Associate Lecturer (Assessment and Liaison Tutor)

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The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health trust with a focus on training and education alongside a full range of mental health services and psychological therapies for children and their families, young people and adults.
We are committed to improving mental health and emotional wellbeing, believing that high quality mental health services should be available for all who need them. We bring a distinctive contribution based on the importance we attach to social experience at all stages of people's lives, and our focus on psychological and developmental approaches to the promotion of health and the prevention and treatment of mental ill health
We contribute to the pool of ideas through our own research and development, but are also committed to bringing together the best ideas of the time, old and new, from inside and out, together with the most gifted and able professionals in our fields of endeavour. We aim to share our ideas and practice through as many routes as possible.
As a Trust we aim constantly to be evolving in nature and form in relation to the environment in which we work, to ensure that our contribution remains relevant.
The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system., The Assessment and Liaison Tutor role requires the coordination, management, review and development of all aspects of assessment on the M7 courses delivered within the UK and Italy, including the integration of equality, equity, diversity and inclusion dimensions of assessment principles and practice. The courses have well-developed assessment systems and processes in place, and the role offers the opportunity to build on these in the ongoing process of reviewing and enhancing our ways of assessing student outcomes within academic governance and quality assurance frameworks.
The post holder is a member of the M7 course management team, which involves undertaking general course organisation tasks, teaching at least one course module and taking an overall lead on several modules within the course. The post holder will work to and be line managed by the Course Lead for M7. These courses sit within the Psychoanalytic Portfolio and are currently offered in other national centres in the UK and in Italy.,

• The coordination, management, review and development of all aspects of assessment, including in the national and international centres where the courses are also delivered, and including equity, equality, diversity, and inclusion dimensions of assessment issues.


• The Assessment Tutor will be required to liaise effectively with the Academic Registry team to ensure that the assessment process and examination boards are compliant with university partner and Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) regulatory requirements.


• To take lead responsibility for managing issues of academic integrity, in conjunction with the Academic Registry team.


• To work closely with the national and international centres to ensure consistency and best possible assessment practice, including in relation to issues of equality, equity, diversity and inclusion.


• To work closely with course administrators in relation to the assessment task.

+ To liaise with the External Examiners in order to provide information about assessment processes, timescales and data.

• To consult with the Student Disability Officer and other relevant staff, as needed, to ensure that appropriate assessment processes are followed for students with identified learning needs., The Liaison Tutor role is key to establishing and supporting strategic links between the National and International Centres and the Trust, including further developing the Trust's offer and reach. It also supports National Centres in delivering the courses within the Portfolio and promoting effective working relationships between key individuals in the Centres, and key functions within the Division.

This is a strategically important role in meeting Heath Education England's objective of ensuring equitable access to trainings and pre-clinical opportunities nationally. The Liaison role might require occasional travelling to national and European centres, which may include evenings and weekends.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.,
• In submitting an application form, you authorise the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk

The Trust has a national brief for training in the mental health professions, social care, education and forensic services across the age range. In 2020 the Trust was the first NHS body successful in obtaining registration with the Office for Students (OfS). Its academic awards are validated by university partners, mainly the University of Essex.
The Trust develops and delivers training initiatives that meet the needs of a modern health and social care sector and is responsive to policy and initiatives from government and other relevant agencies. The Trust is a welcoming and supportive organisation committed to ensuring its student body is diverse and reflects the populations its trainees will be working with. Its offer, provided through a range of platforms both digital and face to face, includes postgraduate programmes, CPD courses, and bespoke training for organisations.
Beyond this the Trust also provides organisational consultancy through Tavistock Consulting and hosts the National Workforce Skills Development Unit which works closely with Health Education England (HEE) to address key workforce challenges in the wider healthcare workforce.
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We are particularly keen to attract candidates from underrepresented backgrounds to better meet the needs of the service users and students that we serve.