Practice Placement Manager – Nursing and Allied Health at Leeds Trinity University

At Leeds Trinity University, we aspire to make a difference to the people, the professions, and the places that we serve, and we are looking for talented and enthusiastic people to join our University community.  We are ranked top in Yorkshire for learning community and pride ourselves on being the University where our students are a name, not just a number. The University has a distinctive, employability-focused educational offer and works closely with employers to address the skills needs of today’s workforce. Applications are invited for the following post:

Practice Placement Manager – Nursing and Allied Health

Hours of Work:            Full Time, 35 hours per week

Contract type:             Permanent

Salary:                         The starting salary will be from £37,099 up to £39,347 per annum in

                                     Grade 7a depending on qualifications and experience

Working within the Graduate Outcomes and Enterprise Directorate this role will lead on establishing and consequently leading the Practice Placement Unit for our Allied Health and Nursing programmes. Including the organisation and coordination of students undertaking the following programmes: BSc (Hons) Registered Nurse (Adult, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, BSc (Hons) Registered Nurse (Children’s) with further Nursing and Allied Health Programmes to follow in future years.

This role will ensure that efficient and effective processes and systems and policies are established/applied to ensure a successful high quality, compliant placement lifecycle, including building relationships with a range of stakeholders including placement providors across the breadth of health and social care providers, academics, students and HEIs.

The role will manage and lead a small team, ensuring that all students are allocated to relevant practice placements and any concerns, issues and matters are addressed and adhere to policy and process.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate knowledge and expertise in managing placement lifecycles whilst demonstrating experience of building relationships with a range of stakeholders and an ability to work collaboratively.

For any informal queries, please contact Emily Timson, E.Timson@leedstrinity.ac.uk or Penny Jackson, P.Jackson@leedstrinity.ac.uk

This advert will close as soon as a suitable number of applications have been received. So, if you’re interested in this opportunity and an exciting career with Leeds Trinity University, apply now.

Further details and the online application are available at: http://www.leedstrinity.ac.uk/jobs.

If you have any queries about the application process, please email jobs@leedstrinity.ac.uk or call 0113 283 7130.

Leeds Trinity University values diversity   and   inclusion   and   particularly   encourages applications from the following groups as they are currently under-represented at this level within the University: Women, LGBT+ and Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic applicants, as well as candidates   with disabilities, whether hidden or otherwise. The University will consider all forms of flexible working arrangements.