Deputy Team Leader – Nursing and Allied Health (Bodmin and Truro)

Over the past four years the college has worked closely with local employers and NHS Trusts to develop courses that help to secure the future of our local health workforce.

We are proud to have built a fantastic team of dedicated nursing and allied health professionals to teach on our Nursing and Operating Department Practitioner programmes. Due to the success of these programmes, we have expanded our provision and opened the STEM and Health Skills Centre in Bodmin, enabling people in the North of Cornwall to train to become Nursing Associates, Adult and Mental Health Nurses and Operating Department Practitioners. 

Due to this expansion we are seeking a dynamic and dedicated Deputy Team Leader (DTL) to help lead this provision and continue to provide an outstanding experience for both students and staff.

The Deputy Team Leader will work directly with the existing Programme Team Leader (PTL) to co-ordinate the Nursing and Allied Health delivery in Truro and Bodmin; taking particular responsibility for delivery based at Bodmin. An initial focus for this role will be to ensure the success of the T Level Health programme, which is being taught at the STEM and Health Skills Centre for the first time from September, enabling learners to progress to the Nursing and Allied Health university courses offered at the site.

This role requires flexible responsibility in terms of course management, as the department looks to develop and extend the range of courses offered at the STEM & Health Skills Centre. The successful applicant will be responsible for supporting the PTL to lead a team of lecturers who teach on a range of healthcare programmes including Degrees, Access to Higher Education and T Levels. This role will include teaching on these programmes.

We are looking for an individual who shares our passion for developing outstanding healthcare professions, who will taking a leading role in maintaining a working and learning environment where both staff and students thrive, regardless of their previous experience or backgrounds.

We are seeking applicants with excellent academic and professional qualifications, appropriate lecturing experience, experience of leadership, and a commitment to providing the best possible teaching and learning experience to their students. The successful candidate will be a committed professional who is able to share their enthusiasm with students and staff. 

We are one of the highest performing colleges nationally on all courses at all levels, rated Ofsted ‘Outstanding’. 

We offer a generous package with benefits including 40 days annual leave plus bank holidays and College closure days, teacher pension scheme, relocation package, free on-site parking and a variety of on-site benefits and discounts.

Closing date: 5pm, Monday 27 May 2024

Curriculum Vitae are not accepted, Application Forms only.

Successful candidates will be notified within four weeks of the closing date

 Truro and Penwith College is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants must be willing to undergo a Criminal Record (DBS) check and past employment checks.