Lecturer in Health Sciences (Children's Nursing) Maternity Cover

Qualifications/Training

Job Number

BU04000

School/Department

School of Health Sciences

Grade

7

Salary Information

Grade 7: £38,784 - £46,049 p.a.

Contract Duration

until 30/04/2027

Responsible to

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Closing Date

21-08-2026

The School Mission Statement reflects our aims to champion and promote excellent medical, health and social care science, research, scholarship, teaching and learning, quality and values with people who use services, practitioners, and stakeholders. To promote language and cultural competence relevant to local, national and international partners, and to provide an inclusive culture and environment for staff and students within the School.

Bangor’s mission is for a research-led University of and for North Wales, providing transformative learning experiences and nurturing a positive impact on society regionally, nationally, and internationally (Strategy 2030). Across the University, research and teaching are closely inter‑linked: almost all research academics teach, ensuring that our students benefit from the knowledge created by our research. In REF
2021, 40% of our research is considered 4
* or world‑leading and 45% is 3
* or internationally excellent. 77% of Bangor’s research was scored as 4
* or 3
* in the last  2014. In REF
2021 it has increased to 85%. In REF
2021, Bangor is 41st for the proportion of our research environment judged to be world‑leading and 46th (out of 129 - excluding six single‑subject institutions) in the sector for research.

The School of Health Sciences is an interprofessional school which sits within the College of Medicine and Health Sciences and provides medical, health and care education and research at Bangor University. The School works in partnership with health, social and educational care providers through well‑established links to enable a clinical and academic experience to be provided for children’s nursing students. The School offers a career‑spanning portfolio of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and short courses for health and care and allied professionals.

The School comprises over 120 staff, delivering to students from across allied health programmes. We hold an Athena Swan Bronze award in recognition of our commitment to and progress towards gender equality within the University’s policies, practices, and culture.

This post is available on our teaching and scholarship career track. Here at the School of Health Sciences, we value the partnership we have with students and prioritise support and encouragement for all our students across their differing programmes. The School offers a supportive culture for our less experienced lecturers to develop their potential and you will be provided with an academic mentor.

The successful candidate will have opportunities to contribute to teaching and learning across the School’s portfolio, including in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

• To teach children’s nursing at undergraduate and postgraduate) levels, including supervision of students as they complete formative and summative assessments.
• To develop ways of teaching to include blended and in person approaches, teaching materials and assessment.
• To support module and course design, assessments and develop skills for module co‑ordination and module leadership module coordinator.
• To provide the highest quality pastoral and academic support to children’s nursing undergraduate and postgraduate students.
• To undertake administrative duties as designated by the Head of School to engage in School citizenship and personal development.

• Plan, prepare and deliver lectures and tutorials responding effectively to a variety of student backgrounds, learning styles and class sizes.
• Motivate students to proactive engagement in learning and provide meaningful and constructive feedback on the quality of their work.
• Keep abreast of new professional, educational and related social, economic and technological developments in children’s nursing.
• Supervise undergraduate and postgraduate projects.
• Be personal tutor to a number of undergraduate (and postgraduate students), providing the…