Associate Professor/Professor Mental Health Nursing

Opening Date:
22 Mar 2019
Closing Date:
21 Apr 2019
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Northumbria University Newcastle is a research-rich, business-focussed, professional university with a global reputation for academic excellence. Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, and with a campus in the heart of London’s financial district, Northumbria University is located in the UK’s best two cities for students. At Northumbria we are global in our scope and reach, with operations in London, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Singapore, and we remain the largest English provider in Hong Kong. The University continues its strong commitment to internationalism, including its valuable and long-standing links with Europe.

Northumbria is ranked 48th in the Guardian league table 2018, and ranked in the Top 200 Under 50 global University rankings.

We are seeking to appoint a high calibre individual with and excellent international reputation to join our successful and highly committed team of academic staff in the Faculty of health and Life Sciences. You will be expected to help drive research, innovation and teaching excellence in the Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, in the subject discipline of Mental Health Nursing.

You must hold a first degree and be qualified to Doctoral level in a relevant discipline and have leading subject expertise in mental health nursing, with specialist knowledge gained through research activity, professional practice or consultancy. Proven ability to deliver high quality research led teaching within mental health nursing and a publication profile commensurate with the post of Professor/Associate Professor are essential. Registration with the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council as a mental health nurse is essential.

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Professor Alison Machin, Head of Department at Alison.Machin@northumbria.ac.uk