Application closing date 31/05/2021
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. They 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 applicant 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 postholder. 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 (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; and
• Experience of student support and pastoral tutor.

The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust was established in April 2007, comprising the Belfast City Hospital, Mater Hospital, Musgrave Park Hospital, Royal Hospitals and South and East Belfast and North and West Belfast Health and Social Services Trusts.

The School of Nursing and Midwifery conducts world-class research leading to improvements in health and well-being in partnership with health professionals, leading charities, patients and carers. Queen's is a fairly unique university in that it offers every field of nursing as well as midwifery.

We're also really proud of the fact that in the last year, we have been in the QS World Rankings' Top 50 School of Nursing and Midwifery.

Queen’s University Belfast is a driver of innovation and talent based on excellence. Throughout the University, our academics collaborate across disciplines and with outside agencies and institutions on projects of world significance. We are connected and networked with strategic partnerships across the world, helping us to expand our impact on wider society locally, nationally and globally. The University is committed to attracting, retaining and developing the best global talent within an environment that enables them to realise their full potential.

We are a leader in gender equality and diversity, and are one of the UK’s most successful universities in the Athena SWAN initiative which promotes gender equality and career progression.

The School of Nursing and Midwifery holds a prestigious Silver Athena SWAN Award, an accolade which we first achieved in 2012 in recognition of good practice in recruiting, retaining and promoting women in Science and higher education.

We are ranked 1st in the UK for Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (Innovate UK), 9th in the UK for University facilities (Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2018) and 14th in the UK for research quality (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019).

Based in Belfast, a modern capital city, our beautiful campus is surrounded by abundant acres of parkland and is renowned as one of the safest and most affordable cities in the UK. There is an excellent range of local Schools from pre-nursery upwards and we are immensely proud of what our city and our University will offer you.

For full job details and essential/desirable criteria please refer to the candidate information link on our website by clicking apply.  You must clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria when you submit your application. For further information or assistance contact Resourcing Team via email on resourcing@qub.ac.uk. 

The University is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from all. However, our employment monitoring data tells us that individuals from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, people with a disability and those who identify as LGBT+ are currently under-represented at the University. As such, we particularly welcome applications from these individuals.

As you may be aware, Queen’s is recognised as one of the most diverse organisations in Northern Ireland. We are committed to ensuring our workplace is a safe, welcoming and inclusive place to work, which is why we subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as Stonewall Workplace Equality Index, Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena SWAN.

It is also why we have established award winning Staff Networks such as PRISM and iRise. These networks provide an opportunity for staff to meet in a friendly, informal way to support each other.  More details on all our networks can be found here. 

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

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