External Examiner – Continuing Professional Development programmes

Opening Date:
23 Nov 2021
Closing Date:
23 Jan 2022
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The Faculty of Health, School of Nursing and Allied Health at Liverpool John Moores University requires an External Examiner for the following Continuing Professional Development programmes:

The Continuing Professional Development programme Palliative care for adults, can be studied within the BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care Development award framework, or as a single stand-alone CPD module.

The Continuing Professional Development programme, Professional practice in palliative care, can be studied within the MSc Advanced Healthcare Practice (Clinical) award framework, or as a single stand-alone CPD module.

Please note the workload does not relate to the full Masters or BSc degree, only the palliative care modules / programmes.

As an External Examiner you will be expected to:

  • Be employed in Higher Education
  • Have previous External Examiner experience
  • Moderate samples of essay scripts and other assessed materials, advising the programme teams on the content and standard of assessments
  • Submit module reports and a yearly programme report
  • Liaise with other external examiners at LJMU
  • Attend the Board of Examiners as required
  • Advise on academic misconduct and appeal cases.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced lecturers. All appointments are subject to the candidate meeting the University’s criteria for appointment. The appointment will take effect from 1st Oct 2022 and tenure will normally be for a period of four years. Applicants should have previous experience of being an external examiner, and hold current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

If you are interested in this post please send your expression of interest, together with your current CV to Trudy Hutchison, Senior Lecturer & Programme Leader for the two palliative care modules to T.Hutchison@ljmu.ac.uk or 0151 231 4362.