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De Montfort University (DMU) was awarded Gold in the recent Teaching Excellence Framework. This achievement recognises a range of strengths for which DMU has become well-known: teaching excellence, an outstanding student experience, high student employability, a wide range of volunteering opportunities, a determination to widen participation in higher education, and an unwavering commitment to improving student achievement.
Faculty / Directorate
Home to four specialist schools - Allied Health Sciences, Applied Social Sciences, Nursing and Midwifery, and Leicester School of Pharmacy - the faculty educates and develops professionals who make a significant difference to lives, health, wellbeing, communities and society.
Teaching reflects the latest developments in the sector and many courses have professional accreditations. A range of work experience and volunteering opportunities enables students to develop the skills sought by graduate employers. Recent graduates have secured roles with leading employers such as AstraZeneca, Ministry of Defence and the NHS.
The dedicated facilities are designed to replicate current practice and feature industry-standard equipment, enabling staff and students to undertake life changing projects to improve health and social care.
Role
We are seeking a self-motivated individual to join our expanding Physician Associate team. The post is aimed at a person wanting to increase their teaching and programme management experience and skills. The post should attract a person seeking progression, or new challenge at Senior Lecturer level. You will be engaged primarily with our postgraduate Physician Associate Studies programme as the Programme Lead, managing its effective delivery and development. You will have the opportunity to develop professional academic and scholarly activity related to the profession. As a Senior Lecturer we would expect the candidate to develop and lead on projects as well as have experience in academic leadership. There will also be opportunities to contribute to the undergraduate Medical Science, Nutrition and Biomedical Science programmes.
Ideal Candidate
You should have an undergraduate degree in a Healthcare or Clinical/Bioscience related discipline or similar. A postgraduate qualification in a professional clinical or Physician related discipline is essential. Experience at some level of academic leadership or of academic development and management is required.
You must be committed to the educational development of healthcare professionals. Having experience of clinical work and work based learning is desirable. It is important that you work to enhance links with health professionals outside the university. You should have experience in contributing to project supervision.
The school encourages innovative teaching and developing new and novel ways for students to engage with the subject. It has global links and provides global experiences for staff and students. If you are seeking a new challenge in your career and interested in teaching and learning this is an excellent opportunity.
For further information and to find out more about the role and the school please contact: Rakesh Patel (Associate Head of Leicester School of Allied Health Sciences) email:rkpatel@dmu.ac.uk
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