PGT Teacher (Paediatrics)

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College of Optometry & Imaginative and prescient Sciences

Instructing & Scholarship

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PGT Instructor (Paediatrics)
College of Optometry and Imaginative and prescient Sciences 

The revolutionary Postgraduate Taught (PGT) programmes at WOPEC within the College of Optometry and Imaginative and prescient Sciences, Cardiff College incorporate each distance studying and call educating. We’re searching for to nominate a component time PGT Instructor to affix our motivated postgraduate educating group. The profitable applicant will undertake educating and evaluation each on-line and in-person throughout the College.

The put up is for 1 day per week to (i) present weekly supervision for half a day every week within the on-site paediatric clinic and (ii) contribute to the educating and evaluation of the WOPEC Paediatric Optometry modules (Paediatric Optometry OPT006 and Paediatric Optometry Sensible OPT033) for half a day per week. Contribution to the modules entails on-line educating and occasional attendance at sensible coaching and evaluation days. There’s a requirement to ship some stay educating episodes outdoors of normal workplace hours. 

This put up is for somebody with a better qualification in paediatric eye care e.g. Skilled Certificates or Skilled Larger Certificates in Paediatric Eye Care. 

This can be a half time place 0.2 FTE (7 hours per week) and is mounted time period for a interval of three years. 

Wage: £39,347 – £44,263 plus market complement, professional rata for hours labored (Grade 6).

All enquiries please contact Grant Robinson [email protected] 

Date advert posted: Friday, 22 March 2024

Cut-off date: Sunday, 14 April 2024

Cardiff College is dedicated to supporting and selling equality and variety and to creating an inclusive working setting. We imagine this may be achieved via attracting, creating, and retaining a various vary of employees from many alternative backgrounds.  We subsequently welcome candidates from all sections of the neighborhood no matter intercourse, ethnicity, incapacity, sexual orientation, trans identification, relationship standing, faith or perception, caring duties, or age.  In supporting our workers to realize a stability between their work and their private lives, we may also take into account proposals for versatile working or job share preparations.

Functions could also be submitted in Welsh, and an utility submitted in Welsh is not going to be handled much less favourably than an utility submitted in English.

Job Description

Principal perform 

PGT Academics undertake a full educating and evaluation load, together with the event, supply and analysis of modules/programmes throughout the postgraduate provision of the College.  They supervise college students in clinics and perform administrative duties throughout the work space as required. Additionally they pursue excellence in educating and are anticipated to encourage others to do the identical.

Key Duties 

Design and plan items of educating inside undergraduate and postgraduate diploma programmes, akin to particular person lectures/seminars/workshops, bigger sections of modules, or complete modules.  This consists of figuring out studying targets and choosing applicable curricula; choosing educating strategies, assets and studying; figuring out, designing and producing research materials; planning course supply and planning for contingencies akin to slower/quicker progress than anticipated.

The place required, co-ordinate group educating of modules, together with liaison with different teachers and/or postgraduate, to make sure the course enhances different programs taken by college students; collaborate with colleagues on target growth and curriculum modifications.

Ship items of educating, which incorporates particular person lectures/seminars/workshops, bigger sections of modules, or complete modules. This consists of getting ready educating materials, speaking material and inspiring vital discourse to develop rational pondering; observing and reacting to pupil interventions; responding to questions outdoors class occasions and to contingencies in course supply.

Perform evaluation for items of educating, together with designing evaluation and marking standards; supervising assessments the place required (e.g., in school assessments or displays), marking assessments, coming into marks on to school programs and offering written/oral suggestions. 

Supervise and mark undergraduate and PGT tasks as required.
Undertake a big tutorial administrative/administration position throughout the related part of the college/unit or different applicable managerial actions.

Perform educating analysis, together with facilitating pupil suggestions; reflecting on personal educating design and supply and implementing concepts for enhancing educating supply and personal efficiency.  Undertake steady skilled growth actions agreed with line supervisor and thru supporting actions akin to probation or annual PDR (efficiency growth assessment).

Act as some extent of contact for each tutorial and pastoral pupil queries, signposting and referring college students to related recommendation and assist providers. This can be within the capability of a proper Private Tutor, or as member of a module supply group.  

Perform educating associated administrative duties as required, dealing promptly with reactive requests, akin to these regarding educating, supervising college students and administrative duties or actions from committees and dealing teams.

Undertake an educational administrative/administration position throughout the related part of the college/unit or different applicable managerial actions as required.

Normal Duties

Be sure that an understanding of the significance of confidentiality is utilized when endeavor all duties.

Abide by all College insurance policies.

Carry out different duties often which aren’t included above, however which can be in step with the position.

Individual Specification

We wish to make use of individuals with all kinds of experiences. We welcome functions from all sections of the neighborhood no matter intercourse, ethnicity, incapacity, sexual orientation, trans identification, relationship standing, faith or perception, caring duties, or age. We’re notably searching for functions from candidates who come from backgrounds which are underrepresented on the College, together with individuals from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities.

Your utility can be assessed in opposition to the next important and fascinating standards for the position. Please copy and paste this part into a brand new doc and provides clear examples of how one can proof assembly every criterion by writing beneath every one. You possibly can draw on parts from any facet of your life (e.g., work, residence, training/{qualifications} or neighborhood life) so long as you deal with their relevance to the position.

Please save your supporting assertion in a separate doc with the title [YOURNAME-BR NUMBER-JOB TITLE] and fix it to your utility within the recruitment system. 

Important Standards 

1.    Normal Optical Council registration and uphold membership of an NHS Well being Board (or equal) to follow as an Optometrist/Ophthalmologist within the     Cardiff College, and/or any related, patient-facing clinics.
2.    Larger Skilled Qualification(s) e.g. Prof Cert Paed Eye Care, Larger Cert Paed or equal various.
3.    Instructing expertise at undergraduate/postgraduate stage.
4.    Confirmed efficient educating abilities and related educating expertise, notably of lecture/class lesson planning, group administration and applicable strategies     of evaluation.
5.    Glorious communication abilities with the flexibility to current advanced and conceptual concepts clearly and confidently to others utilizing excessive stage abilities and a     vary of media.
6.    Superior optometric scientific expertise within the discipline applicable to the course you’ll educate on.
7.    Potential to work collaboratively with colleagues to make applicable selections on tutorial content material of programs.
8.    Potential to work utilizing personal initiative, with out shut supervision, to plan and prioritise personal day by day work and plan ahead.
9.    Potential to behave as educating co-ordinator, to make sure pupil wants and expectations are met.
10.    IT competent- Minimal of PowerPoint, Microsoft Phrase and the web.

Fascinating Standards 

1.    Postgraduate increased qualification (e.g. MSc) or PhD in a associated topic space or related industrial expertise.
2.    Related skilled/educating and studying qualification e.g., AdvanceHE Fellowship standing or postgraduate educating qualification.
3.    The power to supply applicable pastoral assist to college students, recognize the wants of particular person college students and their circumstances and to behave as a     private tutor.

Job Class

Educational – Instructing & Scholarship