Senior Lecturer in Clinical Skills

To contribute to the provision of excellent academic practice within the Faculty by
making a balanced contribution across all areas of academic activity, as appropriate.

To enhance the reputation of Sunderland Pharmacy School as a centre of excellence
by engaging with teaching_, _reach-out and research programmes in clinical skills.

To support the development of integrated clinical skills provision for General
Pharmaceutical Council accredited programmes to promote collaborative practice in
students towards providing direct patient care.

**Key Responsibilities**
**and Accountabilities**:
Faculty Specific:

- To make a significant contribution to deliver the University vision, ambitions

and values identified in the Strategic Plan:
_“To be bold and inspirational in _
- providing education, research and creative practice, which offers _
- transformative experiences to students, staff, communities and business _
- partners in the UK and across the world_.
_”_
- Using specialist clinical skills experience, contribute flexibly and creatively to

the enhancement of quality in teaching and learning, the development of
curricula and innovative teaching methods, underpinned and informed by
practice research.
- Working collaboratively within the Faculty and with relevant stakeholders,

take a leading role in the development, delivery and quality assurance of an
integrated clinical skills curriculum, primarily for undergraduate and pre
- registration pharmacy students and postgraduate and continuing workforce
development pharmacists.
- Develop, deliver, support, and monitor teaching and learning in clinical skills

and integration into related areas to include delivering interactive teaching
with simulation, patients and carers, all aspects of clinical skills assessments
(OSCEs) and providing appropriate, timely feedback to students.
- Engage with policy, practice and educational developments to ensure

teaching is linked to wider strategic agendas and targets and ensure that
students are appropriately equipped with contemporary skills, competencies

and knowledge, facilitated and assessed, using appropriate strategies in
accordance with professional requirements.
- Contribute to the research activity of the Faculty by undertaking

(collaborative) research and actively investigating external funding
opportunities
- Contribute to the administration, management and continuing development

of the Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Therapeutics programme portfolio
- Maintain professional experience to inform and enhance developments in the

teaching provision and research activity of the Sunderland Pharmacy School
and participate in promotional activities and external networking.
- Participate in appropriate committee and quality assurance work that affects

the operational management and strategic development of the School of
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and, the Faculty of Health Sciences
and Wellbeing.
- You may occasionally be asked to perform other duties commensurate with

the level of the role, including representing the Faculty at relevant external
events.
**Special**
**Circumstances**:

- Be prepared to undertake any appropriate and necessary staff development

training, including in teaching and learning in Higher Education

**Part 1 B**:
**Generic to all Senior Lecturer roles (Building on the demands of Lecturer)**:
**Individuals carry out a range of duties and have responsibility taken from the**
**following. Whilst it is not anticipated that all of the activities listed below will**
**be covered by one individual, it is expected that over time all individuals will**
**make a balanced contribution to the three areas of academic activity**
**(research, teaching and learning and reach-out).**

**Academic Practice**
- Design, plan, review and innovate in activities and materials that support

student learning and deliver either across a range of modules or within a

- Use appropriate teaching, learning support and assessment methods.
- Supervise student projects and, where appropriate, field trips and placements.
- Identify areas where current provision is in need of revision or improvement.
- Contribute to the planning, design and development of objectives and material.
- Set, mark and assess work and examinations and provide feedback to

students.
- Develop and implement personal research and reach-out plans.
- Conduct individual and/or collaborative research projects,
- Identify sources of funding and contribute to the process of securing funds and

subsequently plan and deliver projects that are funded, as Co-Investigator or
possibly as Principal Investigator.

research to teaching and to reach-out activities.
- Write or contribute to publications or disseminate research and reach-out

findings using other appropriate media such as presentations at conferences
or exhibition of work in other appropriate events.
- Maintain knowledge and understanding at the forefront of the academic

discipline and,