Lecturer: Mental Health Nursing
Faculty of Health Studies
School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership
Salary: £40,497 to £45,413 per annum pro rata Working Hours and Working Pattern: 0.6 WTE Post Type: Part Time Contract Type: Permanent Closing Date: Wednesday 03 September 2025 Interview Date: To be confirmed Reference: HR0185477-1
JOB TITLE lecturer in Nursing : Mental Health
Salary: Grade 8 : £40,297 – £45,413 (pro rata)
Hours:(Hours per week) : 0.6WTE
Contract: Permanent
Interview Date:TBC
Working Model:Hybrid
University of Bradford
At the University of Bradford, our focus is on creating the conditions for social, cultural, and economic impact. We are committed to social inclusion. Our work to expand opportunity and enable students to reach their potential, has led to us topping the Social Mobility Index of English universities for the last two years. Our University Strategy sets out our ambitions for 2025, which we will achieve by using our proud heritage as a springboard and remaining steadfast in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Safeguarding
The University of Bradford is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and Adults at Risk through robust safer recruitment practices.
Faculty/Directorate
The School of Nursing, Public Health and Healthcare leadership are growing our range of nursing programmes, developing exciting, innovative curricula which enable future nurses to be ready for the changing requirements of nursing. We work collaboratively with public health and healthcare leadership to offer a range of post graduate CPD opportunities for healthcare staff, and are looking to widen our subject expertise in mental health. We are looking for nurses with contemporary experience of mental health nursing practice to join our team.
What you will be doing:
1. Academic leadership of workstreams, module and / or programmes.
2. Be an exceptional teacher, facilitating and delivering teaching, learning and assessment on undergraduate and post-graduate programmes.
3. Working with students as a personal academic tutor and roles aligned to the NMC (2023) standards for student supervision and assessment.
4. Working collaboratively, with team members, the University, students, and other stakeholders to ensure education is contemporary, interesting and promotes career aspiration and academic stretch.
5. Undertake outreach and engagement activities in local communities/with employers and/ or at university events.
6. Undertaking scholarship, which furthers your career as an academic, ensure you maintain professional registration.
7. Undertaking appropriate professional development to respond to the changing requirements of the role
Qualifications/ experience:
You will be an NMC registrant: nursing associate or registered nurse, with either field registration or experience in mental health Nursing.
You will have a master’s level qualification or above (or be willing to undertake/ be close to completing)
You will have contemporary experience of / awareness of national and local influencers on nursing, care and students.
Experience of teaching, public speaking, working in teams would be advantageous.
Experience of supporting and assessing students/ learners in the workplace
Do not meet this requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with everything in the job description or advert, we encourage you to arrange an informal conversation with the hiring manager. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Celebrating Diversity – The University of Bradford
The School of Nursing and Healthcare leadership is diverse and inclusive and are happy to discuss any adjustments which might be required, including full time/ job share/ part time positions.
The school welcomes applicants who identify as male, who identify from BAME and LGBT+ communities, who are currently underrepresented across our teaching and research teams and who could be positive role models for our students and colleagues. We value diverse voices and lived experiences.
At the University of Bradford, we recognise and embrace people that work in diverse ways so if you need any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to the recruitment team who will be happy to support you.
In Return we Offer:
8. 25 days holiday (Grade 8) 30 days (Grade 9) and 13 statutory and customary days (taken at Easter and Christmas).
9. Family-friendly policies
10. Great campus facilities including:
11. Unique fitness centre
12. Eye clinic
13. Physiotherapy & sports rehabilitation,
14. Counselling & mental health services
15. On site nursery
16. Food & drink outlets
17. Generous employer contribution pension schemes -
18. Generous benefit schemes, including car leasing, cycle to work, holiday purchase, home & technology scheme and shopping discounts
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Additional Information:
If you are interested and want to find out more, please contact Dr Liz Cooper () for a chat.