The School of Health and Life Sciences is a multidisciplinary School, with a diverse range of programmes delivered at our Ayr, Dumfries, Lanarkshire, London and Paisley campuses to a combined total of around 6000 students.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing to join the School, where teaching and research are at the heart of all of the School’s activities. The ability to contribute to module and programme development will be integral to this post, along with engagement in wider academic activities such as research, consultancy and CPD. Undertaking research, development and/ or scholarship to enhance teaching will be encouraged. 

As the successful candidate, you will join a progressive team of individuals currently supporting our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across the School. You will have previous experience of developing and delivering undergraduate and postgraduate modules/ programmes in pre-registration adult nursing and be practised in contemporary teaching, learning and assessment methods. With demonstrable experience of teaching and assessing students in practice, you will bring with you your contemporary knowledge of adult nursing. NMC registration in adult nursing is required.

The successful candidate will be based at Paisley Campus, and report into the Adult Nursing and Healthcare Division.

The University of the West of Scotland is committed to providing an inclusive working environment. UWS has an Athena SWAN bronze award, is a “Disability Confident” employer and welcomes other under-represented groups, as such we particularly encourage applications to support our diversity agenda.

Informal enquiries can be made by contacting Dr Barbara O’Donnell, Head of Division (Email: barbara.odonnell@uws.ac.uk). 

Further information, including details of how to apply is available at https://jobs.uws.ac.uk/

The current academic structure and nomenclature at UWS is as follows:

AC2 – Lecturer (first time academic post)

AC3 – Lecturer

AC4 – Senior Lecturer (alternate titles used in different Universities include Principal Lecturer or Associate Professor)

Closing date for applications: 24^th November 2019

Interviews will be held between: 5^th – 11^th December 2019

UWS is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from under-represented groups.

University of the West of Scotland is a registered Scottish charity, no. SC002520.