Job Description

Salary Range:

£39,906.00 - £46,049.00

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, creating a community where colleagues feel respected and valued. We aim to reflect the diversity of our students and communities, and to strengthen our university through collaboration and diverse perspectives, across all roles at the University.

The University of Hull is the fourteenth oldest university in England; as an internationally engaged, civic institution this strong history is paired with a vibrant and modern outlook. Our colleagues, students and partners have developed a renewed, ambitious and distinctive vision –to shape a fairer, brighter, carbon-neutral future for all. Our largest faculty (the Faculty of Health Sciences) aims to create a warm welcome to all those who study and work within our academic community. The atmosphere is collegial, supportive and committed to high academic standards. We enjoy a strong and rich relationship with our NHS partners founded on the premise that our students are their future healthcare workforce and as such are a vital and precious resource for society. On qualifying, many of our students move directly into employment with our partners and many senior roles in these organisations are filled by former students of the University of Hull.

Staff within our Schools of Nursing and Midwifery and Paramedical, Peri-operative and Advanced Practice work together to deliver undergraduate, degree apprenticeships and postgraduate courses. The University is committed to social justice and widening participation in higher education and this means we place a strong emphasis on access to professional education, offering flexible routes into our programmes. We attract students from across the UK and internationally and work alongside our local schools, partner colleges and health and social care provider organisations to promote healthcare professional careers to our local communities.

This vacancy offers excellent academic career developmental opportunities to the successful candidate. The FHS is supported by an internationally renowned professoriate and embraces a commitment to continuing professional development. Additionally, it encourages all academic staff to enhance their teaching skills through the development of scholarly activity related to clinical practice, policy or education.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities of the post

The post holder will be predominantly involved in the delivery of the Operating Department Practice programme and Allied Healthcare programmes such as Paramedic science. The role requires the post holder to be involved in the planning, development, delivery, quality assurance and enhancement of the curricula and programme. Additionally, the post holder may be required to teach supervise and assess on other programmes as allocated by their line manager and Head of School.

In your covering letter please refer directly to the criteria, given in the person specification below. Applications are assessed by the selection panel according to these criteria.

Please note this role requires DBS disclosure.

This role will be appointed at either Band 7 or Band 8. Please see the alternative advert for more information (JR102844).

Overall Purpose of the Role

The standard academic role at the University includes a combination of teaching, research, scholarship and administration. While all roles will combine these areas of work, the relative weight of each will vary from level to level and over time for individual role holders.

At this level post holders will provide teaching and undertake assessment in for a specified module or modules.

Staff at this level will teach as a member of a teaching team within an established programme of study, with the support of a mentor as per induction procedures.

The role holder may oversee postgraduate students and act as a personal tutor for students within the department.

Main Work Activities

Teaching and Learning

• Teach in a variety of settings from small group tutorials to large lectures.
• Identify learning needs of students and define appropriate learning objectives.
• Ensure that content, methods of delivery and learning materials will meet the defined learning objectives.
• Develop own teaching materials, methods and approaches with guidance.
• Develop the skills of applying appropriate approaches to teaching.
• Seek ways of improving performance by reflecting on teaching design and delivery and obtaining and analysing feedback.
• Translate knowledge of advances in the subject area into the course of study.
• Select appropriate assessment instruments and criteria, assess the work and progress of students by reference to the criteria and provide constructive feedback to students.
• Supervise the work of students, provide advice on study skills and help them with learning problems.

Relationships and Team Working

• Build internal contacts and participate in internal networks for exchange of information and to form relationships for future collaboration, for example faculty committees.
• Join external networks to share information and identify potential sources of funds.
• Collaborate with academic colleagues on course development, curriculum changes and the development of research activity.
• Attend and contribute to subject group meetings.
• May be expected to act as Module leader.
• Contribute to collaborative decision-making with colleagues on academic content, and on the assessment of students’ work.
• Share responsibility in deciding how to deliver modules and assess students.

The full job description can be viewed here.

For any informal queries please contact Timothy Butterill: T.Butterill@hull.ac.uk

Please submit a CV and covering letter when applying.

Applications close at 00:01am of the closing date listed. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. If you are interested in this role, please submit your application as early as possible.