Teaching Fellow in Mental Health Nursing

Post Summary:

The primary purpose of this post is to contribute to mental health teaching within the undergraduate nursing degree programme in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. The successful applicant will demonstrate a commitment to teaching and will have engaged in scholarly activities. Furthermore, they will be able to undertake academic administrative work. While they will primarily contribute to the undergraduate programme, they will also undertake postgraduate teaching, supervision and mentoring as designated by the Head of Discipline/Head of School.

Context:

The school requires a candidate to contribute to teaching and assessing primarily within mental health nursing and may contribute to the shared areas of the nursing and midwifery programmes. The candidate will help to support and develop existing curricula at undergraduate and postgraduate levels across programmes. The successful candidate will require a depth of knowledge relevant to mental health nursing.

Garda Clearance: Garda vetting will be sought in respect of individuals who come under consideration for this post.

Post status: 3 year fixed-term contract

This post is offered on a fixed-term basis in accordance with University policy, as Teaching Fellow appointments are not intended to be long-term and are normally limited to a maximum duration of three years.

Hours of Post: Hours of work for academic staff are those as prescribed under Public Service Agreements. For further information please follow the link below: www.tcd.ie/hr/assets/pdf/academic-hours-public-service-agreement.pdf

Salary: This appointment will be made on the Teaching Fellow Merged Pay Scale Annual Rate (€42,500 -€54,139 pro-rata) at a point in line with current Government pay policy. monthly/weekly payscales. (tcd.ie)

Closing Date: 12 noon, Irish Standard Time, 27^th February 2026

How to apply:

In order to assist the selection process, applicants should submit a Curriculum Vitae and a Cover Letter (1x A4 page) that specifically address the following points in their application.

• Applicants should clearly address their practice and teaching experience in their application.
• Applicants who do not address the application requirements above in their cover letter will not be considered at the short list stage. Applications must be submitted by the closing date specified through eRecruitment. Any Applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.

Applicants who do not address these requirements in their cover letter will not be considered at the shortlisting stage.

Applications will only be accepted via jobs.tcd.ie

Informal enquiries about this post should be made to Prof. Louise Doyle, Head of the Mental Health Nursing Discipline, Louise.Doyle@tcd.ie

Trinity is an equal opportunities employer, and we encourage applications from talented people of all backgrounds.

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