Senior Lecturer in Nursing (Pharmacology)
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Base Pay Range
A$138,124.00/yr - A$158,885.00/yr
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Lecturer Teaching Specialist (Academic) or Senior Lecturer Teaching Specialist (Clinical Practitioner), who will be responsible for providing leadership and direction related to teaching and teaching‐related duties in Nursing (Pharmacology). It includes but is not limited to direct teaching informed by approaches that enhance the student experience in university‐level education; educational leadership; curriculum design and review; delivery innovation; advancements in education technologies; and leadership in ensuring internal and external compliance and accreditation of courses.
This role is also responsible for:
- Contribute to the planning and evaluation of these topics, undertaking the roles of Topic Coordinator and Course Coordinator as required.
- Provide support, academic counselling and professional advice to students concerning their studies, professional development and career opportunities.
- Make effective use of innovations and technologies in teaching practice.
- Provide educational leadership and dissemination of best practice, ensuring awareness and utilisation of contemporary education principles.
Please refer to the attached position description for a full list of roles and responsibilities.
Qualifications
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 robust understanding of the nexus between teaching and learning, research, scholarship and practice.
- 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 of excellence in teaching performance 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 Associate Professor Jason Mills.
Applications to be submitted before 10:00 pm (ACDT) Thursday, 4th December 2025. 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.
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