De Montfort University is an ambitious and thriving institution located within the historical and cosmopolitan city of Leicester. Our state of the art Campus is host to a diverse body of over 20,000 students, including many from international backgrounds. DMU is a university ranked Gold in the 2017 Teaching Excellence Framework, which is testament to our focus on excellence and drive to achieve success.

Faculty / Directorate

Home to four specialist schools - Allied Health Sciences, Applied Social Sciences, Nursing and Midwifery, and Leicester School of Pharmacy – the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at De Montfort University educates and develops professionals who make a significant difference to lives, health, wellbeing, communities and society. DMU is one of the foremost providers of Advanced Clinical Practice education in the East Midlands.

Role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) or an established academic with clinical experience of Advanced Clinical Practice to join our academic team in the The Leicester School of Nursing and Midwifery, in a part time ( 0.8 hours) or secondment capacity, supporting delivery of the highly successful MSc Advanced Clinical Practice programme, including our new apprenticeship programme starting in September 2020 and a range of other programmes across the School.

You will join a team of enthusiastic, committed and friendly staff and will work collaboratively with colleagues across the School, Faculty and the wider University. To reflect national multi-professional developments in advanced clinical practice, we are encouraging applications from individuals with varied professional registration, for example Nurses, Physiotherapists, Pharmacists and Paramedics.

Ideal Candidate

You will be committed to promoting academic enquiry that develops critical thinking in students; supporting safe, effective and evidence-based decision making, whilst developing expertise that supports existing and more established roles in health and social care settings.

There will be a requirement to design and develop innovative and engaging learning materials and assessments and participate fully in curriculum development, including personal knowledge and expertise in high standards for advanced clinical practice. You will be expected to work collaboratively with clinical colleagues and other stakeholders.

Alongside this, you'll be expected to actively engage in scholarship, research and professional / external income generation activities in ways that contribute to the University / School's objectives and contribute to ensuring up-to-date, leading edge teaching.

For further details please contact Stuart Pinson, Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader in Advanced Clinical Practice: Stuart Pinson (Adult Nursing) on 0116 207 8863. Email : stuart.pinson@dmu.ac.uk

or Dr Nigel Goodrich on 0116 2073874. Email: njg@dmu.ac.uk

A DBS record check will be required for this role.

Benefits

You will benefit from access to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme; 35 days annual leave plus concessionary days and Bank Holidays; career progression; employee perks that include up to 8.5 per cent off grocery shopping at Sainsbury's, Tesco, ASDA, Waitrose and M&S or at least up to 10% off package holidays through travel club; NUS discount card; free and confidential access to the Employee Assistance confidential Helpline who provide support on a range of lifestyle issues; discounted gym membership; free library memberships and the cycle to work scheme.