Mental Health Teaching Fellow

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom (On-site)

JOB INFO

Job Identification

1026

Job Category

Academic and Research

Posting Date

10/17/2025, 07:53 AM

Apply Before

11/09/2025, 05:59 PM

Job Schedule

Full time

Job Shift

Standard

Locations

Health, Education and Life Sciences

(On-site)

The full-time starting salary is normally £44,131 per annum, with progression available in post to £51,182 per annum.

Grade: G

Contract: Permanent, Full Time

1 position

Birmingham City University is a large and diverse place to study right in the heart of the city. The Department of Mental Health and Learning Disability Nursing, currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Mental Health Nurse to join our team as a Teaching Fellow.

We are looking to recruit a full-time Teaching Fellow in Mental Health nursing to support a range of teaching and learning activities across all our pre-registration nursing courses. You must be highly motivated and well organised, with excellent communication skills. You will be joining our future-focused, innovative, and creative team. We are motivated by the student experience and by student success and are proud to be educating the nurses of the future.

You must hold active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a Registered Mental Health Nurse. Previous experience of teaching is desirable; however, we are also keen to support people making a move from clinical practice to nurse education.

We are particularly interested in receiving applications from registered mental health nurses with experience of working in child and adolescent mental health services, and registered mental health nurses with experience of working with older people's mental health.

The university offers academic and professional development, including support to gain a post -graduate teaching qualification if required. You will be supported to follow your interests, to bring your clinical experience and creativity to the development of inclusive and engaging teaching approaches, and to work collaboratively with students and stakeholders. We have a proven track record of student satisfaction in teaching and learning, and we are keen to become national leaders in the delivery of undergraduate education for Mental Health Nurses.

BCU recognises the positive value of diversity and promotes equality. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. With around 26,900 students from 100 countries, Birmingham City University is a large and diverse learning community. We put students at the heart of everything we do, giving them the best opportunities for future success. The University has an enviable reputation for providing quality, student-focused education in a professional and friendly environment. Our superb courses, state-of-the-art facilities, first-rate academics, and focus on practical skills and professional relevance all support our graduates' future employability

If you would like to know more, please contact Rob Mapp, Deputy Head of department for M/H and Learning Disability Nursing. By email , we can then arrange an informal discussion about the role.

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JOB DESCRIPTION

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ABOUT US

At the heart of our Strategy for 2030 and Beyond, it is our mission to enable our students to transform their lives and to achieve their potential. Through our education and research, and the roles our graduates go on to play in the world, we not only support individuals to transform their lives, but we also play a part in transforming society.

Located in the centre of the UK's second city, we are a university with a long heritage of innovation and of making, dating back to our origins in 1843 when we were founded as the Birmingham Government School of Design.

Our heritage of making through innovation and its application through knowledge exchange, and of creative research and practice, today finds it expression in our STEAM agenda, in our research and enterprise, and in our commitment to challenge-based learning. Working across disciplines, and delivering impactful research and enterprise, interdisciplinarity is at the heart of the continuing transformation of our academic portfolio.