Position Details
Full-Time | Continuing
Academic Level C| $138,124 - $158,885 p.a.
Location: Bedford Park / Kaurna Country
About the Role
The Senior Lecturer (Teaching and Research) will be a key member of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences.
The incumbent will contribute to quality research as well as provide leadership and administration and be responsible for planning and delivering topics and teaching materials.
The role will also be responsible for the delivery of lectures and tutorials, assessment and any other professional activities relevant to the role.
The role will also be responsible for:
Undertaking a lead role in inspiring and innovative teaching informed by approaches that enhance the student experience, such as e learning platforms.
Making a significant contribution to ethical, high quality and innovative research through activities such as scholarship, quality publication, external grant acquisition, mentoring and developing early career researchers and presentation that aligns with the Caring Futures Institute.
Undertaking topic coordination and course coordination.
Assisting in College internal and external quality assurance and accreditation processes in a leadership capacity.
Please refer to the attached position description for a comprehensive list of roles and responsibilities.
About You
Your substantial and sustained teaching experience at the tertiary level, combined with your extensive research background, demonstrates your understanding of the nexus between teaching, learning, research, scholarship and practice.
With exceptional verbal and written communication skills, you effectively apply your interpersonal abilities to build and maintain effective relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
You will also be able to demonstrate:
Completion of a PhD, or equivalent qualification in Nursing in any of the following listed in the position description.
Hold and maintain a current membership/registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Nurse.
Extensive clinical experience across the continuum of Nursing practice.
Evidence of knowledge and practice in the field of First Nations health, including ability to facilitate student learning as it relates to cultural safety and responsiveness.
Experience and successful track record in supervision of honours and higher degree students and other post-graduate course work students research projects.
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
At the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, we aim to be an innovator in contemporary education producing a safer and more resilient health and social care workforce. Our mission is to improve lives and empower communities, enabling better health and caring in the world through an exceptional student learning experience. At the College, our research mission is about co-creating new knowledge which promotes wellbeing, and better care and support, to individuals and communities across the lifespan. We work proactively with industry partners and professional bodies leading to more employable and innovative graduates.
Life at Flinders
We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.
Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them. So, why work at Flinders?
17% Superannuation + salary packaging options
Flexible working arrangements
Our commitment to wellbeing through our Thriving@Flinders initiative
Wide range of professional development activities and services, including exclusive staff study offers
We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff, as shown through our three SAGE Cygnet Awards.
Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services, gym and childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).
Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment
Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.
Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan
Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy
Prescribed Conditions for Employment
A current Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check which is satisfactory to the University will be required by Flinders University before the successful applicant can commence in this position. A criminal record will not automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration. Each case will be assessed on its individual merits and relevance to the inherent requirements of the role.
Staff working in a health care setting are strongly recommended to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in line with the SA Health policy.
How to Apply and Information
You are required to submit a CV, along with a Suitability Statement as a separate document. This should be no more than 3 pages, and address the Key Position Capabilities of the Position Description
For more information regarding this position, please contact Chris Barr
Certification
Applications to be submitted before 10.00pm:
04 Dec 2025At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.
Flinders. Fearless.