Job title Professional Development Advisors (PDA)
Department Department for Health
Salary £26.42 per hour
Contract Type Part Time
Placed on Wednesday 18 December 2024
Closing date Monday 13 January 2025
Reference XX12333
Applicant Visa Guidance Skilled Worker visa: guidance for applicants (bath.ac.uk)
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About the role
The Department for Health at the University of Bath is seeking to appoint two Professional Development Advisors (PDA) for our Football Medicine course ( https: // www. bath.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-2025/taught-postgraduate- courses/msc-football-medicine-in-association-with-fifa-part-time-distance- learning), in particular working on the Football Medicine in Practice units.
The appointed PDAs will advise students on how and where to gain the relevant clinical experience students require in order to meet their specific learning needs via a series of tutorials throughout the academic year. This work will occur in conjunction with monitoring students' professional practice portfolios to monitor progress against the learning outcomes of the unit.
The PDAs will enable students to identify and develop their ongoing learning needs and advise them on how to acquire the necessary skills/experience for them to be able to apply their Sport & Exercise Medicine knowledge to a clinical setting.
The roles are available immediately, and the posts are being advertised on an open ended basis, with the successful candidates working variable hours (spending 10 hours with a student over the academic year and have up to 5 students). For more information about the Department and programmes please go to: https:// www. bath.ac.uk/health/
To apply, expressions of interest and a CV should be sent to Dr Stephen West (Director of Studies for MSc in Football Medicine; [email protected]) and Dr Stephen Boyce (Clinical Director for Football Medicine; [email protected]).
About the ideal candidate
We are looking for candidates with strong clinical skills and depth of understanding of current best practice in Football Medicine.
The ideal candidate will:
Training and access to all necessary resources to enable the PDAs to support their students will be provided by the Department for Health.