Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing, Permanent, Part time- 0.5 FTE, Contract Type A

University of Galway; Galway; On-site; EUR 66,000 - 105,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal opportunities employer

Job summary

University of Galway invites applications for a part-time, permanent Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing. The post focuses on teaching across nursing programmes, with opportunities to contribute to curriculum development, student supervision, and programme leadership within a dynamic, research-active School of Nursing, Midwifery and Evidence Science.

The successful candidate will engage in teaching across classroom, skills laboratories, clinical settings and online, and will contribute to student

Qualifications

• Must be a Registered Psychiatric Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI).
• Experience in teaching and curriculum development in mental health nursing.
• Ability to supervise students, manage assessments, and contribute to programme administration.

Responsibilities

• Teach and supervise students across mental health nursing programmes.
• Contribute to course planning, organisation, and administration.
• Develop curriculum and support research initiatives within the school.

Skills

Teaching

Curriculum development

Mental health nursing

Clinical nursing

Education

Registered Psychiatric Nurse (NMBI)

Job description

Applications are invited for an appointment as Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing, Part time, Permanent at University of Galway.

The School of Nursing, Midwifery and Evidence Science is a dynamic, innovative, research active School with vibrant teaching and research programmes. The school invites applications for one post of Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing (Type A) Permanent. A Type A contract is a predominantly teaching contract.

The lecturer will be responsible for a variety of duties in teaching, student supervision, course planning and organisation predominantly within the mental health nursing programmes. Working as part of a team, the successful candidate will be required to contribute to all aspects of teaching and associated administration, across our nursing programmes and is also expected to contribute to teaching across School programmes, both in classroom, skills laboratories, clinical settings and on-line. The successful candidate is expected to undertake relevant curriculum and practice development, work as programme director, contribute to the development of student placements, and contribute to research initiatives. Applicants must be a Registered Psychiatric Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, have demonstrated clinical credibility in Mental health Nursing to include substantial clinical experience, and the ability to work constructively with students and others.

Informal enquiries may be directed to Andrew Hunter, Head of School, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Evidence Science [e-mail]. Additional information on the School is available at: https://www.universityofgalway.ie/medicine-nursing-and-health-sciences/nursing-midwifery/

Salary €65,552- €104,573 pro rata p.a (applicable to new entrants effective from January, 2011)

This appointment will be made on the Lecturer scale in line with current Government pay policy and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the University’s Remuneration policy. QA321-Remuneration-Payroll-Policy.pdf

Closing date for receipt of applications is 17:00 (Irish Time) on 17TH December 2026. It will not be possible to consider applications received after the closing date.

A panel of suitable candidates may be formed for further roles. Please note interviews are likely to take place on 18th January 2027 or nearest date and candidates will be asked to present a ten minute presentation on “My contribution to recovery focused mental health nursing education and research in the School of Nursing and Midwifery”.

Garda vetting may apply.

Appointments will be conditional on work authorisation validation.

Further details are available at www.dbei.ie

University of Galway is an equal opportunities employer.