With continued growth in UniSQ's nursing programs and a strong commitment to excellence in teaching and research, our School of Nursing and Midwifery is seeking a Professor (Nursing) to join our collaborative and forward?thinking team. This is your opportunity to make a lasting impact by mentoring the next generation of nurses, leading innovative research, and contributing to the advancement of healthcare.
Who you are
You are an accomplished and influential nursing academic with an established international reputation for excellence in your field. With your recognised expertise in a nursing specialty, you bring a distinguished record of scholarly, research, and professional achievement. You are deeply committed to advancing the discipline through high?quality teaching, impactful research, and meaningful engagement with industry, government, and the community. Your leadership style is collaborative, strategic, and values?driven—enabling you to mentor and inspire academic colleagues and students alike.
What you'll do
As a Professor (Nursing), you will have a distinct responsibility for providing leadership and fostering excellence in teaching and research within the School of Nursing and across the University. You will act as an authoritative expert in your field, providing academic leadership, shaping curriculum and educational policy, driving high?impact research, and strengthening UniSQ's national and international reputation.
What will help you succeed
Your success in this role will be supported by the depth of your academic expertise, leadership capability, and ability to make sustained, high?impact contributions across teaching, research, and service. You will thrive when you bring:
* A doctoral qualification and international standing in a relevant nursing specialty, demonstrating recognition as a leading authority in the discipline
* A distinguished record of scholarly and professional achievement in nursing, including evidence of outstanding contributions to teaching, research, and the profession
* Demonstrated excellence in tertiary teaching, with experience designing and delivering engaged, reflective, and high?quality learning experiences that support strong student outcomes
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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Reference Number: 0150_10/25
Location: Ipswich campus
Term: Full-time continuing appointment
Salary: Total remuneration $249,636.68 pa (includes salary $210,530 pa, employer super contributions of 17% and annual leave loading)
Closes: Tuesday, 10 February 2026 at 11:30 pm (AEST)
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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.