Senior lecturer in nursing (pharmacology)

Overview

Academic Level C | $138,124 - $158,885 p.a. pro rata

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About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Lecturer Teaching Specialist (Academic) or Senior Lecturer Teaching Specialist (Clinical Practitioner) to provide leadership and direction in Nursing (Pharmacology). This position focuses on excellence in teaching and teaching-related activities, including the delivery of high-quality, student-centred learning at university level. The role will lead curriculum design and review, drive innovation in delivery, advance the use of education technologies, and contribute to internal and external compliance and accreditation processes.

The Senior Lecturer will play a key role in planning and evaluating topics, undertaking Topic Coordinator and Course Coordinator responsibilities as required. The role also involves providing academic advice and professional guidance to students, fostering their career development, and promoting contemporary educational practice through strong academic leadership and the dissemination of best practice.

Please refer to the attached position description for a full list of roles and responsibilities.

College context

College of Nursing and Health Sciences At the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, we aim to be an innovator in contemporary education producing a safer and more resilient health and social care workforce. Our mission is to improve lives and empower communities, enabling better health and caring in the world through an exceptional student learning experience. At the College, our research mission is about co-creating new knowledge which promotes wellbeing, and better care and support, to individuals and communities across the lifespan. We work proactively with industry partners and professional bodies leading to more employable and innovative graduates.

Students can undertake the Bachelor of Nursing (Preregistration) on-campus at our Bedford Park, City or Riverland campuses, and e-learning, with the same curriculum, clinical placements, and support services. This course is packed with industry experience and placement opportunities, ensuring students gain hands-on skills in various healthcare settings.

Get ready to make a difference in people's lives and start your nursing adventure today.

About You

With significant and sustained evidence and excellence in teaching at a tertiary level, you can reflect and improve in your delivery of teaching enabling you to develop and evaluate innovative teaching and learning strategies in the classroom.

Your excellent interpersonal and effective verbal and written communication skills enable you to establish and maintain relationships with staff, students and industry and are successful in coordinating and/or leading the activities of other staff.

You will also be able to demonstrate:

• Currently registered or eligible for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) or the Pharmacy Board of Australia through the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra).
• Hold and maintain a current membership with a relevant professional association.
• An understanding of pedagogical theory and contemporary educational practice relevant to Pharmacology.
• A willingness and ability to contribute to scholarship in teaching through participation in teaching and learning strategies and in professional development in higher education teaching.
• A completion of a PhD or EdD or equivalent qualification in Pharmacology.

Additionally, the Senior Lecturer, Teaching Specialist (Clinical Practitioner), will also demonstrate:

• Doctorate in a relevant field or equivalent clinical experience and professional standing in Pharmacology.
• Relevant and contemporary clinical experience in a relevant field and ability to maintain concurrently within or outside of this position.
• Significant and sustained evidence in teaching at a tertiary level, inclusive of simulation and/or clinical setting.
• Significant and sustained evidence of development, delivery and evaluation of innovative teaching and learning strategies both in the classroom and in clinical education.

Life at Flinders

We\'re transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.

Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don\'t just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them. So, why work at Flinders?

• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Wide range of professional development activities and services, including exclusive staff study offers.
• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff.
• Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services, gym and childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).

Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment

Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Flinders University has proudly received our inaugural Cygnet award in recognition of our unwavering commitment to reduce barriers to attraction and retention, and foster opportunities, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff members. We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.

• Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan
• Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

• A valid Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.
• In addition, it is a requirement of this position that the incumbent maintain a current Working with Children Check which is satisfactory to the University in accordance with the Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act 2016 (SA).
• Staff working in a health care setting are strongly recommended to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in line with the SA Health policy.

How to Apply and Information

• To apply online, please visit the Jobs@Flinders website via the job portal: JR0000014993 Senior Lecturer in Nursing (Pharmacology)
• You are required to submit your CV and a Suitability Statement of no more than 3 pages, addressing the Key Position Capabilities of the
• Position Description - Teaching Specialist (Academic)
• Position Description - Teaching Specialist (Clinical Practitioner)

For more information regarding this position, please contact Professor Michelle Miller

Applications to be submitted before 10:00 pm (ACDT) Monday, 6th April 2026

Please note, late applications and applications sent via agencies will not be accepted.

At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.