Professor/Full Professor of Midwifery

Applications are invited for a permanent post of a Professor/Full Professor of Midwifery within UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems.

The School

University College Dublin is a research-intensive and globally engaged university and is No. 1 in Ireland in the QS Graduate Employability rankings. The UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems is a constituent School of the UCD College of Health and Agricultural Sciences. The School is a national provider of undergraduate and postgraduate registration education programmes in nursing and midwifery and graduate-taught programmes in health systems and health professions’ education. Its programmes emphasise clinical expertise, critical inquiry, leadership development, personal growth, communication, teamwork, inter-professional collaboration and lifelong learning. The School is a leading research-intensive school with a large portfolio of programmatic and single-project research. UCD Midwifery is ranked in the top 100 in the QS World Subject Rankings.

The position

The post of Professor of Midwifery is established to support and strengthen midwifery research and innovation, education, leadership, and clinical practice in midwifery services in active collaboration with colleagues in this School, in the other schools of the UCD College of Health and Agricultural Sciences and throughout the University.

Reporting to the Head of School, the Professor of Midwifery will exercise a national and international role on behalf of UCD in research and scholarship, undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and academic administration, management and professional organisation in the academic area of Midwifery. The School is committed to research-led education, so the candidate will be expected to conduct research that supports high quality teaching in their field, and to lead innovations in both research and teaching directions. The post-holder will be expected to assume high-level management/administrative responsibilities within the School.

The post holder will develop and strengthen the clinical-academic partnerships that underpin UCD’s engagement with the Ireland East Hospital Group to support the development of research, education and training, evidence-based practice and practice development. Appointment will be at the academic grade commensurate with qualifications and experience.

95 Professor (7939) Salary Scale - €95,823 - €128,079 per annum

or

95 Full Professor (7937) Salary Scale - €132,302 - €167,261 per annum

Appointment will be made on scale and in accordance with the Department of Finance guidelines

Closing date: 17:00hrs (local Irish time) on 4^th May 2023.

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 17:00hrs (Local Irish Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications.

UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CVs submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned.

Note: Hours of work for academic staff are those as prescribed under Public Service Agreements. For further information please follow link below:

www.ucd.ie/hr/t4media/Academic Contract.pdf

Prior to application, further information (including application procedure) should be obtained from the Work at UCD website: www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs

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