"Senior Lecturer in Nursing"

About the position

The School of Nursing and Midwifery undertakes a wide range of teaching and research programs in Nursing, Midwifery, Maternal, Family and Child Health, Ageing and Aged Care, Health Service Design, Health and Wellbeing, Time Critical Nursing, Mental Health, and Workforce. These interconnected programs combine to form Centres of Excellence based within our clinical networks and Research Centres.

The School of Nursing and Midwifery has immersed the curricula and research within a range of clinical contexts. The school offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and higher degree research programs. An essential element is the establishment of Clinical Schools based at Alfred Health, Austin Health, Northern Health, and Melbourne Health networks. The Clinical Schools enable students’ direct access to expert clinicians and clinical services, provide a rich environment for clinically relevant research and practice change, and facilitate opportunities for staff to undertake clinical practice.

The Bachelor of Nursing students are based at a clinical school for the third year of the program, with all relevant third-year theory and clinical practicums provided within the clinical school networks. Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Midwifery students are also placed at the Women’s and Mercy Hospitals. The school has a long-established national and international reputation in nursing and midwifery research and education, and the Clinical Schools provide opportunities for educational innovations, including simulation and clinician-facilitated student supervision.

The school is seeking a Level C academic who has experience in course coordination, with expertise in contemporary nursing practice and facilitating undergraduate and postgraduate education. The successful candidate will be expected to make a significant contribution to the research reputation of the nursing discipline in the school, meaningfully engage with local hospital partners, and undertake research resulting in publications with leading publishers in the field.

Duties at this level will include:

• Leadership at course level – including all responsibilities of Course coordination.
• Design, coordinate, and teach subjects and courses which provide a high quality learning experience that engages undergraduate, honours and postgraduate students.
• Design innovative and effective curriculum which reflects developing best practice nationally and internationally, utilising various methodologies including online and blended learning.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to others in subject or course-level curriculum design and development and delivery of teaching.
• Conduct and lead innovative, high-impact research and produce conference and seminar papers and publications resulting from that research.
• Contribute to building a robust and ambitious research culture within La Trobe.
• Supervise Higher Degree by Research (HDR), honours and postgraduate students.
• Obtain necessary research funding from contracts/grants/consultancies.
• Contribute to knowledge and knowledge transfer, at a local and/or nationally significant level.
• Represent discipline/program or school at external events.
• Attend to effective and efficient performance of allocated leadership and administrative functions primarily connected with the position.

Skills and Experience

To be considered for this position, you will have

• Completion of a PhD or equivalent accreditation and standing recognised by the University/profession as appropriate for the relevant discipline area.
• Demonstrated effectiveness in curriculum development and teaching with a commitment to excellence in teaching.
• Demonstrated capacity to provide leadership at course/program/research group or similar level.
• Proven ability to mentor and supervise undergraduate, honour and postgraduate students.
• Ability to encourage intellectual development and career aspirations of students.
• Record of successful research student supervision relative to opportunity.
• Strong record of research publication, with appropriate evidence of quality and impact.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to interact effectively with people from a diverse range of backgrounds.
• Demonstrated ability to work as a member of a team in a co-operative and collegial manner.
• Proven experience and success in managing staff performance and development.

DESIRABLE

• Recent clinical experience in the adult setting with generalist experience would add significant value.
• Graduate Certificate in Higher Education or evidence of equivalent professional preparation for Higher Education teaching.