FEHHS Health: Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Nursing

Location: Avery Hill Campus
Salary: £35,333 to £51,805 plus £3875 London weighting per annum
Contract Type: Permanent
Release Date: Thursday 02 February 2023
Closing Date: Friday 03 March 2023
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Reference: 3732

The School of Health Sciences is part of a highly successful and vibrant faculty. Frequently commended for our partnership working across the health and social care sector, the school delivers a range of undergraduate and post graduate courses that lead to registration in nursing, midwifery, health visiting/school nursing, speech and language therapy, operating department practice, and paramedic science. We also have a wide portfolio of post qualifying provision including the MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice, and the MSC in Interprofessional Healthcare Simulation. The Faculty’s Institute of Lifecourse Development brings together researchers and practitioners from Health, Education and Human Sciences to tackle a range of lifecourse related issues, providing a key forum for the school’s research and knowledge exchange.

We are seeking to appoint an experienced mental health nurse to teach across our pre-registration mental health nursing programmes. If appointed, you will join a highly successful and vibrant faculty. Our mental health nursing programme is ranked 9th nationally for student satisfaction. You will also have opportunity to participate in research and knowledge exchange activities coordinated by the Faculty’s Institute of Lifecourse Development (ILD). The ILD brings together researchers and practitioners from Health, Education and Human Sciences to tackle a range of lifecourse related issues, and has been instrumental in our recent success in the 2022 REF. 

Successful applicants will have a passion for education, thrive on seeing students succeed, have ambition and an inquiring mind. You will have opportunity to complete a PGCHE and progress through our GOLD framework to achieve HEA senior fellowship, as well as contribute to faculty wide research and enterprise activities.  Opportunity also exists to undertake doctoral studies through a professional doctorate or PhD programme. The University has an established career framework which offers opportunity for promotion through an annual application process.

Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Karen Cleaver, Head of School, Health Sciences,  email: k.p.cleaver@greenwich.ac.uk  or: Mr Jude Ibe, Academic Portfolio Lead, Mental Health and Learning Disability Nursing Email: k.Jennings@greenwich.ac.uk 

We are looking for people who can help us deliver our mission of transforming lives through inspired teaching and research, through our values. 

Should you have any queries please contact the HR Recruitment Team on hrsr-feh@greenwich.ac.uk 

The university welcomes people from diverse and underrepresented communities who can help the university to achieve its mission.

Academic Career Pathways

The university welcomes people from diverse and underrepresented communities who can help the university to achieve its mission. 

We do this through taking positive action such as encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Time to Change Employer Pledge/Mentally Healthy Universities, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff, and removing barriers to improve inclusion. 

We encourage applicants to disclose experience of mental health problems so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Any information disclosed will be kept confidential and separate from the job application form. 

We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.