• Continuing | Full-Time
• Academic Level B | Lecturer | $110,127 - $130,325p.a. (Exclusive of 17% Super)
• Academic Level C | Senior Lecturer | $134,362 - $154,558 p.a. (Exclusive of 17% Super)
• Location: Sturt West / Kaurna Country
• Level B Position Description | Level C Position Description

The successful candidate with be appointed at either the Level B or Level C position. Please indicate in your application which Level(s) you would like to be considered for.

Level B

About the Role

The Lecturer in Paramedicine will play a pivotal role in advancing teaching and learning within the Bachelor of Paramedicine programs at the College of Medicine and Public Health. The successful candidate will independently enhance the educational experience by integrating innovative teaching practices and technologies, ensuring the highest standards of excellence in both instruction and the scholarship of teaching.

About You

To be successful in this role you will exhibit:

• Clinical qualifications in paramedicine and current registration (or ability to obtain) with the Paramedicine Board of Australia (PBA)/AHPRA
• Experience with teaching and learning at a tertiary level and/or in an appropriate workplace setting, inclusive of simulation
• Good understanding of context appropriate assessment techniques and capacity to provide constructive feedback and evidence of a student-centred approach
• The ability to obtain and maintain an authority to practice as a paramedic with SA Ambulance Service or St John Ambulance NT
• Experience or capability to engage with students (and deliver teaching modules) via online learning platforms
• Successful and independent innovation in learning and teaching delivery or design, including use of e-learning technologies.

Level C

About the Role

The Senior Lecturer will take on a leadership role in fostering excellence in teaching and learning across the Paramedicine curriculum within the College of Medicine and Public Health. This position entails making substantial contributions to both teaching leadership and the scholarship of teaching, utilizing innovative practices and technologies to enhance educational outcomes. A deep understanding of contemporary paramedicine clinical practice will be essential. Additionally, the Senior Lecturer will play a vital role in serving the College and University, contributing to a collaborative and dynamic academic environment.

About You

To be successful in this role you will exhibit:

• Completion of a PhD and/or qualifications and equivalent clinical experience in paramedicine
• Current registration (or ability to obtain) with the Paramedicine Board of Australia (PBA)
• Significant and sustained evidence of experience with development, delivery and evaluation of teaching and learning at a tertiary level and/or in an appropriate workplace setting, inclusive of simulation
• Evidence of application of pedagogical theory and contemporary educational practice relevant to the discipline
• The ability to obtain and maintain an authority to practice as a paramedic with SA Ambulance Service or St John Ambulance NT
• Significant track record and demonstrated evidence of successful relevant paramedicine teaching experience and leadership at tertiary level, including responsibility for topic coordination, course coordination and curriculum design, reviews and internal and external accreditation activities.

Life at Flinders

We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.

Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them. So, why work at Flinders?

• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options
• Flexible working arrangements
• Wide range of professional development activities and services
• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff
• Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services, gym and childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).

About the College of Medicine and Public Health     

At the College of Medicine and Public Health, we deliver clinical, population and lab-based research, integrated teaching programs and high-quality clinical services. Our footprint reaches out from our world class teaching hospital at the Flinders Medical Centre in South Australia to multiple rural clinical locations all the way to Darwin in the Northern Territory. Our research and teaching equip the next generation of leaders and innovators with the skill, commitment, and vision to protect vulnerable communities and truly advance health outcomes. It is at the heart of everything we do.

Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment

Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.  We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

• A valid National Police Certificate which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.

How to Apply and Information

• You are required to submit Suitability Statement of no more than 3 pages, addressing the Key Position Capabilities of the Level B Position Description | Level C Position Description
• For more information regarding this position, please contact Jayanthi Jayakaran
• Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan
• Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy

Certification

Applications to be submitted before 10.00pm:

24 Nov 2024

At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

Flinders. Fearless.