Lecturer: Mental Health Nursing

University of Bradford; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Bradford is seeking a part-time lecturer in Nursing with a specialization in Mental Health. This role involves delivering high-quality teaching and supporting students in their educational journey. The ideal candidate should be an NMC registrant with a master’s level qualification or above, and possess contemporary experience in mental health nursing. Opportunities for academic development and a supportive environment for diverse applicants are included.

Benefits

25 days holiday (30 days for Grade 9)

Generous benefit schemes including car leasing and shopping discounts

Qualifications

• NMC registrant: nursing associate or registered nurse.
• Must have contemporary experience of mental health nursing.
• Experience in teaching, public speaking, and supporting students is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide academic leadership for workstreams.
• Deliver teaching and assessment for nursing programs.
• Engage with students as a personal academic tutor.
• Conduct outreach and engagement activities in local communities.
• Undertake professional development in response to role changes.

Skills

Nursing experience

Public speaking

Team collaboration

Mentoring

Education

Master’s level qualification or above

Job description

School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership

Working Hours and Working Pattern: 0.6 WTE

PostType: Part Time

ContractType: Permanent

ClosingDate: Wednesday 03 September 2025

InterviewDate: To be confirmed

Reference: HR0185477-1

JOB TITLElecturer in Nursing : Mental Health

Contract: Permanent

Interview Date:TBC

Working Model:Hybrid

University of Bradford

At the University of Bradford, our focus is on creating the conditions for social, cultural, and economic impact. We are committed to social inclusion. Our work to expand opportunity and enable students to reach their potential, has led to us topping the Social Mobility Index of English universities for the last two years. Our University Strategy sets out our ambitions for 2025, which we will achieve by using our proud heritage as a springboard and remaining steadfast in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Safeguarding

The University of Bradford is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare ofchildren, young people, and Adults at Risk through robust safer recruitment practices.

Faculty/Directorate

The School of Nursing, Public Health and Healthcare leadership are growing our range of nursing programmes, developing exciting, innovative curricula which enable future nurses to be ready for the changing requirements of nursing. We work collaboratively with public health and healthcare leadership to offer a range of post graduate CPD opportunities for healthcare staff, and are looking to widen our subject expertise in mental health. We are looking for nurses with contemporary experience of mental health nursing practice to join our team.

What you will be doing:

• Academic leadership of workstreams, module and / or programmes.
• Be an exceptional teacher, facilitating and delivering teaching, learning and assessment on undergraduate and post-graduate programmes.
• Working with students as a personal academic tutor and roles aligned to the NMC (2023) standards for student supervision and assessment.
• Working collaboratively, with team members, the University, students, and other stakeholders to ensure education is contemporary, interesting and promotes career aspiration and academic stretch.
• Undertake outreach and engagement activities in local communities/with employers and/ or at university events.
• Undertaking scholarship, which furthers your career as an academic, ensure you maintain professional registration.
• Undertaking appropriate professional development to respond to the changing requirements of the role

Qualifications/ experience:

You will be an NMC registrant: nursing associate or registered nurse, with either field registration or experience in mental health Nursing.

You will have a master’s level qualification or above (or be willing to undertake/ be close to completing)

You will have contemporary experience of / awareness of national and local influencers on nursing, care and students.

Experience of teaching, public speaking, working in teams would be advantageous.

Experience of supporting and assessing students/ learners in the workplace

Do not meet this requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with everything in the job description or advert, we encourage you to arrange an informal conversation with the hiring manager. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Celebrating Diversity – The University of Bradford

The School of Nursing and Healthcare leadership is diverse and inclusive and are happy to discuss any adjustments which might be required, includingfull time/ job share/ part time positions.

The school welcomes applicants who identify as male, who identify from BAME and LGBT+ communities, who are currently underrepresented across our teaching and research teams and who could be positive role models for our students and colleagues. We value diverse voices and lived experiences.

At the University of Bradford, we recognise and embrace people that work in diverse ways so if you need any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to the recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

• 25 days holiday (Grade 8) 30 days (Grade 9) and 13 statutory and customary days (taken at Easter and Christmas).
• Generous benefit schemes, including car leasing, cycle to work, holiday purchase, home & technology scheme and shopping discounts

Confronting Inequality : Celebrating Diversity

At the University of Bradford we accept people for who they are regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sex, marital status, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation or socio-economic background and whether you’re pregnant or on maternity leave.

In line with the University’s commitment to equality charters including Athena Swan, Race Equality Charter, Disability Confident and Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme, we welcome applications from people identifying with these characteristics. The University has a number of staff networks which provide peer support and safe spaces for staff who hold these and other identities.