Application closing date 13/07/2021
Salary £41,526 to £51,034 per annum
Job category/type Academic

Clinical Academic Lecturer Practitioner (Education) Learning Disability Nursing

Job description

The clinical academic lecturer practitioner will contribute to building and strengthening clinical and academic partnerships between the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast. The successful candidate will enhance and improve patient care and student teaching and learning. They will undertake significant teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level, engage in scholarly activity and contribute to School/work unit administration/outreach activity.

The successful candidate will have clinical sessions agreed on appointment in an integrated annual job profile and this full-time post will be split equally between HSC and academic responsibilities.  Clinical time is likely to be based on discrete practice development initiatives, and averaged over the year (for example - the post holder may focus on academic work at certain times of the year when teaching or assessment load is particularly heavy). The exact timings will be determined in line with the successful candidate’s research and teaching areas and will be agreed between the academic manager, clinical manager and post-holder. Suitable office space and facilities with IT access will be made available at both the Belfast HSC Trust and the University sites as required.

The successful candidate must have:

• Primary degree in Nursing or a related subject.
• Higher degree or about to obtain (Masters or equivalent in Nursing or a related subject area).
• Current registration status with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a Registered Nurse (Learning Disability), or possession of the qualifications required for such registration.
• Minimum of 2 years clinical Learning Disability nursing experience within the last 5 years.
• Teaching experience at undergraduate and / or postgraduate level in Nursing.
• Experience of student support and pastoral tutor.

Queen’s University Belfast is recognised as one of the most diverse organisations in Northern Ireland. We are committed to equality of opportunity, fair participation and welcomes applications from all. However, our Fair Employment Equality Monitoring data tells us that individuals from the Protestant Community are also currently under-represented in this category of work. As such, we particularly welcome applications for this role from individuals who identify with these backgrounds and / or communities.

For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, including our work in relation to Gender Equality (Athena SWAN), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Workplace Equality Index), Disability and Race (Race Equality Charter) please visit: www.qub.ac.uk/diversity and/or www.qub.ac.uk/qgi.

For further information and details on the University’s Staff Networks please click here.

Informal enquiries may be directed to Mr Paul McAleer via email to p.mcaleer@qub.ac.uk.

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