Job Description

The School of Nursing & Midwifery at Queen's University Belfast, is currently seeking to recruit a Lecturer Education in Children's Nursing AC2/AC3. Please note AC2 grade is a Lecturer at start of Career. AC3 grade is an established Lecturer. The job description and employee specification sets out the duties and criteria for each grade.
The successful candidate at AC2/AC3 will undertake teaching in the area of Children's Nursing at undergraduate and postgraduate level, will develop or maintain a portfolio of appropriate scholarly activity and contribute to the School's academic development and quality assurance processes. The AC3 Lecturer will also develop innovations in teaching, learning and quality assurance processes and contribute to School administration and outreach activity.
Established in 1991, Queens School of Nursing & Midwifery provides a range of innovative programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level, which prepare nurses, midwives and healthcare professionals for leadership roles in clinical care, teaching, management and research.
With approximately 3,500 students, the School has one of the most extensive portfolios of programmes of any nursing and midwifery school in the UK or Ireland.
The overall vision of the School is to provide a learning community committed to excellence in teaching, research, scholarship and practice that contributes to local and global efforts to improve the health and wellbeing of society.
This is a fantastic opportunity to be a key contributor, providing a high quality, exceptional and transformative educational experience to students in an innovative and high-tech learning environment.
About the person:
The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following essential criteria:

• Primary degree in Nursing or a related subject (AC2 and AC3 criteria).
• Higher degree or about to obtain (Masters or equivalent in Nursing or a related subject area) (AC2 and AC3 criteria).
• Current registration status with the Nursing & Midwifery Council as a Registered Children's Nurse or possession of the qualifications required for such registration (AC2 and AC3 criteria).
• Evidence of ability to publish (AC2 and AC3 criteria).
• Evidence of continuing professional development (AC2 and AC3 criteria).
• Evidence of scholarly activity e.g. conference paper presentations, external funding secured, book reviews published, writing practice manuals, publication of professional materials (AC3 criteria only).
• Experience of lecturing or teaching, commensurate with stage of career (AC2 and AC3 criteria).
• Experience of student mentorship / or pastoral tutor (AC2/3) criteria).
• Minimum of 3 years' clinical experience in Children's Nursing (AC 2 & 3 criteria).

Please check the relevant job description (Lecturer Education AC2/AC3) for the full list of criteria for the post.
To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information.
What we offer:
Beyond a competitive salary, the University offers an attractive benefits package including a holiday entitlement of up to 8.4 weeks a year, pension schemes and development opportunities. We support staff wellbeing with flexible working options, work-life balance initiatives and support for physical and mental health. You can find more detail on all of this and more at
Queen's University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena Swan and have established staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.
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