Associate Professor - Director of Clinical Skills and Simulation (Teaching & Learning) (Part-time)

The School of Health Sciences is dedicated to excellence and innovation in healthcare education. We are committed to fostering an environment that cultivates learning, research, and clinical practice to advance healthcare outcomes within the NHS and globally.

The School of Health Sciences is seeking a new Director of Clinical Skills and Simulation to lead on all strategic and operational aspects of our clinical skills and simulation provision. The successful candidate will be appointed to a permanent Associate Professor role, with the first three years as Director of Clinical Skills and Simulation, with the potential for renewal for a second term.

You will provide a consistently excellent standard of teaching and support for student learning and play a leading role in curriculum development, quality assurance and enhancement of our clinical skills and simulation portfolio, along with being future thinking and agile in adapting to changes in the educational landscape. You will work in partnership with staff and students to maintain the highest standards in all areas of their work.

You will have a passion for education, a deep understanding of clinical skills development, and a commitment to advancing healthcare through innovative simulation techniques.

The role holder will have strategic responsibilities for the development of clinical skills and simulation in the School of Health Sciences for both undergraduate and postgraduate courses including Advanced Clinical Practitioner developments, to ensure that students are fit for purpose on qualification. They will work in collaboration with the Director of Practice Learning, course Practice Leads, Clinical Educators, Expert/ Simulated Patients and Practice Support Teachers to ensure clinical skills teaching and simulation remains contemporary, relevant and fit for purpose.

The Director of Clinical Skills and Simulation is also responsible for ensuring all clinical skills’ related policies and requirements are fit for purpose and meet the requirements of the NMC, HPC, and University of Nottingham.  You will also work closely and collaboratively with the Clinical Skills Manager in the Medical School and Director of Clinical Skills for Medicine.

Further key responsibilities can be found in the role descriptor in the application pack.

Applicants must have an MSc or equivalent in a relevant subject alongside a PGCHE (completed or in progress) and have Professional Healthcare Practitioner registration, e.g. NMC/HCPC. A PhD in a relevant subject completed or in progress is desirable.

This is a permanent post. Hours of work are part-time (21.75 hours per week).

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor Christopher Mee, email christopher.mee1@nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

It is a condition of this post that satisfactory enhanced disclosure is obtained from the 'Disclosure and Barring Service'.

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