The Faculty of Health and Human Sciences requires a proactive and enthusiastic manager to lead the clinical skills technician teams providing facilities for undergraduate and postgraduate training in a wide range of clinical skills through the use of simulation facilities on the Plymouth, Exeter and Truro campuses.
Under the direction of the Faculty Business Manager and Academic Clinical Skills Lead you will lead on the alignment of the School of Nursing and Midwifery clinical skills facilities technical teams across the existing Exeter and Truro centres and the re-locating Plymouth centre (opening September 2019). Additionally, it is currently planned to relocate the School of Health Professions clinical skills facilities from the Plymouth Allied Health Centre at Derriford to the Plymouth campus by 2021, this role will lead on the planning for that move and the subsequent alignment of both School's technical teams.
Throughout the planned alignment of facilities you will ensure the continued operation of the clinical skills simulation facilities required to support the scheduled teaching of the academic portfolio. This will include the direct line management of the clinical technicians, management of the resource centre assets and consumables within an annual budget.
Please note, it is expected that the majority of your time will be spent on the Plymouth campuses.
You will be educated to first degree level or have demonstrable equivalent practical experience. Please note that for this post a formal Nursing or Healthcare qualification is not required; however, specialist knowledge of clinical environments is essential.
Experience of management of teams is essential and evidence of successful leadership of teams through periods of major change is highly desirable.
Budgetary responsibility and experience of procurement and asset management is an essential requirement, you will also be conversant in current Health and Safety practices and legislation.
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.
This is a permanent contract working 37 hours per week.
For an informal discussion, to find out more about the role, please contact Paul Braund by email paul.braund@plymouth.ac.uk or by telephone on 01752 585303.
Interviews are likely to take place in the week commencing 13th May and you will be notified if you have been shortlisted or not.
The University of Plymouth is committed to equality of opportunity, promoting a diverse and inclusive culture, demonstrated through our commitment to the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and as a Stonewall diversity champion. All applications will be judged solely on merit, however, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently under-represented in the workforce, for example black and minority ethnic groups.
University of Plymouth holds a TEF (Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework) Silver by the Office for Students.
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