Senior Clinical Lecturer

A rare and exciting opportunity is available for an exceptional Nurse and Educator to join the Northumbria Health & Care Academy team as Module Lead for the brand new Registered Nursing Degree Apprenticeship Programme.

The post-holder will be an experienced educator with a strong clinical background, either working towards or holder of a post-graduate certificate in education.

The post-holder will contextualise and develop teaching and learning resources relating to a University of Sunderland RNDA Module for delivery at the Academy, supported by the University of Sunderland RNDA Programme Lead and Academy Programme Lead.

They will act as a personal tutor to a number of students, supporting the pastoral and academic development of up to 50 students on programme.

The post-holder will deliver a contextualised version of the existing Registered Nursing Degree Apprenticeship currently delivered via the University. They will work alongside University and Academy colleagues to develop teaching resources which align with both the Module Descriptors in place at the University and the standards set by the Nursing and Midwifery Council for nursing education. They will develop high-quality learning and teaching related to evidence-based nursing and research theory.

The post-holder will liase regularly with the wider student support network , including people services, occupational health, apprenticeship services, practice education and clinical educators, practice assessors and supervisors Trustwide.

The post-holder will support the recruitment of students onto the programme, supporting the Programme lead to monitor progression, student experience and outcomes on the programme, whilst actively engaging in quality improvement and evaluation of the apprenticeship.

The post-holder will be a registered nurse who will work clinically on a regular basis.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England?

Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Effectively undertake a lead role in learning & teaching of academic and clinical programmes delivered at the Northumbria Health and Care Academy.

To enhance the reputation of the Northumbria Health and Care Academy and University of Sunderland as a centre of excellence by engaging with teaching, reach-out and research programmes in nursing and health related topics.

To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.