Senior Lecturer (Nursing) (Part-time)

HealthcareLink Trust; Toowoomba Regional; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Southern Queensland seeks a Senior Lecturer (Nursing) to lead high-quality postgraduate teaching, contribute to curriculum design, and drive research initiatives. You will mentor colleagues and foster a collaborative academic culture within the School of Nursing and Midwifery.

The role emphasizes teaching excellence, curriculum leadership, and building external research partnerships to deliver social, economic and health impacts in regional Queensland.

Qualifications

• Master qualification as a Nurse Practitioner, capable of AHPRA registration.
• Desirable doctoral qualification or equivalent accreditation in nursing.
• Registered nurse with AHPRA in Australia; APHRA endorsement desirable.
• Proven ability to deliver high-quality tertiary teaching, including course coordination.
• Research experience with publications and funding is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality teaching across UniSQ’s postgraduate nursing programs.
• Contribute to curriculum development, program coordination, course leadership, and learning materials creation.
• Secure external research funding and engage in impactful research projects.
• Provide academic leadership and mentor colleagues to foster collaborative culture.

Skills

Nurse Practitioner

Teaching excellence

Curriculum development

Student-centred learning

Communication

Mentoring

Academic leadership

Education

Master qualification as Nurse Practitioner

Doctoral qualification in Nursing (Desirable)

AHPRA registration as Nurse Practitioner in Australia

Job description

Job Type: Permanent position | Part time position

Job Description

Are you ready to inspire the next generation of nurses and help shape the future of healthcare? With significant growth in UniSQ’s nursing programs and increasing demand for high-quality education across regional and outer-metropolitan Queensland, our School of Nursing and Midwifery is seeking a highly capable and motivated Senior Lecturer (Nursing) to join our dynamic and supportive academic team. This is your opportunity to contribute to excellence in teaching, impactful research, and meaningful community engagement.

Who You Are

As a qualified Nurse Practitioner you bring strong disciplinary expertise, a commitment to teaching excellence, and interest in developing a research profile with meaningful contributions to the field. You are an effective communicator, a supportive mentor, and a proactive academic citizen who fosters collaboration and builds constructive relationships.

What you'll do

As a Senior Lecturer (Nursing), you will make significant contributions to high-quality teaching, research, and service within the School. Your responsibilities will include:

• Delivering high-quality, student-centred teaching across UniSQ’s postgraduate nursing programs
• Contributing to curriculum development, program coordination, course leadership, and creation of high-quality learning materials
• Securing external research funding and engaging in research projects that deliver meaningful social, economic, and health outcomes
• Providing academic leadership across the School, including mentoring colleagues and contributing to a positive, collaborative academic culture

What will help you succeed

• It is essential you hold a Master qualification as a Nurse Practitioner that can lead to AHPRA registration as a Nurse Practitioner in Australia
• It is desirable that you hold or are working towards a doctoral qualification or equivalent accreditation and standing in nursing
• It is desirable that you hold APHRA endorsement as a Nurse Practitioner, but essential that you are a registered nurse with AHPRA in Australia
• Demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality tertiary teaching, including course coordination, student-centred learning, and positive educational outcomes
• Desirable to have research experience with a track record of publications, funding success, industry engagement, and collaborative research that advances knowledge

For further information on this position, please contact Professor Pauline Calleja, Head of School and Dean (Nursing and Midwifery), University of Southern Queensland. Building on its strengths as Australia’s leading regional university, UniSQ partners closely with its communities to drive innovation and create opportunity through education and research. Guided by our values of respect, integrity, and excellence, UniSQ’s Strategic Plan 2026–2030 sets a clear ambition: to be Australia’s most transformative university by embracing our regional identity, fostering inclusive learning and research environments, and delivering globally relevant outcomes with strong local impact.

The University offers a range of different ways of working and connecting across our physical and virtual spaces to meet the needs of our students, partners and