Three years fixed term

Background

Applications are invited for a Senior Lecturer in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) to lead our postgraduate and professional courses. If you are an experienced Specialist Community Public Health Nursing academic from the field of Health Visiting or School Nursing and are passionate about enhancing the quality of Specialist Community Public Health Nursing education and research, we would like to hear from you.

You will join an ambitious academic team with shared research and professional interests, Public Health entrepreneurship, improvement and implementation within the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting and School Nursing) setting. Most of the time you will support our public health nursing students, however interprofessional education is a key part of our learning and teaching approach and you will teach other students on health, social care and public health programmes. We would particularly welcome applicants who would be interested in supporting the expansion of our postgraduate courses and research in public health nursing.

The Role

The role would require you to join a proactive, dynamic team that provides teaching and related scholarly activities. Mostly, we would like you to lead the professional development of our students studying the Postgraduate Diploma Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visiting and School Nursing) course, but you will also contribute to teaching on the University Certificate Community Public Health Nursing short course at level 6, and support teaching on our MSc Global Public Health, and BSc (Hons) Public Health and Health Promotion and BSc (Hons) Mental Health, Wellbeing and Society courses. Our portfolio also includes foundation and short courses in public health and PhDs.


As an experienced Senior Lecturer, you will use your previous academic and clinical experience, as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) in School Nursing or Health Visiting, to deliver specialist and generalist knowledge and skills to students at all HE levels. You will employ a range of learning and teaching methods, sensitive to different cultures and students’ ways of learning. Using contemporary evidence, you will prepare students for future careers in public health nursing. Your level of appointment will be in line with your previous experience and the University will offer you career development opportunities.


You also work within an established and friendly group of academic and professional staff and will contribute to enhancing the work and the reputation of the School as a whole, collaborating inter-professionally and effectively with colleagues in the Faculty, University and externally as appropriate. You will undertake scholarly activity, maintain or work towards being research active and contribute to the School’s enterprise and innovation within the UK and internationally. The nature of this contribution will vary according to your experience and your direction of work will be required to fit with the School’s strategic plans.


You will use your specialist knowledge of best practice in your profession and education methods, combined with excellent communication skills to support students in their learning to become safe, autonomous, competent public health professionals. You will work closely with all stakeholders to co-produce teaching materials to create an inclusive environment for students. You will continue your own personal and professional development as an academic using the evidence base and research to inform teaching.



Additional Information


Canterbury Christ Church University is committed to equality of opportunity, supporting and encouraging underrepresented groups as well as valuing diversity. We promote wider inclusion through our policies such as the Race Equality Charter, StoneWall for LGBT+ groups and the Disability Confident Scheme, guaranteeing an interview to all disabled candidates which meet the essential criteria for our roles.


We aim to create an inclusive working culture in which all employees feel valued. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates, which are currently underrepresented throughout Canterbury Christ Church. We are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities. We also welcome applications from LGB, Trans and Non-binary candidates. All applications decisions and progression opportunities through the University will be determined by personal merit only.


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How to apply

Start date for applications: 21st November 2022
Closing date for applications: 12th December 2022
Interviews are to be announced shortly after closing date