AC3: £48,349 to £ 54,395 per annum
Full time, permanent
THE POSTS
Opportunities have arisen for an AC3 lecturer to join our Adult Nursing and Mental Health teams within the School of Health and Life Sciences, where teaching and research are at the heart of all the school’s activities. Ideally, the successful candidates will be a registered adult nurse or mental health nurse and qualified, or soon to be qualified, to Masters level. Other professional accredited body registrations, such as HCPC, with the appropriate professional experience may be considered, but preference will be given to applicants registered with the NMC.
You will join a dedicated team who strive to continuously inspire our students and wider University community – and, through modern teaching and impactful research, continue to deliver innovative solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges.
The posts require skilled and motivated people with clinical credibility to contribute to the currency and clinical relevance of our adult nursing, mental health and social care programmes, and to deliver and develop our post graduate portfolio. The ability to contribute to module and programme development is integral to this post, along with engagement in wider academic activities such as consultancy, CPD, and scholarship to enhance teaching or academic knowledge.
The successful candidate should have the following:
- Degree and relevant postgraduate qualification (near completion of Master’s degree)
- Professional Body qualification
- A sufficient breadth or depth of knowledge and experience in the discipline of mental health to work within established teaching programmes.
- Awareness of strategies to promote and assess learning.
- Understand equality and diversity issues as they may impact on academic content and issues relating to student need.
- Commitment to delivering high quality teaching and supporting an outstanding student experience.
We offer our staff a caring and supportive environment, across five campuses, and a competitive benefits package which includes:
- 35 days of annual leave, plus a further 12 days for public/university holidays
- 23% employer’s pension contribution, including death in service benefits on joining the pension scheme
- A flexible approach to working pattern and work-life balance
- Employee discount scheme across 3,500 retailers
- Fitness facilities across our campuses
- Access to a range of health and wellbeing resources, including occupational health, physiotherapy, and access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Professional, career and research development opportunities.
Informal enquiries can be made by contacting:
Dr James Taylor, Head of Division (Mental Health, Midwifery and Health) james.taylor@uws.ac.uk,
Closing date: 21st September 2023
Interview date: week commencing 2nd October 2023
To apply, please submit a CV and cover letter detailing how you meet the criteria to the recruitment team at jobs@uws.ac.uk
*The current academic structure and nomenclature at UWS is as follows:
AC2 – Lecturer (first time academic post)
AC3 – Lecturer
AC4 – Senior Lecturer (alternate titles used in different Universities include Principal Lecturer or Associate Professor)