Lecturer Practitioner / Senior Lecturer Practitioner

About ARU:

We are ranked in the world’s top 350 institutions in the 2022 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and we are a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. Our research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world-leading. In 2021, we were awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for our world-leading music therapy work.

About the Role:

The Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses including doctoral level studies. Our School of Medicine was established in 2018, and we have a full range of allied health, nursing and social work courses. We also offer a wide range of post graduate short courses and conferences. Our dynamic approach ensures that our students receive a high quality, research informed educational experience. 

We are looking for a new team member to teach on our Surgical Care Practice programme within the School of Allied Health on our Chelmsford Campus. Working closely with fellow academics and clinicians you will lead a number of modules and take responsibility for designing and developing the associated learning and teaching materials.

With a degree or professional qualification related to perioperative practice and post qualification CPD, you’ll have current HCPC, NMC or GMC registration, experience relating to the role of the Surgical Care Practitioner and extensive knowledge and experience of the perioperative environment in surgical and/or recovery care. With excellent written and oral communication skills and good interpersonal and negotiating skills, you’ll have the ability to work co-operatively and as part of a team.

Informal enquiries can be made to Clare Jacobs, Deputy Head of School, at clare.jacobs@aru.ac.uk.

Find out more about working with us.

We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including a generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff to share this commitment.

We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

In accordance with the UK Government’s immigration points-based system, this post does not meet the characteristics of a skilled job including salary criteria to be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route.

Guidance Notes: 

For a list of key requirements, please download the Job Description and Person Specification. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification. 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.