"Associate Professor – School of Health and Social Care"

Associate Professor – School of Health and Social Care

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Sighthill

23/07/2025

Associate Professor – School of Health and Social Care 

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Job details

Salary

£57,422 - £68,529 per annum

Contractual hours

35

Basis

Full Time

Region

School of Health and Social Care

Package

Excellent Benefits Package

Job category/type

Academic

Date posted

26/06/2025

Job reference

0000022070

Job description

Edinburgh Napier University (ENU) is an

 innovative, inclusive and ambitious University, focussed on the

 impact of its demand-led teaching and research. We are proud to

 be ranked the top modern university in Scotland (THE World

 University Rankings 2024) and we are the leading Edinburgh

 university for student satisfaction for the last 5 years (NSS

 2020-2024). Our research is world leading and we are delighted to

 be considered as the top Scottish modern university for research

 power and impact (REF, 2021).

The School of

 Health & Social Care is a vibrant academic community

 for over 3,400 students and 140 staff. Our strategic

aim is to make an enduring impact on

 health, care and society in Scotland and beyond. We do

 that through the provision of high-quality programmes of

 education as well as research/knowledge exchange.

Currently, we are offering an opportunity to

 join our fantastic team as an Associate Professor. The focus of this role

 will be to oversee the School’s postgraduate / post-registration

 and transnational education portfolio.

The

 Role:

As Associate Professor with a remit focused on

 postgraduate / post-registration and transnational education, you

 will have the opportunity to use your experience and passion for

 the development of the healthcare professions, to support

 learning and teaching, leading and overseeing the enhancement of

 the portfolio, as well as developing your own personal portfolio

 of research.

You will be in an excellent position to use

 your knowledge and experience of postgraduate/post-registration

 healthcare education to refine and enhance the existing School’s

 portfolio, ensuring the curricula are contemporary,

 comprehensive, and innovative in design while making most

 efficient use of resource. We already have several programmes

 that are designed to attract professionals from across the

 healthcare disciplines, and we wish to develop that

 further.

Your experience will also allow you to support

 the expansion of the portfolio, so that the School is best placed

 to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills

 for successful careers in a rapidly dynamic healthcare

 environment. Your knowledge of transnational education models and

 experience of successfully delivering transnational education

 will be essential to allow this part of our academic portfolio to

 grow in a considered and sustainable manner.

Upon joining us, you will become part of a

 team of motivated, approachable, and professional individuals,

 committed to their disciplines, who have a good sense of

 camaraderie and expectations about supporting each other using a

 partnership approach, with the focus of building each other, and

 the organisational objective of building careers.

What we will need

 from you:

Doctoral level qualification in a relevant discipline

Qualification in nursing, midwifery, physiotherapy or occupational therapy at least to MSc level

NMC or HCPC registered or

Profile that demonstrates at least national standing and some international engagement

Demonstrable experience of success in leading postgraduate / transnational education portfolios

Experience of success in meeting professional regulator standards for education in countries out-with the UK.

Willingness to travel to support transnational education

A passion for teaching, learning and personal/professional development

For a full role profile and comprehensive list

 of duties, please click 

here.

Benefits we

 offer:

Minimum of 46 days annual leave (includes bank

 holidays), generous pension scheme (26%), flexible working and

 professional development opportunities. Further information can

 be viewed 

here.

Salary:

 £57,422 - £68,529 per annum (Grade 7)

Additional

 information:

Closing date: 23rd July 2025

Interviews: Week commencing 28th July

 2025

For role enquiries, please contact Prof Susan

 Dawkes, Dean, School of Health and Social Care at s.dawkes@napier.ac.uk. For

 general queries (including the application process and right to

 work/sponsorship issues) please contact recuitment@napier.ac.uk

The University is

 committed to inclusion, demonstrated through our work in respect

 of our diversity awards and accreditations and hold Disability

 Confident, Carer Positive and Stonewall Scotland Diversity

 Champion status. More details can be found 

here. We

 are a flexible Employer.