Turning Passion into Purpose. The institute of Health and Social care at London South Bank University has an excellent reputation for research that helps develop health and social care services and change lives. It is known as one of London’s leading research centres for nursing, midwifery, allied health professions, public health, and social care. Research programmes have been established with leading health and social care organisations in the capital, as well as nationally and internationally.
Due to increasing student numbers an exciting opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Community Nursing at London South Bank University. Successful candidates will join an excellent, dynamic, and hardworking specialist community team to provide high quality education.
About You:
Successful candidates will hold an Advanced Assessment and Consultation Skills qualification and ideally have at least 2 years clinical experience undertaking autonomous patient consultations including history taking and physical assessments in the primary, community and urgent care setting. A V300 prescribing qualification along with teaching experience is also desirable. This is a Grade 7/ 8 vacancy and secondments will be considered.
Ideally applicants will have a track record in specialist community nursing and higher education as well as delivering on curriculum development, however we are prepared to support the right candidate to achieve this whilst working at LSBU.
The successful candidate will support the community nursing team in the delivery of clinical assessment and history taking for district nursing students, as well as contributing to teaching and learning across other elements of the district nursing and specialist community public health nursing programmes. We are therefore seeking to recruit an experienced nurse and educator to take up this post who will join a team committed to enhancing the healthcare workforce in partnership with providers across London, Essex and the South East with the aim of transforming community nursing services for the benefit of patients and their families.
Benefits and How to Apply:
As a leading Higher Education Institution LSBU offers staff a highly competitive benefits package including holiday entitlement starting at 35 days per annum, professional development opportunities and flexible working. Full details on the range of benefits we offer can be found here.
The person specification for this role alongside applicant guidance on what to submit within your application can be found within the candidate pack attached. Applications must be submitted via the “Apply Online” button below.
For an informal conversation ahead of applying please feel free to contact the hiring manager for this position, Dr Tamzin Dawson, Head of Division via Email dawsont2@lsbu.ac.uk or Dr Maxine Jameson via email maxine.jameson@lsbu.ac.uk
The closing date for applications is Friday 15th December 2023 at 11.59pm
Interview/assessment – week commencing 6th January 2024
We are happy to talk flexible working and reasonable adjustments and aim to make our recruitment and selection process accessible to all, please contact us at hrdsr@lsbu.ac.uk to discuss any support you need.