University Practice Learning Adviser

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Bournemouth University’s vision is worldwide recognition as a leading university for inspiring learning, advancing knowledge and enriching society through the fusion of education, research and practice. Our highly skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the globe, who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives and experiences that help to build our global learning community.

Are you a healthcare professional who has a keen interest furthering the advancement of our next generation of healthcare professionals? Are you looking to develop an academic career while still maintaining close contact with clinical practice? If so, we have the ideal opportunity to join our great team. The role operates across the healthcare programmes offered in the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, so you gain knowledge of a range of healthcare programmes, and in particular the requirements of their practice placements. While we have sites in Yeovil and Portsmouth you would most likely operate out of the newly commissioned, state of the art Bournemouth Gateway Building, which is equipped with extensive simulation resources and equipment, along with learning and working spaces specifically designed for the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences.

Within the role you will support a designated portfolio of placements giving you the opportunity to establish collaborative relationships with a wide range of people. In addition, you will link with the teams in the Faculty to support successful practice education. As well as maintaining our existing placement provision the development of new placements is key to our commitment to contemporary placement provision. Innovative approaches that showcase excellent preparation of our future healthcare professionals is welcomed to ensure that our placement offer is effective and meets expectations of regulatory bodies and of course our students.

Ideally, you will have experience of supporting students in a learning environment, and you will have current registration as a healthcare professional with at least two years clinical practice. You should ideally have a minimum or equivalent of a first degree in Health and Social care. Experience of teaching and assessing learners in a health care setting is desirable.

If a career in higher education is your goal, we can support you in achieving relevant qualifications to help you fulfil your ambition.

While the role means you are active across the faculty you will have a clear support structure from the Department of Nursing Science. The vision of the department is to provide high-quality education and research that supports excellence in practice to the benefit of all those who access healthcare, nationally and globally, and you will be supported to develop and implement your own scholarship plan. The department is a supportive and vibrant community of staff, practitioners, students and service users who work in partnership. The department prepares Pre-registration nursing students from three fields of Nursing and postgraduate health professionals.

BU values and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We seek a diverse community through attracting, developing and retaining staff from different backgrounds to contribute to inspirational learning, advancing knowledge and enriching society. To support and enable our staff to achieve a balance between work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.


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