Senior Lecturer in Paramedic Science

The full-time starting salary is normally £51,703.00 per annum, with progression available in post to £56,197.00 per annum.

Grade: USL

Interviews will be held on Tuesday, 21 January 2025 

New and exciting opportunities are available to join our Paramedic Science course team at Birmingham City University. These opportunities will provide you with the chance to impact and lead on the growth of your profession and the College of Health and Care Professions. You would be joining an already established and dynamic College which supports a diverse academic community, with a track record of delivering excellent education and achieving high graduate employability across our disciplines.

We are seeking innovative, ambitious and inspirational candidates to join our friendly team. The successful candidates will be able to demonstrate significant academic and clinical experience in Paramedic Practice and an in depth understanding of the specialism to enable the development of new knowledge. Candidates must be able to demonstrate independent decision making and the ability to plan and prioritise own workload and that of others.

The role will require experience of leading a team in a busy academic environment and sharing your knowledge effectively to learners. It will be preferable to show experience of leading/collaborating on research and enterprise projects. It will be desirable for the successful candidate to demonstrate experience of establishing external partnerships and have external recognition.

The postholder will support teaching and learning activities across Paramedic Science and the wider College using research informed teaching and learning strategies to include design and delivery of skills and simulations, use of Anatomage, professional and academic skills, basic life support and interprofessional learning. Other responsibilities will include personal tutoring, mentor training, research supervision, providing academic and placement support for students and clinical partners and play an active role in the recruitment of our students.    

Applicants must hold a degree and be working towards a Masters or Doctoral level study and able to demonstrate evidence of on-going post-registration professional development with a desire to positively impact the student experience. Candidates will ideally be registered with either the HCPC or NMC.  

The campus provides a modern, vibrant learning environment which houses superb facilities. Our location at our City South Campus in Edgbaston is home to our Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences and in 2022/23 benefitted from a £3.75 million redevelopment of our health care skills hub including our Simbulance. a state-of-the-art operating theatre, recovery suite, basic and advanced life support facilities and home simulation room.

We put students at the heart of everything we do, giving them the best opportunities for future success. The University has an enviable reputation for providing quality, student-focused education in a professional and friendly environment. Our superb courses, state-of-the-art facilities, first-rate staff, and focus on practical skills and professional relevance is producing some of the country’s most employable graduates. We are proud of our reputation for excellence and are constantly developing and expanding our range of courses to meet tomorrow’s health care needs today.

It is an exciting era for the professions, and we are keen to become national leaders in the delivery of education for Paramedic Science. Candidates are sought that have the passion and ambition to have a noticeable impact in developing Paramedic Science education and interprofessional collaboration. We are a friendly, supportive and forward-thinking team and would be delighted to discuss this opportunity further with you. For further information about this role or for an informal discussion please contact Michael Adams Michaeladams2@bcu.ac.uk or Charlotte Burnside via charlotte.burnside@bcu.ac.uk.

Please review the full Job Description via the link below:

Job Description - Senior Lecturer 

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About Us

At the heart of our Strategy for 2030 and Beyond, it is our mission to enable our students to transform their lives and to achieve their potential. Through our education and research, and the roles our graduates go on to play in the world, we not only support individuals to transform their lives, but we also play a part in transforming society.

Located in the centre of the UK’s second city, we are a university with a long heritage of innovation and of making, dating back to our origins in 1843 when we were founded as the Birmingham Government School of Design.

Our heritage of making through innovation and its application through knowledge exchange, and of creative research and practice, today finds it expression in our STEAM agenda, in our research and enterprise, and in our commitment to challenge-based learning. Working across disciplines, and delivering impactful research and enterprise, interdisciplinarity is at the heart of the continuing transformation of our academic portfolio.

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