality, inclusion, contribution to the community, and environmental sustainability, the University has been shortlisted as Times Higher Education University of the Year three times in recent years. One of the best Universities for health education, Worcester has created the distinctive Three Counties Medical School, aiming to widen access to careers in healthcare and retain graduates in the local area, which has just welcomed its first cohort of graduate entry MBChB medical students. This is an exciting time to join the University, as the Physician Associate MSc. Programme, which has been running successfully for several years, is now part of the Three Counties Medical School, aligning the GMC regulated programmes. Based in our state-of-the-art purpose-built healthcare campus, you will be utilising innovative teaching methodologies and working as part of a multidisciplinary team dedicated to the educational needs of our students, alongside other healthcare academic and clinical academic staff in the Medical School and wider College of Health and Science. We are seeking to recruit a Senior Lecturer and Course Lead with the vision, commitment, academic ambition and capacity to contribute to the delivery of Physician Associate education. We are looking for a clinician from an appropriate discipline (Physician Associate, Nursing and Midwifery, Allied Health or a doctor) who has a passion for developing and teaching healthcare students both academically and, in preparing to practise, and will need to be confident in delivering the underpinning knowledge they require to graduate from our highly valued PA programme. This is an excellent opportunity for someone interested in educational scholarship to develop their educational skills with further opportunities available to help your development as an academic in Higher Education, including support in gaining a recognised teaching qualification and a CPD programme to help you achieve Fellowship of ‘Advance HE’. The post is full time, but may also be negotiated on a part time/ job share or secondment basis where appropriate, which will be discussed with the successful candidate. If you are interested in joining us at this exciting time and would relish the challenge of playing a part in the future development of the programme and Three Counties Medical School, then please apply today. What's in it for you?

• Annual incremental increase up to £54,395 with opportunity to progress to £59,422
• 47 days of leave per year (inclusive of bank holidays and University closure days)
• Attractive Teachers Pension Scheme
• Access to a range of benefits such as our Staff Retail Benefits Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Tusker Car Leasing
• Wellbeing advice and support through our Employee Assistance Programme
• In-house training and development support
• A friendly, inclusive and supportive culture and work environment

For an informal discussion, please contact Sandra Nicholson, Founding Dean Three Counties Medical School, University of Worcester via email at s.nicholson@worc.ac.uk

Department: School of Life and Health Science Job title: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Nursing (Adult), Full-time/Part-time Grade: RU 08/09 Salary: £44,546 to £58,420 pa inclusive of London Weighting Allowance The University of Roehampton is recruiting to the role of Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing to join our growing School of Life and Health Sciences. This is an exciting time to join the team and play a role in supporting the expansion of healthcare education within the School. We are keen to hear from those with experience working in Higher Education and looking for opportunities in academic leadership, as well as those early in career looking to build their academic experience within a growing team of inter-professional academics, practitioners, and researchers. Are you:

• An ambitious academic or practitioner with an appetite to deliver excellence in Nursing education?
• Passionate about enhancing the teaching and learning of students, from induction to being career ready?
• Enthusiastic about student-centred pedagogy and support?
• Excited by the opportunity to develop as an academic, broadening your opportunities to pursue areas such as research, knowledge exchange, and academic leadership?

In this role, you will:

• Play a significant part in teaching nursing and nursing associate students, and those on wider healthcare programmes.
• Contribute to education development and delivery, simulated learning and clinical liaison, across our range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
• Contribute to and enhance the teaching and learning, research and knowledge exchange reputation of the School.
• Be part of a community of academics and practitioners in science and healthcare working inter-professionally to develop and have impact.

The School of Life and Health Sciences at the University of Roehampton is a relatively new provider of healthcare education including nursing and allied health programmes, but has quickly established a reputation for quality and innovation that helps students become successful individuals with rewarding careers, regardless of their background and circumstances. The School is committed to delivering outstanding student outcomes and making a positive impact on society. We offer a variety of programmes and have one of the fastest growing healthcare education portfolios in the UK. Our facilities include state-of-the-art clinical simulation facilities and a world-class library. Within the School, our portfolio of healthcare programmes includes Adult, Mental Health, and Children’s Nursing, Nursing Associate, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, and Sports Therapy. We are very proud of our consecutive NSS results. In 2023 we achieved 96% and 93% positivity scores in Mental Health and Adult Nursing respectively, and in 2024, our recent graduates have placed us 1st for Adult Nursing and 2nd for Mental Health Nursing in the UK for Assessment and Feedback and Academic Support, and 1st in London for 4/7 of the survey subsections for Adult Nursing. Our student experience is important to us, and we thrive on making a difference to society through our inspirational practice and academic endeavour. Please find further information (JD, end date, interview date, etc.) via our website.