Senior Lecturer Practitioner in Child Nursing

ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK's leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

Based in our Chelmsford Campus and as part of a friendly team, we are looking for someone on a 12 month maternity cover. You will teach all aspects of the child nursing curriculum including skills and theory across all our nursing courses (BSc, Dual qualification, Nursing Associate and Degree Apprentices) and there may be the requirement for you at times to travel to our other campuses in Cambridge or Peterborough.

You will be personal tutor to a group of nursing students as well as their academic assessor (AA) and be responsible for them progressing through the course and onto qualification. To support you to achieve this you will be allocated a mentor to help you navigate challenges you may incur.

You will need to be on a professional register, and hold either a NMC, HCPC or GMC qualification and will need a degree plus extensive post qualification CPD and/or a higher degree. You will also need a sound knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and different LMS to help support students in their course and learning. Please be aware that no two days are the same and that at times, you may be asked at short notice to change to teach a different subject.

Informal enquiries can be made to Anita Newstead, Deputy Head of School for Child Nursing via email [email protected] or on 01245 686868.

We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.