External Examiner – Foundation Degree in Science in Health and Social Care (Nursing Associate)

Opening Date:
23 Jan 2025
Closing Date:
3 Mar 2025
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Salary Range:

The Department of Health Sciences at the University of York is a large and multidisciplinary department, offering a broad range of educational programmes in the health and social care field. We are seeking to appoint a replacement external examiner for the Department’s Health & Social Care: Nursing Associate Apprenticeship programme.

The role-holder will have responsibility for all modules on the programme, which is offered as an apprenticeship.

External examiners are required to review and evaluate assessment marking; be a member of the Board of Examiners and attend meetings; comment and give advice on programme content, balance and structure; and to complete an annual report as part of the University of York’s quality assurance mechanisms. The University requires external examiners to attend a minimum of one Board of Examiners meeting per year.

All appointments are subject to meeting the University’s criteria for the appointment of external examiners.

The successful applicant would be appointed with effect from October 2025 for a term of four academic years.

Informal enquiries can be made to Sarah Redfern, Programme Leader (sarah.redfern@york.ac.uk). General information about the Department can be found on our website: https://www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/

Interested applicants should submit their letter of application and a CV to the Student Services Team (dohs-assessments@york.ac.uk).

The closing date for applications is Monday 3 March 2025.