Lecturer: Mental Health Nursing

Working hours and working pattern: 0.6 WTE

Interview date: To be confirmed

University of Bradford

At the University of Bradford, our focus is on creating the conditions for social, cultural, and economic impact. We are committed to social inclusion. Our work to expand opportunity and enable students to reach their potential, has led to us topping the Social Mobility Index of English universities for the last two years. Our University Strategy sets out our ambitions for 2025, which we will achieve by using our proud heritage as a springboard and remaining steadfast in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Safeguarding

The University of Bradford is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and Adults at Risk through robust safer recruitment practices.

Faculty/Directorate

The School of Nursing, Public Health and Healthcare leadership are growing our range of nursing programmes, developing exciting, innovative curricula which enable future nurses to be ready for the changing requirements of nursing. We work collaboratively with public health and healthcare leadership to offer a range of post graduate CPD opportunities for healthcare staff, and are looking to widen our subject expertise in mental health. We are looking for nurses with contemporary experience of mental health nursing practice to join our team.

What you will be doing:

• Academic leadership of workstreams, module and / or programmes. 
• Be an exceptional teacher, facilitating and delivering teaching, learning and assessment on undergraduate and post-graduate programmes.
• Working with students as a personal academic tutor and roles aligned to the NMC (2023) standards for student supervision and assessment.
• Working collaboratively, with team members, the University, students, and other stakeholders to ensure education is contemporary, interesting and promotes career aspiration and academic stretch. 
• Undertake outreach and engagement activities in local communities/with employers and/ or at university events. 
• Undertaking scholarship, which furthers your career as an academic, ensure you maintain professional registration.
• Undertaking appropriate professional development to respond to the changing requirements of the role

Qualifications/ experience:

• You will be an NMC registrant: nursing associate or registered nurse, with either field registration or experience in mental health Nursing.
• You will have a master’s level qualification or above (or be willing to undertake/ be close to completing).
• You will have contemporary experience of / awareness of national and local influencers on nursing, care and students.
• Experience of teaching, public speaking, working in teams would be advantageous.
• Experience of supporting and assessing students/ learners in the workplace.

Do not meet this requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with everything in the job description or advert, we encourage you to arrange an informal conversation with the hiring manager. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Celebrating Diversity – The University of Bradford

The School of Nursing and Healthcare leadership is diverse and inclusive and are happy to discuss any adjustments which might be required, including full time/ job share/ part time positions.

Find more information about the many other benefits, including salary sacrifice schemes and campus nursery.

Additional Information:

If you are interested and want to find out more, please contact Dr Liz Cooper (e.cooper3@bradford.ac.uk) for a chat. 

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