Are you an experienced academic leader ready to shape the future of nursing education and research? With continued growth in UniSQ's nursing programs and a strong commitment to excellence, our School of Nursing and Midwifery is seeking an Associate Professor (Nursing) to join our collaborative and forward?thinking team—making a lasting impact through mentoring the next generation of nurses, leading innovative research, and advancing health outcomes across regional and outer?metropolitan Queensland.
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Who You Are
You are an accomplished nursing academic with an established national reputation and emerging international profile and recognised excellence in teaching and research. You communicate with clarity and diplomacy, build effective relationships, and are a collaborative leader who mentors others.
What you'll do
Based at either our Toowoomba or Ipswich campus, you will play a key role in driving excellence in nursing education, research, and engagement by:
Leading and delivering high?quality, student?centred teaching across undergraduate and postgraduate programs
Providing academic leadership in curriculum design, program coordination, and scholarly teaching practice
Building productive cross?disciplinary and external collaborations (industry, government, community) that elevate impact
Producing high?quality research outputs aligned with UniSQ strengths, seeking external research funding, and supervising HDR students to timely completion
What will help you succeed
We're looking for an experienced academic with an established national reputation and a passion for nursing education and research. You will bring:
A doctoral qualification in a discipline relevant to Nursing.
Current registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA.
A distinguished record of teaching excellence and scholarly achievement.
Demonstrated experience in delivering engaged and reflective approaches to teaching that produce the best possible outcomes for students.
For further information on this position, please contact Professor Leah East, Interim Head of School and Dean (Nursing and Midwifery), via or
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 community. We value diversity and strive to foster an inclusive environment that is underpinned by our values and champions, embraces and respects differences.
We support and encourage applications from all diversity groups. With an increasingly diverse workforce, we understand that careers may be placed on hold or limited throughout many life circumstances.
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To be considered for this position, you will need to have the right to work in Australia.
Reference Number: 0023_01/26
Location: Toowoomba or Ipswich campus
Term: Full-time continuing appointment
Salary: Total remuneration range $194,677 to $214,071 pa (includes salary range of $164,180 to $180,536 pa, employer super contributions of 17% and annual leave loading)
Closes: Monday, 2 March 2026 at 11:30 pm (AEST)
At UniSQ we are united by our core values of Respect, Integrity and Excellence, which guide our daily actions and decision-making. UniSQ is a child safe organisation.
As part of the University of Southern Queensland's commitment to fostering a safe, respectful and rewarding work environment and in compliance with our legal obligations, we require candidates to declare whether they have been investigated for an allegation of Gender Based Violence, or determined to have engaged in conduct that constitutes Gender Based Violence, during the course of their previous employment or in any legal process.
This information helps us meet our legal obligations under the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender Based Violence, and will be considered when determining a candidate's suitability for employment, so that we can keep our University community safe.
If you know that this role is right for you, please submit your current resume together with a two-page (maximum) statement, outlining your skills and experience relative to 'Who we're looking for' in the position description.
For more information on our selection process please refer to your recruitment journey, available on our website.