Applications are invited for a Permanent post of a Professor/Full Professor of General Nursing 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, 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 Nursing is ranked in the top 100 in the QS World Subject Rankings.

The position The post of Professor/Full Professor of General Nursing is established to support and strengthen general nursing research and innovation, education, leadership and clinical practice in general's nursing 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 post holder 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 Nursing.

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 Salary scale: €89,411 - €119,509 or 95 Full Professor Salary scale: €123,352 - € 156,067

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

Closing date: 17:00hrs (local Irish time) on the 28th of February 2022.

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. Note: Hours of work for academic staff are those as prescribed under Public Service Agreements. For further information please follow link below: https://www.ucd.ie/hr/t4media/Academic Contract.pdf UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CV's submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned.

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