Associate Professor or Professor (First Nations Nursing and/or Midwifery)

• Full-time continuing appointment
• Remuneration range $183,158 to $234,865 pa
• Jagera, Yuggera and Ugarapul (Ipswich) or Giabal and Jarowair (Toowoomba)

Building on its strengths as Australia’s leading regional University, UniSQ’s vision is to be renowned for innovation and excellence in education, student experience, research and engagement. Guided by our core values of respect, integrity and excellence, the University’s Strategic Plan 2021-2025 outlines our commitment to creating and sharing knowledge, transforming lives and solving the problems that matter to our world.

The UniSQ First Nations Education and Research Portfolio, through a whole of University effort, strives to empower First Nations peoples to take their rightful place and reach their full potential at UniSQ. Our First Nations Blueprint 2022-2025 envisions UniSQ as a renowned place of First Nations learning, intercultural exchange, and truth-telling that embraces Country.

Find out more about our school by visiting School of Nursing and Midwifery | University of Southern Queensland (unisq.edu.au)

Who you are

Are you a dedicated and accomplished professional in the field of First Nations Nursing? We are actively seeking individuals for the position of Associate Professor or Professor who possess a unique combination of academic qualifications, professional expertise, and distinctive personal qualities.

What you'll do

You will have the responsibly in providing leadership and fostering excellence in teaching, research, service, scholarship and professional activities associated with academic quality in the discipline, business unit and more broadly across the University. 

With strong personal and professional ethos of integrity and compassion you enjoy working as part of a collaborative and supportive team tasked with the ongoing delivery of teaching excellence at all levels. As teaching and research academic, you will:

• Embody teaching activities and practices that lead integration and imbed best practice/scholarly, evidence which is informed by scholarly leading practice
• Establish a student centric approach that truly engages students in learning and embed employability
• Provide strategic leadership and direction to other academic employees in professional practice
• Provide relative support to our First Nations students, delivering a positive educational experience through teaching, research and ongoing engagement activities with our external communities and partners.

What will help you succeed

You will have an understanding of Australian Indigenous perspectives and significant experience working and communicating effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as well as:

• A PhD in a relevant discipline
• Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse or Registered Midwife
• A recognised leader in this discipline area with an exceptional record of scholarly and professional achievement
• Demonstrated teaching and research excellence in First Nations Health
• Capability to lead and engage in discipline research initiatives that collaborates and advances knowledge with others and results in the attraction of relevant funding
• Engage with and influences industry and government at all levels
• Capacity to teach into the pre-registration nursing program via blended delivery.
• Ability to conduct and disseminate research; and
• Capacity and interest to lead community and professional development initiatives relevant to Nursing and Midwifery

This is an identified position and is open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. For this position, it is a genuine occupational requirement that it be filled by an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person as permitted under section 25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld).

For further information about this role, please contact Professor Linda Deravin, Head of School and Dean (Nursing and Midwifery) via +61 7 3812 6084 or [email protected] .

The University offers a range of different ways of working and connecting across our physical and virtual spaces to meet the needs of our students, partners and community. We value diversity and strive to foster an inclusive environment that is underpinned by our values and champions, embraces and respects differences.

We support and encourage applications from all diversity groups. With an increasingly diverse workforce, we understand that careers may be placed on hold or limited throughout many life circumstances.

Find out more about UniSQ at www.unisq.edu.au

ReferenceNumber: 0041_02/24

Location: Jagera, Yuggera and Ugarapul (Ipswich) and Giabal and Jarowair (Toowoomba)

Term: Full-time continuing appointment (37.5 hrs/week)

Salary:

Level D: Total remuneration range $183,158 to $201,404 pa (includes salary range of $154,759 to $170,177 pa, employer superannuation contributions up to 17% of salary and annual leave loading)

Level E:  Total remuneration $234,865 pa (includes salary of $198,449, employer superannuation contributions up to 17% of salary and annual leave loading)

Closes: Wednesday 10, April 2024

At UniSQ we are united by our core values of Respect, Integrity and Excellence, which guide our daily actions and decision-making.

If you know that this role is right for you, please submit your current resume together with a two-page (maximum) statement, outlining your skills and experience relative to ‘Who we’re looking for’ in the position description.

For more information on our selection process please refer your recruitment journey available on our website.

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