Lecturer Position: Emergency Medical Care Ref: 1731 and C202
Minimum Requirements:
- A minimum of a Master’s degree in Emergency Medical Care or equivalent
- An undergraduate degree in Emergency Medical Care.
- 3 years previous experience in teaching or training within a higher education setting, with a preference for candidates who have worked as teaching assistants, clinical instructors, or have facilitated workshops for students in emergency medical services.
Professional Registration and Certification:
- Active registration as an Emergency Care Practitioner with the HPCSA
- Current certification in advanced life support, such as ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) and PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) would be beneficial.
Clinical Experience:
- A minimum of 2–5 years of clinical experience as an Emergency Care Practitioner with experience in pre-hospital emergency care and/or a hospital emergency department.
- Evidence of clinical currency through demonstration of compliance with HPCSA CPD requirements. Current operational practice (part-time or full-time) as an Emergency Care Practitioner would be advantageous.
Teaching Experience:
- Demonstrated ability to develop course materials, deliver lectures, and assess student performance.
Skills and Competencies:
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and mentor students effectively.
- Familiarity with teaching/learning principles and instructional design for emergency care education.
- Proficiency in educational technologies, such as learning management systems and simulation tools used in clinical education.
Additional Requirements:
- A reasonable literacy level in information technology, and general use of the Microsoft Office suite.
- A commitment to research or scholarly activity in emergency care education is desirable.
Summary of Duties:
- Contribute to the research, design, development & review of teaching and learning strategies, curriculum development and institutional development policies, procedures, systems & instruments as required, in line with relevant quality assurance mechanisms.
- Provide and facilitate teaching, learning and assessment in emergency medical care and rescue across all four years of the programme.
- Develop learning material and course content, to ensure continuity in relevance and maintenance of quality.
- Involvement in research activities.
- Engage in continuous academic development.
- Involvement in community engagement.
Applications should include:
- A fully completed prescribed application form which can be obtained from dut.ac.za (under the QUICK LINKS tab - @careers)
- A detailed curriculum vitae (explicitly stating experience or knowledge in the above mentioned fields)
- Cover letter
- Certified copies of all academic records and certificates
- Current contact information of referees
- Please email applications to and quote the post reference and post description in the subject line.
- No manual applications will be accepted and incomplete applications will be disregarded.
- Only applications made on our application for employment form will be considered.
- Communication will be entered into with short-listed candidates.
CLOSING DATE: 24 NOVEMBER 2024
“While DUT strives for equal opportunities, preference will be in terms of the University’s equity policy.”
The University reserves the right not to appoint.
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