Assistant Professor in Intellectual Disability Nursing

School/Department:                   School of Nursing & Midwifery

Job Category and Level:            Assistant Professor; Academic; Tenure Track

Post status:                                  5 Year Fixed-Term, Tenure Track

The Purpose of the Role

We seek to appoint an Assistant Professor in Intellectual Disability Nursing. The primary purpose of this post is to contribute to Intellectual Disability Nursing teaching, research and administrative activities in the School of Nursing & Midwifery. The successful applicant will have an established reputation in teaching and research in Intellectual Disability Nursing and will be expected to contribute to both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in this field and in interdisciplinary curricular teaching, supervision and mentoring. This post provides an exciting opportunity to actively contribute to developments relevant to the discipline in relevant research areas which are of strategic focus and interest for the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin and contemporary society more broadly. The successful candidate will be expected to have a depth of knowledge pertinent to the role and will be expected to publish and disseminate widely in the area of intellectual disability and also attract national and international research funding.

Context

The School is seeking to appoint a motivated and talented nurse who will become an integral part of the intellectual disability nursing team, and who will sustain intellectual disability nursing teaching and research innovation in the future through alignment with strategic priorities and/or the development of new cutting edge intellectual disability funded research strands. The appointee will be expected to provide leadership in policy and practice development at national and regional levels. The person appointed will be required to build on and lead the school’s existing research and teaching profile in the area of intellectual disability nursing and advance existing and new intellectual. disability research priorities by developing and disseminating evidence-based care within the local, national and international contexts.

Person Requirements

The role-holder will require the following knowledge, skills and attributes for successful performance in the role.

Qualifications

• Excellent academic record and have completed or be working towards completion of a Ph.D. in Intellectual Disability Nursing or relevant health-related area (Essential).  
• M.Sc. or equivalent in Intellectual Disability Nursing or in a relevant related field where an applicant does not have a PhD (Essential).
• Experience in working in intellectual disability practice (Essential). 
• A minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in Intellectual Disability Nursing (Desirable). 
• Be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) as a Registered Intellectual Disability Nurse (RNID) or, for overseas candidates, be Registered/Certified as a Nurse in Intellectual Disability practice or be entitled to do so (Essential).