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Department of Human Communication Sciences

Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health

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

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.

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.

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 (or
equivalent). / X
2. / A member of the Royal College of Speech and Language
Therapists (RCSLT) and registered with the Health and Care
Professions Council (HCPC). / X
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 and
language therapy, education, psychology, applied linguistics. / X
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
longer-term implications. / X
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
undertake administrative duties. / X
15. / Capacity to work independently. / X

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.

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

Closing date:

Informal enquiries:

For all on-line application system queries and support, contact: .

For informal enquiries about this job and department, contact:

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 weeksfollowing 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.

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