Programme Leader - Surgical Care Practice (Fixed Term for 3 years) (Location: Manchester/Ormskirk) (EHT1020-1118)

Bring your wealth of experience to Edge Hill and accelerate your career path.

About You 

We are seeking committed, creative a forward-thinking practitioner/educator to join our dynamic team where you will be supported to thrive. With relevant experience of teaching on programmes in higher education, you will demonstrate confidence as a flexible, positive and visionary team player with the ability to lead creative academic programmes within perioperative education. Excellent communication skills with an ability to be flexible and responsive in a team are crucial to the role.

About the Role 

Due to the current post holder securing a prestigious external research award, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, experienced individual to undertake the role of Programme Leader for the Faculty’s expanding Surgical Care Practitioner provision.

You will join a dynamic and innovative team and will make a major contribution to the leadership, management and delivery of undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes. You will be expected to contribute to research in line with Faculty research themes. All themes have successful research leaders who play a key role in supporting and developing academic staff to further enhance their research profile. This is an exciting opportunity for appointees to join a Faculty with a growing research culture and portfolio of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes which address key workforce challenges.  

Rewards/Benefits

We want you to feel happy when you come to work and proud when you go home.

From the moment you join us you have the opportunity to enhance your skills. We offer various routes for progression, a range of specialist development sessions and academic development opportunities along with an award winning and comprehensive staff health & wellbeing programme (HR Excellence Awards 2017). This means you will receive a full academic induction, be enrolled if appropriate on our PGCTHE, benefit from the Edge Hill University CPD scheme (UKPSF) and our annual University Learning and Teaching day all to support your professional development. 

This is just a taste of what we are able to offer you at Edge Hill University.

About Us

“A great success story… an institution that improves and impresses year after year” – Times Higher Education. 

We are recognised for our outstanding achievements in student satisfaction, staff engagement, graduate employment and innovation as well as our strengthening research profile, investment and growth. The Times Higher ‘University of the Year’ award also celebrated our distinct role in “transforming lives” – reflecting a distinctive philosophy of creating opportunity from excellence.

The University has been ranked Best University Workplace (Times Higher Education 2015), judged Best UK Employer (European Business Awards 2016) and highly commended in Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2017 for Workplace of the Year.

Edge Hill University offers a stimulating and empowering environment for ambitious and high performing professionals.

For informal enquiries about this vacancy you may wish to contact:
Phil Crompton, Head of Allied Health Professions at cromptop@edgehill.ac.uk 

Closing Date: 25 Nov 2018
Category: Academic