Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in IPE

Salary:

Lecturer Grade F: £39,347 to £44,263 per annum

Lecturer Grade G: £45,585 to £54,395 per annum

Senior Lecturer Grade H: £56,021 to £64,914 per annum

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits . We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 29 March 2024

The Role 

We have an opportunity to join Newcastle University in a newly created role in collaboration with Northumbria University.

In this role, you will report to the Dean of Education Faculty of Medical Sciences and will lead on the University’s delivery relating to Inter-Professional Education (IPE) across a wide range of medical, dental, pharmacy, and allied health professional programs.

You will have the opportunity to develop a new programme of learning.

You will engage with a distributed network of people involved in this portfolio across the University, working collaboratively with the director of IPE at Northumbria University.

You will actively engage in research and related activities to contribute to excellence in these areas, to inform curriculum development and delivery, and raise the profile of the University nationally and internationally.

You will be expected to demonstrate continuing academic attainment and achievement and provide academic leadership of their subject and associated colleagues, through active contribution to their discipline and to the life and work of the faculty and wider University. Beyond the University, this will involve contributing to significant change within practice, the discipline, profession and/or community at regional, national and international level.

The key skills and experience we are looking for in applicants are:

• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
• A passion for education
• Experience in a clinical profession

To apply for the position, we’ll need your CV and a personal statement outlining how you are suitable for the role using evidence to highlight how you meet the essential criteria in the knowledge, skills and experience as listed in the job description.

If you have any questions prior to applying, please contact [email protected] or [email protected] .

Key Accountabilities

• Contribute to delivering the Faculty’s strategic priorities, which include the integration of excellent teaching, the development of a coherent programme of Inter-Professional Education, and high-quality research

• Lead on the development, organisation and delivery of Inter-Professional Education across a wide range of programmes
• Work collaboratively across University’s clinical programmes and with colleagues from Northumbria University to deliver a joint approach to Inter-Professional Education across the two universities
• Work with practice partners to ensure that Inter-Professional Education addresses workforce priorities within the North-East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System
• Evaluate, through empirical studies, Inter-Professional Education and its impact on workforce development
• Work collaboratively and professionally with partner / external organisations and stakeholders, building excellent relationships at all levels
• Report on Inter-Professional Education activity to the Faculty Education Committee and University Education Committee
• Lead and contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and assessments, supervise undergraduate and masters dissertations
• Act as a personal tutor to students on the University’s taught programmes

The Person

Senior Lecturer:

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• A thorough understanding of the role of Inter-Professional Education in clinical education
• Excellent knowledge of the complexities of the changing context of the discipline of Inter-Professional Education
• An established research and/or teaching career
• Evidence of ability, and willingness, to work as part of a team and on own initiative
• Evidence of providing an outstanding educational experience, rooted in strong disciplinary knowledge that engages, challenges, and inspires our students
• Evidence of exceptional innovative and creative contributions to teaching including use of new technologies to enhance learning
• Experience working within a healthcare setting and/or managing a project within an educational setting
• Knowledge, ability, and expertise to lead and contribute to the delivery of undergraduate and/or post graduate teaching
• Experience of designing, co-ordinating, and leading modules or courses at Undergraduate and/or postgraduate level
• Experience of collaborative cross-disciplinary working
• Track record of academic/clinical excellence (externally recognised national and international reputation for outstanding academic work or contribution to the discipline and well-known and publicly recognised by national or international peers for this work)
• Experience of fulfilling a leadership role

Attributes and Behaviours

• Role model of the University values and guiding principles
• Leadership skills and the ability to translate ideas into actions
• Excellent communication and persuasion skills
• Strong organisational and time-management skills to keep to project timelines
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and ethics, responsibility and sustainability

Qualifications

• Registered with a medical/healthcare professional regulatory body (e.g.: GMC, NMC, HCPC)
• PhD in IPE or clinical subject area
• First degree or Masters in related discipline
• Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) or equivalent qualification for teaching in UK Higher Education (desirable) or evidence of potential to achieve this (essential)

Lecturer:

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• A thorough understanding of the role of Inter-Professional Education in clinical education
• Experience of the complexities of the changing context of the discipline of Inter-Professional Education
• Potential to conduct high quality research that commands national and international recognition
• Evidence of ability, and willingness, to work as part of a team and on own initiative
• Evidence of the ability to provide an outstanding educational experience, rooted in strong disciplinary knowledge that engages, challenges, and inspires our students
• Evidence of ability/potential to provide innovative and creative contributions to teaching including use of new technologies to enhance learning
• Experience working within a healthcare setting and/or managing a project within an educational setting
• Evidence of ability/potential to lead and contribute to the delivery of undergraduate and/or post graduate teaching
• Evidence of ability/potential to design, co-ordinate, and lead modules or courses at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level
• Experience of collaborative cross-disciplinary working
• Track record of academic/clinical excellence (externally recognised national and international reputation for outstanding academic work or contribution to the discipline and well-known and publicly recognised by national or international peers for this work)
• Evidence of ability/potential to fulfil a leadership role

Attributes and Behaviour             

• Role model of the University values and guiding principles
• Leadership skills and the ability to translate ideas into actions
• Excellent communication and persuasion skills
• Strong organisational and time-management skills to keep to project timelines
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and ethics, responsibility and sustainability

Qualifications

• Registered with a medical/healthcare professional regulatory body (e.g.: GMC, NMC, HCPC) OR a PhD in IPE or clinical subject area
• First degree or Masters in related discipline
• Evidence of potential to achieve Fellowship of Higher Education Academy (HEA)

Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.  As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.

We are committed to being a fully inclusive university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society.  We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent.  We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.

At Newcastle University we hold a silver Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality.  We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC.  We are aDisability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.

In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe. 

Requisition ID: 26797