About
The
Job.
Department of Human Communication Sciences
Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health
University Teacher
Yorkshire and Humber Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
(RCSLT) Regional Hub Post
About
The
Job.
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Overview
About the Department
The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health is one of the major UK centres for education
and research in health and related subjects. With origins dating back to 1828, the Faculty
has
a long-standing tradition of excellence in clinical education and research.
Over 2,500 students study in the faculty each year on over 40 different courses. In addition,
over 200 students are registered on research degrees, supporting a faculty research
portfolio in excess of £30M.
Independent assessments of our teaching and research quality rate us as among the best in
the UK.
This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the UK’s leading centres for research and
teaching in human communication. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, 60% of our
research was rated in the top 4* (world leading) and 3* (internationally excellent) categories.
Our teaching has been rated at the highest grades possible in external ratings (QAA). The
department offers two longstanding pre-qualification courses in Speech and Language
Therapy (undergraduate and taught postgraduate). For more information on these and our
other programmes please see www.shef.ac.uk/hcs
Job Role
We wish to appoint a Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registered speech and
language therapist to the post of University Teacher to support temporary teaching
requirements in the department. Part of this post will involve working on the development
of the Yorkshire and Humber Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT)
Regional Hub. The Yorkshire and Humber Local Education Training Board (LETB) is partly
funding this unique and exciting new post, which will combine working on the development
of the Yorkshire and Humber RCSLT Regional Hub with an opportunity to gain experience in
teaching pre-registration speech and language therapy students undertaking the BMedSci
(Speech) and MMedSci (Clinical Communication Studies).
Regional Hub responsibilities will include the organisation of events around the Yorkshire
and
Humber region to meet the needs of the speech and language therapy services and
communicating with RCSLT to develop the RCSLT base camp resource for the hub. Good
organisational skills and the ability to communicate effectively with different speech and
language therapy services across the Yorkshire and Humber region will be essential.
The University Teacher role includes teaching and assessing students, and the organisation
of practice learning placements. You will have a working knowledge of speech and
language therapy courses and relevant clinical experience, preferably in developmental
speech and language difficulties.
Job Description
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Teaching and supporting speech and language therapy students at pre-registration levels
including organising practice learning placements.
Assessing students, e.g. setting and marking assessments; providing written / oral
feedback
to students.
Planning and organising events as part of the regional hub.
Engaging with speech and language therapy services, relevant staff in University
departments, RCSLT, service users and others in the Yorkshire and Humber region.
Developing the Yorkshire and Humber regional hub RCSLT basecamp resource.
Plan and prioritise own daily work.
Deal with reactive requests daily, such as those relating to teaching and administrative
tasks.
Undertake any other duties commensurate with the grade and as required by the Head of
Department.
Person Specification
Applicants should provide evidence in their applications that they meet the following
criteria. We will use a range of selection methods to measure candidates’ abilities in these
areas including reviewing your on-line application, seeking references, inviting shortlisted
candidates to interview and other forms of assessment action relevant to the post.
Criteria
Essential Desirable
Qualifications and experience
1.
First or post graduate degree in speech and language therapy
X
(or
equivalent).
2.
A member of the Royal College of Speech and Language
X
Therapists (RCSLT) and registered with the Health and Care
Professions Council (HCPC).
3.
Evidence of effective skills in IT.
X
4.
Evidence of Higher Education teaching experience.
X
5.
Experience of the RCSLT Regional Hubs.
X
6.
Qualified to MSc/ PhD level in a relevant area such as speech
X
and
language therapy, education, psychology, applied linguistics.
Communication skills
7.
Effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
X
8.
Excellent interpersonal skills.
X
Team working
9.
Proven ability to work effectively in a team setting.
X
Problem solving and decision making
10.
Ability to develop creative approaches to problem solving.
X
11.
Ability to analyse and solve problems with an appreciation of
X
longer-term implications.
Personal effectiveness
12.
Proven ability to work to meet deadlines.
X
13.
Experience of adapting own skills to new circumstances.
X
14.
Excellent organisational skills and the ability to effectively
X
undertake administrative duties.
15.
Capacity to work independently.
X
Further Information
This post is fixed-term with a start date of 11 November 2013 and an end date of 30
September
2014.
This post is part-time working 30%
Working pattern to be agreed between the successful candidate and the Head of
Department of
Human Communication Sciences.
Benefits
Terms and conditions of employment: Will be those for Grade 8 staff.
Salary for this grade: £37,382 - £44,607 per annum pro-rata.
More details on salaries, terms and conditions and our wide range of benefits for staff are
available at www.sheffield.ac.uk/hr/reward/structures
Closing date:
Informal enquiries:
For all on-line application system queries and support, contact:
e-Recruitment@sheffield.ac.uk .
For informal enquiries about this job and department, contact:
Selection-Next Step
Following the closing date, you will be informed by email whether or not you have been
shortlisted to be invited to participate in the next stage of the selection process. Please note
that due to the large number of applications that we receive, it may take up to two working
weeks following the closing date before the recruiting department will be able to contact
you.
It is anticipated that interviews and other selection action will be held on XXX. Full details
will be provided to invited candidates.
The University of Sheffield is committed to achieving excellence through inclusion.
The University of Sheffield is proud to be a Two Ticks employer
www.sheffield.ac.uk/hr/equality/support/twoticks/
The University has achieved the Athena SWAN award for Women in Science, Engineering
and Medicine.
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