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Post Summary: The primary purpose of this post is to contribute to general and shared nursing teaching within the undergraduate degree programme in nursing in the School. The successful applicant will demonstrate a commitment to teaching and will have engaged in scholarly activities. Furthermore, they will be able to undertake academic administrative work. While they will primarily contribute to the undergraduate programme, they will also undertake postgraduate teaching, supervision and mentoring as designated by the Head of School.
Context: The school requires a candidate to contribute to, and grow, the teaching activity primarily within the general and shared areas of the nursing and midwifery programmes. The candidate will help to support and develop existing curricula at undergraduate and postgraduate levels across programmes. The successful candidate will require a depth of knowledge relevant to general and shared nursing.
- Main Responsibilities: TeachingContribute to and provide academic leadership in all teaching and related activities in the School and College at undergraduate and postgraduate level, as required.
- Deliver high-class teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and participate in the development of new, relevant and evidence-based options.
- Carry out supervision of students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
- Undertake assessment of learning across designated programmes.
- Standard Duties Contribute towards the future development of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
- Assume administrative roles pertaining to course management in the School of Nursing & Midwifery, appropriate to the level of appointment.
- Carry out other responsibilities including audit, external quality assessment and administration as advised by the Head of School or their nominee.
Person Requirements The role-holder will require the following knowledge, skills and attributes for successful performance in the role.
- Qualifications:M.Sc. in Nursing, Midwifery or related field (Essential)
- Registered General Nurse or eligibility to register as a General Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI). (Essential)
- Registered, or eligible to register on the Tutor’s division with the NMBI or hold an equivalent teaching and learning qualification (Desirable)
- Ideally a minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in midwifery practice (Desirable)
Garda Clearance: Police vetting will be sought in respect of individuals who come under consideration for this post.
Post status: 3 Year Fixed-Term Contract Salary: This appointment will be made on the Teaching Fellow Merged Pay Scale Annual Rate (€42,500 -€54,139 pro-rata) at a point in line with current Government pay policy. https://www.tcd.ie/hr/assets/pdf/monthly-academic.pdf Hours of work for academic staff are those as prescribed under Public Service Agreements. For further information please following link below: https://www.tcd.ie/hr/assets/pdf/academic-hours-public-service-agreement.pdf The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform requires that all staff, including Teaching Fellows, working in Irish public sector must discharge duties from the jurisdiction of Ireland.
How to apply: In order to assist the selection process, applicants should submit a Curriculum Vitae and a Cover Letter (1x A4 page) that specifically address the following points in their application.
- Applicants should clearly address their experience and how they obtained their knowledge in their application.
- Illustrate, through past example, their ability to work on their own initiative and resolve problems.
- Applicants who do not address the application requirements above in their cover letter will not be considered at the short list stage. Applications must be submitted by the closing date specified through eRecruitment. Any Applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.
Please see the Job Description below for this position.
Application queries about this post, please email the Recruitment Partner at E:recruit@tcd.ie and include the Competition ID number in the subject heading.
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