Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor (in Nursing) (Job ID: 5963) at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities:

• Develop and implement innovative research and postgraduate strategies.
• Increase post-graduate throughputs and publishing of scientific articles.
• Teaching of postgraduate students in the relevant field. This includes lectures, tutorials, practical classes (preparation and presentation), assessments and seminars. 
• Coordinate and lecture modules in applicable field.
• Provide clinical supervision of students within the applicable field and relevant fields. 
• Provide support to skills development within the applicable field and relevant fields. 
• Recruit senior students for postgraduate study.
• Provide supervision for postgraduate research projects.
• Contribute to relevant development within the curriculum.
• Participate in community engagement initiatives.
• Perform organisational and administrative duties.
• Maintain a scholarly profile in line with an Associate Professor appointment in an academic department.

Inherent requirements:

Senior Lecturer

• PhD on NQF Level 10 in Nursing.
• Registration as a nurse (General, Community, Psychiatry) and Midwife with the South African Nursing Council.
• Additional qualification in Nursing Education. 
• Proof of registration with the South African Nursing Council.
• Proven experience in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate modules in Nursing.
• Proven experience in the presentation of papers at national scholarly conferences.
• Proven national recognition for specialist expertise and research in a specific area of scholarship.
• Demonstrate potential for obtaining an NRF rating.
• Proven experience in supervision of graduated masters’ degree students.
• A proven research record of relevant publications in national and international accredited journals.
• Proven experience of service as an active member of a national or international scholarly society or committee or agency concerned with research at higher education levels.

Associate Professor

• PhD on NQF Level 10 in Nursing.
• Registration as a nurse (General, Community, Psychiatry) and Midwife with the South African Nursing Council.
• Additional qualification in Nursing Education.
• Proof of registration with the South African Nursing Council.
• Proven experience in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate modules in Nursing.
• Experience as external examiner for postgraduate students.
• Proven experience in the presentation of research papers at national conferences, where there is evidence of peer review of papers.
• Act as an editorial of high-quality national scholarly journals.
• Proven national recognition for specialist expertise and research leadership in a specific scientific area of scholarship.
• Demonstrate potential for obtaining an NRF rating.
• Proven experience in the supervision of graduated master’s degree students.
• A proven research record of relevant publications in national and international accredited journals.
• Serve as a member of a national scholarly society OR a national committee or agency concerned with research at higher education levels OR show evidence of service as an active member of an international equivalent.

Recommendations:

• Qualification in any field of specialisation will be an added advantage Experience of grant writing.
• Being NRF rated
• Knowledge of an additional official South African language