Do you have a passion for transforming lives through education in a growing School of Health Sciences? We are expanding our academic team, with a range of posts available for people who can bring innovation and enthusiasm to our education environment.
About you
We are looking for people with experience and skills related to clinical skills, practice learning and simulation, who can contribute to our education programmes. You will be a registered nurse and you should have undertaken postgraduate education (or be prepared to undertake funded masters study). You will demonstrate a strong interest in education and desire to share your knowledge and skills to provide an excellent student experience supporting the University’s transformational goals.
About us
We have a vibrant academic community, with a skilled and enthusiastic team, delivering firstclass education that directly enhances health outcomes. We offer a large undergraduate nursing programme and a range of postgraduate programmes for health professionals. We have a diverse student population and programmes are delivered on our Dundee and Kirkcaldy campuses, as well as online.
This is an exciting opportunity to enter and develop an academic career in a supportive environment that strongly encourages innovation and professional development. We collaborate extensively with external partners, and every member of staff can benefit from being part of world leading research and education collaborations. We offer a positive induction into our community and you can hear this first-hand from recent recruits here:
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Successful candidates can negotiate to be based on either the Dundee or Kirkcaldy campus, to ease travel and family commitments. However, candidates must be prepared to travel between campuses for teaching and other activities. We also support hybrid working.
The diversity of our community helps to make the University of Dundee a UK University of choice for staff and students. Our inclusive workplace offers staff access to family friendly policies, staff networks for BME, disabled and LGBTQ+ staff, membership of Athena SWAN,the Race Equality Charter and Stonewall, as well a full range of disability services.
The role
Your learning and teaching activities will be focused on contributing to our pre-registration nursing and postgraduate programmes (where applicable) in relation to clinical skills, practice learning and simulation. Your own scholarly activity will be linked to educational innovation and development. Through personal development, there is an expectation that within three years you will be ready to become a lecturer within the School.
We welcome applications from people who meet the essential criteria and are particularly interested in applicants with experience and strong interest in clinical skills, practice learning and simulation.
Essential and desirable criteria for the posts are set out in the further particulars.
Key components of the role include:
- Learning and teaching
- Acting as Advisor of Studies
- Other educational activities
- Academic Assessor
- Practice Learning team member
For further information please contact:
healthsciences-schooloffice@dundee.ac.uk
Interviews will take place on Monday 22nd May.