Professor in Intellectual Disability Nursing

Post Summary

The Professor in Intellectual Disability Nursing will provide strategic and operational input to expanding and developing intellectual disability nursing research and practice at Trinity College Dublin. Ageing and intellectual disability is one of the key pillars of research and research strengths within the School of Nursing and Midwifery with the discipline nationally and internationally recognized for the Intellectual Disability Supplement to The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (IDS TILDA) and the Trinity Centre for Ageing and intellectual Disability (TCAID). The post will build on the current research activity and research priorities of the School and the discipline.

The School has recently embarked on its Strategic Plan 2023-2030: Transforming healthcare and creating a better future for all, through which we provide world-leading educational programmes to prepare nursing, midwifery and other health professionals to meet the needs and inform the future development of national and international healthcare and in Intellectual Disability Nursing to the development of the highest quality lives of people with an intellectual disability. These programmes are aligned to our cutting-edge collaborative research across our research centres and research themes.

The School is seeking to appoint a motivated and talented individual who will become an integral part of the intellectual disability nursing team, and who will sustain intellectual disability nursing research innovation in the future through alignment with TCAID priorities and/or the development of new cutting edge intellectual disability funded research strands. The appointee will be expected to provide leadership in policy and practice development at national and regional levels. The person appointed will be required to build on and lead the School’s existing research and teaching profile in the area of intellectual disability nursing and advance existing and new intellectual disability research priorities by developing and disseminating evidence-based care within the local, national and international contexts.

Post status: PermanentContract

Salary:

Appointment will be made on the Professor In (Former pay scale name ‘Associate Professor’) Salary Scale (103B) commensurate with qualifications / experience and in line with Public Sector Pay Policy (€97,247 to €130,010 per annum)   

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How to apply:

To assist the selection process, applicants should submit;

Cover Letter (1x A4 page)

A comprehensive curriculum vitae, including a full list of publications

The names and contact details (i.e. addresses, e-mail, etc.) of three referees

A comprehensive research plan (maximum 2 pages) and a teaching statement (maximum 2 pages)

Applicants who do not submit the above 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. Late applications will not be accepted.

Applicants should note that the interview process for this appointment will include the delivery of a presentation.

Please see the Job Description below for this position.

Informal enquiries

 about this post should be made to Professor Mary McCarron, Professor Of Ageing & Intellectual Disability, E:  

[email protected]
Application queries

about this post, please email the Recruitment Partner, Becky Brock, at E:  

[email protected]

and include the Competition ID number in the subject heading.

At Trinity, we are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. Trinity welcomes applications from all individuals, including those applicants with disabilities, those who may have had non-traditional career paths, those who have taken time out for reasons including family or caring responsibilities. We also welcome international applicants including those whom have been displaced due to war.

We are ranked 3rd in the world for gender equality (Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2020) and we hold an Athena SWAN Bronze award, recognising our work to advance gender equality. The University is actively pursuing a Silver level award, which it has committed to achieving by 2025. Trinity is committed to supporting the work-life balance and to creating a family-friendly working environment.