Lecturer in Adult Nursing (Complex Community Care)

Job Purpose

Research
To plan and carry out nursing research, using appropriate methodology and techniques. This may include, where appropriate to the discipline:
• Pursue personal research including developing research ideas and winning support, including financial support.
• Plan, publish and/or execute high quality nursing/healthcare research
• Project manage research activities, and/or supervise other research staff
• Present findings in high quality publications and conference proceedings
• Develop novel methodologies and techniques appropriate to the type of research being pursued
• Supervise and examine PhD students, both within the institution and externally
• Provide expert advice to staff and nursing or healthcare students within the discipline
• Apply knowledge in a way which develops new intellectual understanding
• Develop and make substantial contributions to knowledge transfer, and enterprise (including business engagement, public engagement) and similar activity that is of manifest benefit to the College and the University.
• Contribute to School income generation through participation in bid development and grant capture

Learning and Teaching
To use a variety of methods in teaching and advising individuals and groups of undergraduates, postgraduates, or CPD students. Where appropriate to the discipline this may include:
• Teach and assess courses at a range of levels
• Plan and review own teaching approaches and act as a mentor to encourage others to do the same
• Develop programme proposals and make substantial contributions to the design of teaching programmes more widely in the Department or School, as appropriate
• Where appropriate, undertake and develop the full range of responsibilities in relation to supervision, marking and examining (including summative assessment, assessed work, contributing to the final award – as a mark or as credit – such as unseen examinations, essays, dissertations or presentations.
• Use appropriate approaches to learning and teaching in their field
• Disseminate appropriate practices through suitable media
• Develop and advise others on learning and teaching tasks and methods
• Develop and make substantial contributions to knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, public engagement activities or similar on own specialism that enhances the student experience or employability and is of manifest benefit to the College and University
• Devise and supervise projects, student dissertations and practical work

Management/Administration
To contribute to School/Institute administration or have a high level of responsibility for others. Including:
• Contribute to the administration/management of research and teaching across the School/Institute
• Advise on personal development of colleagues and students
• Make a major contribution to some administrative activities within the University (e.g. appeals panels, working groups)
• Manage enterprise, business development, and public engagement activities of manifest benefit to the College and University
• Develop and make substantial contributions to knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, public engagement, widening participation, schools outreach.

Person Specification

Research
• Experience and achievement reflected in a growing reputation
• Experience and demonstrated success in planning, undertaking and project managing research to deliver high quality results
• Experience of applying and/or developing and devising successful models, techniques and methods
• Experience and achievement in knowledge transfer, enterprise and similar activity

Teaching
• Ability to design, deliver, assess and revise teaching programmes
• Extensive experience and demonstrated success in developing appropriate approaches to learning and teaching, and advising colleagues
• Experience and success in knowledge transfer, enterprise and similar activity that enhances the student experience or employability

Management Administration
• Ability to contribute to School/Institute management processes
• Ability to assess and organise resources effectively
• Understanding of and ability to contribute to broader management/administration processes

This list is not exhaustive and post-holders may be asked to undertake other roles as requested by the Head of Nursing and/or the Institute Director
Contributing to the whole range of teaching, research and administration in support of the BNurs programme and a range of postgraduate provision.