University lecturer in nursing science

University lecturer in nursing science
Ref PAR 2022/443
The University of Gothenburg tackles society’s challenges with diverse knowledge. 56 000 students and 6 600 employees make the university a large and inspiring place to work and study. Strong research and attractive study programmes attract scientists and students from around the world. With new knowledge and new perspectives, the University contributes to a better future.
The Institute of Health and Care Sciences is at the forefront both nationally and internationally in the field of person-centred care. Person-centred care is present in education and research as well as innovation. The Institute is organised according to academic areas made up by interdisciplinary profiles: Care in long-term conditions; The Life Context and Health Promotion; Diagnostics, Acute and Critical Care and Learning and Leadership for Health Care Professionals. The purpose of having academic areas is to integrate the Institute’s joint competence to promote quality in education, research, and collaboration.
The Institute of Health and Care Sciences offers several undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for nurses, radiographers, midwives, and specialist nurses. The basic training courses for nurses and radiographers lead to a professional degree as well as a bachelor's degree. The training of midwives and the different courses for specialist nurses lead to a professional registration in combination with a master's degree. All professional programmes lead to a professional registration. Moreover, separate courses are offered at an advanced level, offering the possibility to continue studying towards a master's degree in one of the Institute’s main subjects; nursing, reproductive and perinatal health, radiography or health care pedagogics. There is also a Doctoral study programme at the Institute of Health Care Sciences.
Subject area
Nursing science
Subject area description
Nursing science involves contributing to the development of knowledge of health and healthcare as well as to promote a high quality of life despite the presence of illness or disability. It also involves the study of a peaceful and dignified death. Nursing is based on the needs and problems related to health, ill health and to daily life, but also on people's resources and ability to handle problems. In nursing, it is not ill health / illness / disability per se, but people's reactions and interpretations of their illness that are in focus. Central to the subject of nursing is a close relationship between the nurse, patient and relatives.
Duties
The position will be placed within the section for long-term conditions. You will be teaching mainly within the course complex care situations, but also within the section’s other courses. However, when needed the activities will be performed in collaboration with other sections at the department.
The activities include planning and teaching, coordinating resources, working on continuity across the courses, keeping up to date with current development within the subject fields and performing the duties of a course co-ordinator. The mission as a course coordinator includes developing and coordinating learning objectives, activities, and forms of examination and assessment criteria in relation to content, purpose and current pedagogical research. It also includes quality, assuring the education with validated assessment methods. Furthermore, the employment includes supervising students in connection with clinical education, supervising and examining degree projects at the undergraduate level, supervising degree projects at graduate level and participating in teaching and supervision for an international course. Major parts of your duties involve administration related to educational activities. In addition, we expect the candidate to actively work on subject development in the main field. Other activities may also be included and the employment may evolve over time.
The employment includes actively working to achieve the department's objectives and business plan, which is actively contributing to the development of the academic environment within the section's Complete Academic Environment (KAM). It is expected of all employees to participate in joint meetings and activities organised by the Institute.
The applicant is expected to teach in Swedish and English.
Eligibility
The eligibility criteria for employing teaching staff are set out in the Appointment Procedure for Teaching Posts at the University of Gothenburg.
To be eligible for appointment as a lecturer, the applicant is required to have demonstrated teaching expertise and to have completed higher education at second-cycle level at least, in Nursing or Vare Pedagogics, or have the corresponding competence or some other expertise that is of value in view of the subject area content of the post and the duties it will involve.
For this position yoa also need to be a Registered nurse with a Swedish licence for nursing, and a specialist nursing degree with a specialization of relevance to emergency care.
We require the applicant to be able to speak and write in Swedish and English.
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