Associate Professor (in Nursing) (Job ID: 5820) at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities:

Teaching and Learning:

• 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.
• Provide supervision for postgraduate research projects.
• Contribute to relevant development within the curriculum.
• Maintain a scholarly profile in line with an Associate Professor appointment in an academic department.

Research:

• Support the department with the strengthening of overall research related electives including research projects.
• Identifying and obtaining sustainable funding sources to support own and student research.
• Conducting research at a nationally and international competitive level.
• Participate in national and/or international fora to share research results.
• Update knowledge and understanding in the field of specialisation.
• Actively participate in the research focus areas of the Department, producing outputs such as journal papers, procuring external research funding etc.

Engaged Scholarship:

• Utilization of academic scholarly and professional expertise for intentional public purpose or benefit that demonstrates engagement with external constituencies.
• Providing professional service delivery provincially and/ or nationally.
• Community outreach at both provincial and / or national level.
• Being of service to other universities e.g. external examining, assisting with curriculum reviews, organising of conferences, collaborations on inter-university projects.
• Being of service to professional bodies e.g. servicing on national bodies, journal servicing.
• Being of service to other provincial and/ or national stakeholders such as government or NGOs, e.g. servicing on advisory bodies, contributing to policy formulation and review
• Provide professional, scientific, clinical or technical expertise of provincial and / or national health services and / or other related services.
• Raise awareness, promote debate and shift discourse in civil society, communities, industry, education, health sectors and/or other related sectors using professional, scientific or clinical expertise, scholarship or research findings.

Leadership and Administration:

• Provide innovation, leadership and administration within the School, Faculty and University.
• Serves as member of a University Committee in policy formulation.
• Provide support to leadership and assist with staff development.
• Provide leadership in school and/or faculty administration.
• Provide leadership in school and/or faculty committees or programmes or module or phase or year.
• Provide leadership in school and/or faculty decision making.
• Develop networks at faculty level and/or institutional level.
• Provide leadership in teambuilding and establishing of an enabling work environment.

Inherent Job requirements:

• PhD on NQF Level 10 in Nursing.
• An additional qualification in Nursing Education
• Registered at the South African Nursing Council (SANC) as a Nurse (General, Psychiatry & Community) and Midwife/Accoucheur (attach a copy).
• Minimum five years' experience of working within a tertiary institution.
• Proven national and international standing in the field of nursing.
• Proven track record of research in nursing with a research profile commensurate with the level of associate.
• Existing networks and collaborations in nursing, or higher education in Africa or beyond.
• 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 board member of high-quality national scholarly journals.
• Proven national recognition for specialist expertise and research leadership in a specific scientific area of scholarship.
• Proven experience in the supervision of graduated masters' or doctoral students.
• Serve as a member of a national scholarly society OR a national committee or agency concerned with research at higher education or equivalent levels.

Recommendations:

• Experience at management level, and of leading a large team.
• Experience of grant writing.
• An NRF rating.
• Knowledge of an additional official South African language.
• Qualification in any field of specialisation will be an added advantage.