School of Health and Life Sciences

Paisley Campus

Lecturer: Community

REQ001089

Full time: 35 hours per week, Fixed Term: 18 months

AC2: £36,914 - £44,045 per annum

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 Lecturer in Community nursing with a prescribing qualification to join the School of Health & Life Sciences, 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 the delivery of our provision within the Division of Midwifery & Specialist Nursing. Previous experience of delivering modules/programmes within the field of community or primary care would be an advantage. Experience of Community nursing or primary care and a prescribing qualification are essential. NMC professional registration is required.

The post will be based at Paisley Campus, and report into the Midwifery and Specialist Nursing 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 Clair Graham (Senior Lecturer) clair.graham@uws.ac.uk  or Carol Russell (Lecturer) carol.russell@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: 12^th February 2021

Interviews will be held on:  26^th February 2021

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.