[Hiring] Associate Lecturer - Associate Professor in Nursing @Flinders University

Role Description

Flinders University’s College of Health and Enablement is seeking academics in Nursing, with a varying range of teaching and research experience to add to our diverse teaching cohort and guide us through the next phase of tremendous student growth, from Associate Lecturers through to Associate Professors. These positions will be filled by people with proven educational and research leadership capabilities and expertise (appropriate for the level). In particular, the positions are intended to amplify education, research and practice in Nursing.

• Work in the Nursing Simulation Facilities located in the leafy surrounds of Bedford Park and convenient state-of-the-art Adelaide CBD.
• Support Flinders Nursing students Australia-wide and online, expanding your impact further.
• Teach across various contexts: undergraduate & postgraduate courses; online & face-to-face learning embedded with our industry partners.
• Work flexibility across Australia to contribute to our dynamic online teaching programs in Nursing supporting students nationwide.
• Improve lives, strengthen communities and shape the future of care.

The appointments include Teaching Specialist (Academic), (Clinical Practitioner), and (Teaching and Research) roles. These appointments will provide leadership across education, enhancing the student experience, strengthening our reputation, and supporting sustainable student growth. They will also contribute to research and practice, driving growth in research income, capability, and impact.

These positions make a significant contribution to the University’s strategic plan to changing 10 million lives, Every One Matters, by 2035 through an ongoing contribution to improved teaching, learning & research outcomes for the university.

Qualifications

• Proven educational and research leadership capabilities.
• Expertise appropriate for the level of appointment.

Requirements

• Current completed Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check.
• Gender Based Violence Declaration satisfactory to the University.
• Maintain a current Working with Children Check satisfactory to the University.
• Strongly recommended to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in line with SA Health policy.

Benefits

• Ranked in the top 2% of universities worldwide.
• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Awarded the AHEIA Higher Education Award for Workplace Culture Excellence.
• Ninety percent of Flinders research has been ranked at ‘world standard or above’ by Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA).
• Wide range of professional development activities, funds and services.
• Exclusive staff study offers.
• Vibrant campus life and amenities including on-campus health care services, gym, and childcare centre.
• Recognised as a Veteran Employer of Choice.

Company Description

At the College of Health and Enablement, we aim to be an innovator in contemporary education producing a safer and more resilient health and social care workforce. Our mission is to improve lives and empower communities, enabling better health and caring in the world through an exceptional student learning experience. Our research mission is about co-creating new knowledge which promotes wellbeing, and better care and support, to individuals and communities across the lifespan.

Flinders University was founded on the belief that learning should open minds, celebrate individuality and give people the freedom to pursue their own point of view. That spirit lives on in our community of thinkers, doers and changemakers who challenge convention, and each other, to shape what comes next.

We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff, as shown through our three SAGE Cygnet Awards.