R2 - R3 positions available in the Department of Nursing (Critical Patient Area and Clinical Care)

About UIC Barcelona

Currently, UIC Barcelona has close to 8,000 students and offers 16 bachelor’s degrees, 30 international double bachelor’s degrees and a wide range of master’s and postgraduate degrees, as well as continuing education courses in different fields of knowledge. Since 1997, we have been teaching students following a model based on academic rigor, a satisfying university life and enriching life experiences. The UIC Barcelona team is made up of professionals who are qualified not only in the teaching field, but also in research, management, administration, communication, services and systems. At UIC Barcelona, you will join an active and dynamic work environment that goes beyond the professionalism of each person.

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What we are looking for

The Department of Nursing has positions open to lecturers in different stages of their academic career who want to join us in research, teaching and management tasks.

Candidates will provide input from the perspective of the critical patient and clinical care and will become part of our teaching and research team in the Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, recognised for its educational innovation and research projects in health education.

Junior candidates will be able to join our current lines of research. Senior candidates will be able to join our team and continue with their own research proposals with their own research team, following the line of the Department.

The UIC Barcelona Consolidated Research Group for Health Education is an interdisciplinary and innovative educational research group whose main lines of research include:

1. Health education: improving health knowledge and its determining factors, on the one hand, for specific population groups (population at social risk, caregivers, mother and child, and family settings) and, on the other hand, educating people (mainly chronic disease and complex patient cases), as well as equipping future health professionals to become health trainers.
2. Professional health education: research related to innovative learning methodologies that assures professional excellence among university doctors and nurses from day one, in addition to encouraging professional maturity. The field of research encompasses professional and cross-disciplinary clinical competencies and emphasises the patient safety practices and relational competencies (teamwork, communication and emotional intelligence), self-management, prioritisation and decision making in a health environment as well as complex situations.

(https://www.uic.es/es/grupos-de-investigacion/ciencias-salud/educacion-salud-uic-barcelona)

Candidates will teach classes in the Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, as well as in the University Master’s Degree in Urgent and Emergency Care. If candidates have a native or C1 English level, they can teach classes in English in the international nursing specialty of the Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.

The Department’s main objective is to train students with the knowledge, attitudes and necessary skills to become the best healthcare professionals.

Key responsibilities

• Teaching classes in critical patients and clinical care
• Participating in research projects
• Management related to the academic field

We are offering

• A tenure track contract for three/four years with a mid-term evaluation (depending on the candidate profile, the position could quickly become permanent.)
• The workplace will be located at UIC Barcelona - Department of Nursing (Sant Cugat del Vallès Campus).
• We are offering a full-time contract, good working conditions in a dynamic environment, flexible working hours and research support.
• Salary: salary offered will be aligned with the candidate’s qualifications and experience.
• Start date: September 2023

How to apply for the job

The application must be submitted in a single document and must include:

• A cover letter explaining why you are interested in the position
• At least two written references
• A complete CV with contact details

Application submission period

The deadline for applications is 17 May 2023.