Job Description

Lecturer / Senior Lecturer - Nursing (Mental Health / Learning Disability)

1.0 FTE / 35 hours per week

Lecturer: Grade 7 - The starting salary will be from 37,099.00 up to 41,732.00, depending on qualifications and experience.

Senior Lecturer: Grade 8 - The starting salary will be from 42,978.00 up to 54,395.00, depending on qualifications and experience.

Plymouth Marjon University are seeking an NMC registered, experienced academic lecturer/senior lecturer to join our ambitious team within the School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Science. You will have extensive knowledge of the requirements of adult/learning disability nursing and/or mental health nursing and be able to evidence your own expert skills in practice. It will be beneficial for applicants to have experience of academic practice in learning and teaching, leadership or research and knowledge exchange. You must be a strong team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills.You will be teaching on our suite of nursing and healthcare education programmes, including on apprenticeship routes.

Who we're looking for:

You will have a current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and have extensive knowledge of the requirements of adult/learning disability/mental health nursing and be able to evidence your own expert skills in practice. It will be beneficial for applicants to have experience of academic practice in learning and teaching, leadership or research and knowledge exchange. You will hold or be working towards a postgraduate qualification and professional teaching qualification.

What you'd be doing:

You will be teaching across our suite of nursing and healthcare education programmes: including MSc. Registered Nursing (Mental Health & Learning Disability), BSc. Registered Nurse, Nursing Associate and Assistant Practitioner.

You will act as an Academic Assessor and/or Personal Tutor and provide pastoral support to learners.

You must be a strong team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills and support the development of curriculums with specific focus on learning disability and/or mental health nursing.

You'll need to enjoy:

Collaborating with others

Thinking creatively

Quickly building rapport with colleagues, employers and students.

Working to your values: we care about how people behave as well as what they achieve.

Where you'll work:

In this role, you'll be based in the School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Science, on our green campus in the north of Plymouth. Our current hybrid working policy means you can work from home or on campus, but you will be required to maintain strong campus links and be available on-site at least 3 days per week.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Selina Saveker, Associate Dean for Partnership / Associate Professor and Team Lead - Nursing ssaveker@marjon.ac.uk

Supporting our people:

At Marjon, we are firmly committed to supporting every member of staff who works for us. Our Balance programme of health and wellbeing activities aims to help you to look after your physical health, nutritional health, mental health and social health.

We recognise that our recruitment might bring in staff who are new to higher education and are bringing knowledge and expertise from other fields and practice. We want to ensure that all our academic staff are appropriately qualified to teach in HE and have the confidence to do so; to support this, we offer a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) to all new teaching staff without an existing teaching qualification. This provides our new staff with an opportunity to develop their understanding and practice of learning, teaching and pedagogic research/research management in higher education, and enables us to maintain our high standards of teaching.

We're big believers in the importance of work/life balance. Many of our employees work flexibly and they are able to apply for parental leave and time off for dependants. As well as this, Academic staff enjoy 35 days' holiday, plus Christmas closure days and eight bank holidays. This equates to 45 (full-time equivalent) days.

We are keen to hear from a diverse range of applicants to support our goal to realise every individual's potential. We are a 'Disability Confident Employer': candidates who declare a disability and who demonstrate on their application that they meet the essential criteria will be included on the shortlist.

Closing date: Thursday 08 May 2025 (at 11:59pm)

Interview date: Monday 19 May 2025

Apply online:

https://jobs.marjon.ac.uk/

Please note, we will only consider applications submitted direct to the University via the above website. We do not accept applications or CVs submitted via third parties.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY.

If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process, please contact the People Team on peopleteam@marjon.ac.uk.

It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 37,099.00-54,395.00 per year

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Plymouth PL6 8BH

Application deadline: 08/05/2025