Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Dementia Studies (Education)

Reference number: IHS1316 - 1141 

Closing Date: 24/05/2013 

Salary: AC2/3, £30,423 - £44,607 pa, with opportunity to progress to £48,729 pa  

Hours Full time

Start As soon as possible 

Duration: Appointment for two years initially (possible extension subject to further funding) 

Responsible to: Director of the Association for Dementia Studies 

Responsible for: N/A 

Interview date: 18th June 2013 

Overview

We are seeking an experienced and inspiring lecturer/senior lecturer to be a key player in the development of the knowledge transfer portfolio of the Association of Dementia Studies. We require an individual who has demonstrated that they can enthuse and work in partnership with health and social care providers to radically improve services for people living with dementia. In particular, the post-holder is expected to take a leading role in developing work streams around one of the following areas supporting people with dementia experiencing co-morbid physical health issues (hospitals and primary care): early interventions and diagnosis; end of life care.

It is expected that the post holder will work closely with the Director of ADS and the leads for education and research in ensuring outputs of the highest quality and securing long-term funding of education and research activity.

The focus of this post would be in the development of education, research, training and consultancy activities. Such activities will be progressed with colleagues from a range of sectors to ensure ADS achieves its aim of making a substantial contribution to building evidence-based practical ways of working with people living with dementia and their families.

We are looking for an individual who has substantial experience in education and applied research in dementia care and who is likely to have a professional health or social care qualification. We welcome applications from a range of disciplines but the post holder needs to demonstrate a high level of credibility across the range of professionals and stakeholders involved in delivering dementia care. It is expected that the post holder will have considerable experience of teaching and mentoring dementia care practitioners from all disciplines. As the post will involve developing and running practice development and evaluation projects, the post holder will also be expected to have project management experience.

This post will involve some travel. Overnight stays are expected as a feature of the work associated with this post.

This post exemplifies the University’s strategic development of a strong network of partnerships with hospital and health trusts and organisations, professional and chartered bodies. For example, in the last three years, the University has been commissioned to run courses led by the Association for Dementia Studies for Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Gloucester 2Gether NHS Trust, NHS South Central, NHS West Midlands, Worcestershire County Council, Wolverhampton City Council, Leicestershire County Council, Warwickshire County Council, Shropshire Council, West Sussex County Council, ExtraCare Charitable Trust, The Alzheimer’s Society, Sanctuary Care, Craegmoor and Heantun Housing. The post-holder will be expected to foster these and other key relationships. We would hope that the post holder would not only contribute to the development of the University of Worcester’s research strategy but would also have a positive impact on the health and well-being outcomes of people with dementia in the West Midlands and beyond.

For an informal discussion please contact Professor Dawn Brooker or Dr Simon Evans by email on D.Brooker@worc.ac.uk or simon.evans@worc.ac.uk respectively

Short-listed candidates will be asked to give a 10 minute presentation (followed by 10 minutes questions) on:

“Choose an area in dementia care where there have been recent developments (either research or guidelines) and describe how this could impact on practice.”