Job description

Join our team!

We are seeking to recruit Lecturers in Nursing (adult nursing, mental health, learning disabilities and other nursing fields), who are passionate about the development of the nursing profession and preparing future nurses!

As a member of the nursing Subject Group, you will be joining a vibrant academic team who work with other colleagues across the school as part of a supportive, collaborative interprofessional community. You will be working with expert enthusiastic colleagues who are committed to providing an outstanding student experience on our nursing programmes, at all academic levels.

As part of your role you will teach, assess, support students as a personal tutor and lead modules and programmes in the School; with initial support and the opportunity to add a teaching qualification, if you are new to Higher Education.

For more about the School of Health & Social Care, click here. 

The Role

You will be supported in the role to further develop your own academic career in your identified academic pathway (Professional Practice, Learning & Teaching, Research or Business & Enterprise) through access to a range of resources available to all University staff and through a coaching approach to personal development. We work in an inclusive way and can support flexible and remote working.

If you are excited at the prospect of joining our fantastic interprofessional team as a Lecturer in Nursing, then we’d love to receive an application from you!

Essential requirements

• Degree and/or Postgraduate degree (preferably Masters degree) in relevant discipline.
• Current registration with the relevant Professional Statutory Regulatory Body for the role.
• Demonstrable evidence of teaching, assessing, and supporting learners in a higher education and/or clinical practice setting.
• A growing research/scholarship profile including professional dissemination activity and/or peer reviewed publications.
• Commitment to sustained continuous professional/academic development.
• Experience of working clinically.

Desirable requirements

• Doctoral level qualification in relevant discipline.
• Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy or a strong willingness to achieve membership within 2 years of appointment.
• Evidence of applying for external funding.

For more information on this exciting opportunity, please see our full role profile here.

How will we reward you?

Salary: £44,263 - £56,021 per annum (Grade 6)

As the #1 Modern University in Scotland, Edinburgh Napier is here to make a difference. This is only possible because of the people that work here – it’s our people that make us great. And with our people at the heart of what we do, it’s important that you are supported and rewarded.

We are committed to providing a wide range of benefits including:

• minimum of 45 days annual leave (including 10 fixed holidays at Easter and Christmas) and the option to purchase additional annual leave
• employer pension contributions of 23%
• a wide range of learning and development opportunities
• opportunity to join our staff inclusion and support networks
• access to our benefits platform Vivup which includes huge range of discounts across the UK’s major retailers, health care discounts and Cycle to Work (click here for more info)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme

Further information about our benefits can be found here.

Are you a new academic with less than 2 years’ experience?

The University is passionate about supporting the development of our academic community, so if you are someone who is new to academia or have less than 2 years’ experience you may be eligible to join our 2-year Early Career Academic Development Programme (ECA Development Programme).

Our ECA Development Programme has been created to support all new lecturers build the knowledge and experience to advance their career as an academic, through a structured development plan which will be in place when you join the University. You can find full details of the programme here.

Additional Information

Application closing date: Sunday 18 August

Interviews plan to take place mid-September – early October in-person where possible.

For general inquiries please contact recruitment@napier.ac.uk.

Edinburgh Napier is committed to creating an environment where everyone feels proud, confident, challenged and supported and are holders of Disability Confident, Carer Positive and Stonewall Diversity Champion status. More details can be found here.