Senior Learning & Teaching Fellow (Nursing & Midwifery)

Make a difference, every day, to the lives of our students.

About the role

This is an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Learning and Teaching Fellow to join the School of Nursing & Midwifery within the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine. In this role you will inspire best practice, acting as a key leader and expert advisor in the design, development, and delivery of the School of Nursing & Midwifery portfolio of programmes such as those that lead to registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) and continuing professional development (CPD).

As a Senior Learning and Teaching Fellow, you will take a lead role in academic planning, curriculum review and quality, contributing to learning, teaching and assessment strategy.  You will develop, apply, and promote innovative teaching techniques and contribute to teaching excellence across the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty and the University through offering feedback and guidance.

You will demonstrate peer recognition, value and impact at a regional and national level, and international reach within this field.

You will contribute to the advancement of new knowledge through peer reviewed conferences, articles in learned journals and keynote addresses at meetings of a high academic standing. In addition, you will lead School of Nursing & Midwifery submissions for internal and external learning and teaching awards and recognition, liaising with the University Centre for Learning & Teaching.

For informal enquiries about this vacancy, you may wish to contact: Prof Jacqueline Leigh, Director of Nursing & Midwifery at Leighj@edgehill.ac.uk

At Edge Hill University we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.

About you

A registered nurse with PhD or other research and peer-reviewed publications in the SoTL (pedagogic research and application and integration of knowledge into learning and teaching), you will be an expert in the field, demonstrating experience of undertaking educational leadership roles, with track record of pedagogic leadership.

In this role it will require you to have effective leadership skills such as influencing, communication and engaging with others i.e., internal, and external stakeholders.

Rewards/Benefits

You will benefit from 35 days annual leave plus 13 bank holidays inclusive of university closure days per annum. We aim to provide our staff with a positive work life balance and have a range of schemes in place to support this. Your continued professional development is as important to us as it is to you, and we demonstrate this through our investment in your CPD activity.

You will be automatically enrolled into the Local Government Pension Scheme and have access to our staff benefits platform, which provides you with discounts across the high street to help you save money on your everyday spending such as supermarket shopping, cinema tickets, dining out and more. We also offer discounted membership to our state-of-the-art sport and leisure facilities.

About us

At Edge Hill University we believe in the life changing opportunities knowledge can create. Since 1885, we’ve been creating access to knowledge for those who may not have had the opportunity to before.

Today, the effect we have has a far-reaching impact, not just for those who come to study here but for those who work, invest in, and live in our local communities too. So, if you’ve ever wondered if one person can make a difference, simply speak to our alumni, students, and award-winning staff.

Because for us education isn’t about how much you take in. It’s about what you take out into the world.

Inspiring minds and changing futures since 1885, Edge Hill University is “A great success story… an institution that improves and impresses year after year” – Times Higher Education.

Further details:

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Edge Hill University
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