College of Medicine & Health – Academy of Nursing
This full-time post is available immediately on a permanent basis.
The role
The innovative MSci Nursing Programme, a centrepiece of our educational provision, prepares students for nurse leadership which promotes and sustains excellence in health and social care. The programme, developed collaboratively with practice partners and members of the Patient and Public Involvement group, is built around 7 Pillars of Learning. It has the option of dual registration in adult and mental health nursing and aims to provide students with the best possible learning experiences – in clinical practice and on campus.
This post is primarily to support research informed teaching activities in the area of nursing practice. In particular, the post-holder will contribute to the development of leadership and management of teaching and learning strategies and academic standards for nursing.
The post of Lecturer in Nursing will be to support the delivery of the MSci Nursing Programme and other nursing- and care-related programmes.
About you
For a Lecturer post you will:
- Possess sufficient breadth or depth of specialist and core knowledge in the discipline, demonstrated by a PhD (Optional or nearing completion) or equivalent in nursing to develop teaching programmes, and teach and support learning;
- You will have current registration with the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council;
- Use a range of delivery techniques to enthuse and engage students;
- Participate in and develop external networks, for example, to contribute to student recruitment, secure student placements, facilitate outreach work, generate income, obtain consultancy projects, or build relationships for future activities;
- Will have evidence of excellent teaching identified by peer review and have made an impact at discipline programme level beyond their own teaching;
- Be expected to work towards Fellow of the HEA status and to attend formal CPD relating to this.
Please ensure you read our Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.
The University of Exeter is a Russell Group university in the top 200 of universities worldwide. We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, and have achieved a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2017. We have over 22,000 students and 4600 staff from 180 different countries and have been rated the WhatUni2017 International Student Choice.
Our research focuses on some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today, with 98% of our research rated as being of international quality in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework. We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students.
What we can offer you:
- Freedom (and the support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines;
- Support teams that understand the University wide teaching goals and partner with our academics accordingly;
- An Innovation, Impact and Business directorate that works closely with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development;
- Our Exeter Academic initiative supports high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career;
- A multitude of staff benefits including sector leading benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), Paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay), and a new Fertility Treatment Policy;
- A beautiful campus set in the heart of stunning Devon