Placement Coordinator - Practice Educator

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This is an exciting chance to be part of the diverse and inclusive School of Health Professions, within a progressive and cutting-edge University in a beautiful location, where you can really make a difference to the education of tomorrow’s healthcare professionals. An exciting new role working within the progressive paramedicine team at the University of Plymouth, delivering high quality education relating to paramedic practice placements. The role requires collaboration with students, placement providers and practice educators, ensuring a meaningful, quality placement offer exists. Specifically, this will involve the allocation and planning of placement activity as well as the development of new practice placement areas and innovation to improve systems/practice. The key function of this role is to facilitate a high quality placement experience for paramedic students. You will have appropriate academic and/or professional experience, ideally including knowledge of Ambulance Services/NHS. You will be able to work well within a team, offering solutions to problems and leading with the discharge of your own responsibilities. You will have the skills to work under pressure and in sometimes changing circumstances, managing your own time, working in a self-directed manner to achieve required outcomes. Working creatively and driving innovation are required for this developing role, in order to maintain a sustainable placement model for paramedic students into the future. The ability to foster and build working relationships with placement areas and stakeholder is also important. Please demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the knowledge, qualifications, training and experience elements of the job description in your supporting statement. For an informal discussion to find out more about the role then please contact Tristan Henderson (Academic Lead for Paramedicine) by email - **** This vacancy may involve working with children and/or vulnerable adults and any appointment will be subject a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Interviews are expected to take place 26 September 2022 and you will be notified if you have been shortlisted or not. We offer a competitive salary package and a generous pension and holiday scheme. We also offer a range of other benefits, including ongoing development opportunities. This is a part-time position working 29.6 hours per week on a permanent basis. A successful external candidate for this position would be employed by the University of Plymouth Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Plymouth. Employees of the University of Plymouth Services Limited work alongside the University of Plymouth colleagues in delivery of Plymouth’s strategic vision, and will adopt the University of Plymouth’s HR policies and procedures in full unless otherwise stated. The University of Plymouth is a diverse, welcoming community where everyone makes a difference and is encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. To find out more about our inclusive community, initiatives such as Athena Swan and the Race Equality Charter and our range of benefits / support mechanisms such as flexible working, staff networks and enhanced maternity, paternity & adoption leave please visit , our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion webpages We particularly welcome applicants from under-represented groups such as BAME/BIPOC and LGBT The Faculty of Health holds a Silver Athena Swan Award and the University holds a Bronze Athena Swan Award which recognises commitment to advancing women’s careers in STEMM academia. Job Description
Region:
Location:
Plymouth
Salary:
£32,348 - £35,333 pro rata per annum - Grade 6
Package:
Permanent, Part-Time
Contractual hours:
29.6
Basis:
PR Permanent Parttime All Year ]]>
An exciting new role working within the progressive paramedicine team at the University
of Plymouth, delivering high quality education relating to paramedic practice placements. The role requires collaboration with students, placement providers and practice educators, ensuring a meaningful, quality placement offer exists. Specifically, this will involve the allocation and planning of placement activity as well as the development of new practice placement areas and innovation to improve systems/practice. The key function of this role is to facilitate a high quality placement experience for paramedic students.
You will have appropriate academic and/or professional experience, ideally including knowledge of Ambulance Services/NHS. You will be able to work well within a team, offering solutions to problems and leading with the discharge of your own responsibilities. You will have the skills to work under pressure and in sometimes changing circumstances, managing your own time, working in a self-directed manner to achieve required outcomes.
Working creatively and driving innovation are required for this developing role, in order to maintain a sustainable placement model for paramedic students into the future. The ability to foster and build working relationships with placement areas and stakeholder is also important.
Please demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the knowledge, qualifications, training and experience elements of the job description in your supporting statement.
For an informal discussion to find out more about the role then please contact Tristan Henderson (Academic Lead for Paramedicine) by email - ****
This vacancy may involve working with children and/or vulnerable adults and any appointment will be subject a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Interviews are expected to take place 26 September 2022 and you will be notified if you have been shortlisted or not.
We offer a competitive salary package and a generous pension and holiday scheme. We also offer a range of other benefits, including ongoing development opportunities.
This is a part-time position working 29.6 hours per week on a permanent basis.
A successful external candidate for this position would be employed by the University of Plymouth Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Plymouth. Employees of the University of Plymouth Services Limited work alongside the University of Plymouth colleagues in delivery of Plymouth’s strategic vision, and will adopt the University of Plymouth’s HR policies and procedures in full unless otherwise stated.
The University of Plymouth is a diverse, welcoming community where everyone makes a difference and is encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. To find out more about our inclusive community, initiatives such as Athena Swan and the Race Equality Charter and our range of benefits / support mechanisms such as flexible working, staff networks and enhanced maternity, paternity & adoption leave please visit , our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion webpages
We particularly welcome applicants from under-represented groups such as BAME/BIPOC and LGBT
The Faculty of Health holds a Silver Athena Swan Award and the University holds a Bronze Athena Swan Award which recognises commitment to advancing women’s careers in STEMM academia.
Job Description
A8945
£32,348 - £35,333 pro rata per annum - Grade 6
32348
32348
35333
Professional/Support Services
Sun, 4 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT
Plymouth
Permanent, Part-Time
29.6
PR Permanent Parttime All Year
Tue, 9 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT

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