Principal Academic in Adult Nursing

**Key information**:
**Salary**:
Starting salary from £53,353 - £60,027 per annum (pro rata) with further progression opportunities to £65,578**Date advertised**:
Friday, February 3, 2023**Closing date**:
Sunday, March 5, 2023 - midnight**Please quote reference**:
HSS380**About Us**

Bournemouth University’s vision is worldwide recognition as a leading university for inspiring learning, advancing knowledge and enriching society through the fusion of education, research and practice. Our highly skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the globe, who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives and experiences that help to build our global learning community.

**About the Department**

The Department of Nursing Science is growing, and we have two exciting opportunities to join our experienced, friendly, and supportive academic team, committed to high academic standards. The vision of the Department of Nursing Science is to provide high-quality education and research that supports excellence in practice to the benefit of all those who access healthcare, nationally and globally. The Department is a collegial and vibrant community of staff, practitioners, students, and service users who work in close partnership with colleagues from clinical practice and across the wider Faculty of Health & Social Science and University. We prepare nursing students in three fields of nursing at undergraduate level and two at postgraduate level, as well as delivering Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to qualified health professionals.

We are based in a new state of the art building in Bournemouth and Yeovil University Campus in West Dorset. We have excellent clinical simulation and skills teaching facilities and a new library.

We are committed to inter-professional and collaborative working in teaching, practice, and research across the Faculty, and this is an exceptional opportunity to join a team committed to enhancing the health and social well-being of people across Dorset and further afield.

**About the Role**

We have on offer a principle academic position, available on a full time basis (1 FTE). The roles offers the opportunity to work across both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, providing scope to develop excellence in academic practice. To support and enable our staff to achieve a balance between work and their personal lives, we can offer a full or part time opportunities and will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.

We have strong established relationships with our NHS Trust partners, including two University NHS Trusts, and will consider fractional posts where we can establish joint posts with our Trust partners.

We are known for having a solid commitment to supporting and investing in research development and its fusion with education and professional practice, committed to developing your academic career. Our University offers excellent staff development opportunities including the Post-Graduate Certificate in Education and PhD/research options, with alignment to our Research Centres.

**About You**

As Principal Academic in Adult Nursing you will be expected to meet the BU 2025 fusion agenda of Research, Education and Professional practice in line with the University’s strategic plan and strategic investment areas. You will be committed to a culture of academic excellence and continuous improvement and to contribute to the academic citizenship of the department.

You will be expected to demonstrate current knowledge in Adult Nursing and actively contribute to the leadership and teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate Adult Nursing programmes in order to enhance the student experience. You will be expected to have a proven track record in implement educational development and innovation and quality assurance.

You will be research active with an established body of published work and be able to demonstrate the ability to create and disseminate knowledge leading to research outputs through an established track record of Research and Knowledge Exchange bids.

You will be able to demonstrate an established contribution to professional practice in Adult Nursing through engagement and thought leadership with health care practice and professional bodies.

**You will be qualified to Doctorate level or be able to demonstrate the ability to create and disseminate knowledge at an equivalent level and the capability to convert this knowledge into a doctorate in a maximum of 3-5 years from the date of appointment. You will be research active and committed to a culture of academic excellence and continuous improvement.**

You must also be registered on the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register (RN - Adult Nursing) and have a relevant teaching qualification.

Above all, we are looking for people who share our passion for high quality nursing education and have a strong vision for how the integ