"Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice"

Main duties and responsibilities

DMU was awarded Silver in the Teaching Excellence Framework. This achievement recognises a range of strengths for which DMU has become well-known: teaching excellence, an outstanding student experience, high student employability, a wide range of volunteering opportunities, a determination to widen participation in higher education, and an unwavering commitment to improving student achievement.

Faculty / Directorate

Home to four specialist schools – Leicester School of Allied Health Sciences, School of Applied Social Sciences, Leicester School of Nursing and Midwifery, and the Leicester School of Pharmacy, the faculty educates and develops professionals who make a significant difference to lives, health, wellbeing, communities and society. The Leicester School of Pharmacy has three UG programmes, including the highly regarded MPharm. Teaching reflects the latest developments in the sector and many courses have professional accreditations. A range of work experience and volunteering opportunities enable students to develop the skills required by graduate employers. Recent graduates have secured roles with leading employers such as NHS, Boots, Sanofi, Ministry of Defence and the NHS.

The role

You will join an enthusiastic team working in modern teaching and research facilities. The role is full time and is based in Leicester, UK (a job share for these posts can be considered). You will be expected to make a full contribution to teaching at undergraduate level and will be involved in embedding prescribing skills in the new curriculum. You may also be asked to support post-graduate teaching in the Leicester School of Pharmacy.

The Leicester School of Pharmacy has successful GPhC reaccreditation against the new initial education and training standards and invites applications from highly-motivated individuals to teach in pharmacy practice and provide academic leadership to drive this programme forward.

Ideal Candidate

You will be a pharmacist or pharmacy technician, registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) with extensive patient facing experience. Experience of teaching in Higher Education is desirable, although not essential. Clinical expertise in cardiovascular, respiratory or mental health is desirable. We place high value on contributions to academic citizenship activity in the School.

For full details about this post, please view the Job Description and Person Specification.

Further information about the Leicester School of Pharmacy can be found on the University website http://www.dmu.ac.uk

Contact

For further information about the post, please contact Helen Root (Head of Pharmacy Practice/Associate Professor) via email: hroot@dmu.ac.uk