Lecturer in Health Sciences (Mental Health)

The Post

We are looking to appoint a Lecturer who is an NMC registrant with significant teaching and clinical experience and can lead the development of teaching, research and knowledge exchange in undergraduate and postgraduate health sciences programmes.

The candidate should be a Mental Health registered nurse and experienced academic who has knowledge and clinical expertise of mental health and a proven record of excellence in teaching and learning practice. Experience of recovery focused, and trauma informed practice, education and/or research will be of significant advantage due to the emphasis of Recovery and Trauma Informed Practice in all our programmes. As such we will seek a candidate who has evidence of engagement in pedagogic and/or practitioner research and/or other scholarly activities who is committed to contributing to the undergraduate and post graduate nursing and paramedic programmes.  

The role will be advertised as T&S or T&R. 

For those on a T&S contract they will be expected to undertake pedagogical research and scholarly activity which aligns to the strategic direction of the Faculty and University.

For those appointed on a T&R contract, they will be expected to undertake research activity leading to funding proposals and high quality outputs.  Candidates on T&R will have or be working towards PhD.

Description of Duties

T&R

• Engage in individual and collaborative research, which aligns to the strategic direction of the University, establish a distinctive programme of research and disseminate results through regular publication in high impact journals, books and conference proceedings
• Identify appropriate sources of funding, prepare research proposals for funding bodies and manage grants awarded
• Supervise research students and staff as required, providing direction, support and guidance 

T&S

• Design, deliver, assess and evaluate a range of teaching and learning, supervision and assessment activities across undergraduate, postgraduate including online/digital programmes, where required
• Contribute to curriculum review and enhancement, in a manner that supports student learning and is underpinned by evidence based scholarly activity
• Enhance the quality of teaching provision and programme development, drawing on leading practices from the HE sector
• Develop and apply new, effective and appropriate teaching and learning techniques and material, which create interest, understanding and enthusiasm amongst students

Essential Criteria

T&R

Qualifications

• NMC and/or HCPC registration
• PhD in Health related area (or almost complete PhD)

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Established track record of high quality published research
• A record of involvement in applications for external funding for research and/or knowledge transfer

T&S
Qualifications

• NMC and/or HCPC registration
• PhD in relevant discipline or equivalent professional and/or teaching experience
• Higher Education teaching qualification or equivalent e.g. PGCert and/or holding or working towards Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy (HEA)

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Experience of designing and delivering excellent learning activities and assessment at undergraduate and postgraduate level preferably including online/digital programmes

For further information, including a full description of duties, essential criteria and details on how to apply, please see Vacancy details | About | University of Stirling

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