Lecturer/Senior Lecturer Paramedic Science

About you:

UWE Bristol is seeking an enthusiastic and inspiring individual to join our successful and highly committed team in delivering learning to our Paramedic Science students. You will ensure the development and implementation of effective learning and a valuable experience for students.

In addition to supporting delivery of Paramedic education, there will also be opportunities for involvement in curriculum development and further contribution to the outputs of UWE as an organisation. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Paramedic, with a drive for education to get involved in the development and delivery of a progressive Paramedic Science programme.

About us:

With over 450 inspiring staff and over 8000 aspiring students, the College of Health, Science and Society strives to provide higher education with impact and positive benefits for society.

Our staff are professional practitioners and researchers at the forefront of their specialist areas. Our students benefit from their cutting-edge insight, practical experience and innovative approaches to teaching. We collaborate closely with employers and stakeholders to ensure that our curricula remain current, topical and relevant to societal needs. Many of our programmes also lead to professional registration and accreditation.

All our programmes have a substantial practice-orientation providing students with opportunities to apply their academic knowledge to real-world challenges through clinical practice, work-based experience, fieldwork and residential trips in the UK and abroad. Our partners offer placements or internships, set live briefs, participate in teaching and work with us on research projects and provide graduate jobs.

This practical focus is also reflected in our continuing investment in state-of-the-art facilities. We have excellent formal and informal learning spaces, outstanding laboratories, superb simulation facilities including high fidelity manikins and acute hospital wards, virtual laboratories and scenarios, a VERT suite for radiography and a simulation house. Our facilities provide excellent opportunities for the demonstration and practice of professional competencies for all students.

This post is based at our Glenside Campus.

In addition to progressive pay rates, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including:

• a generous holiday allowance of 35 days pro rata
• up to 12.5 bank holiday/closure days per year
• Flexible working
• excellent defined benefit pension schemes
• access to employee assistance programme
• ongoing learning and development opportunities
• family friendly policies and wellbeing initiatives
• onsite nursery at our Frenchay Campus.
• Retail savings via the Wider Wallet scheme
• option to participate in the cycle to work scheme

We also boast an excellent in-house Learning & Development team who provide a wide variety of in-house training courses and development programmes and our Academic Practice Directorate supports our academic colleagues to ensure the highest in professional teaching standards.

Further information:

We have one 0.4 FTE fixed term post for a year, requiring an enhanced DBS.

If you would like an informal discussion about this opportunity please contact either Kieran Brannigan (Programme Lead) on 011732 86903 or email kieran.brannigan@uwe.ac.uk.

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