UHI is the United Kingdom’s leading integrated university encompassing both further and higher education. Based in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, our distinctive partnership of 12 independent colleges and research institutions is locally based and rooted in communities, but with national and international reach, as part of a regional university structure.

To support our work we are recruiting to the following role:

Lecturer (Advanced Clinical Practice)

Salary range	£41,360-43,880 per annum
Duration	Permanent Full-time
Working hours	35hrs per week
Location	UHI House, Inverness
Closing Date	Sunday 24th August 2025

Lecturer in Advanced Clinical Practice- Full time (Inverness)

Centre for Rural Health Science

We are seeking to recruit a committed individual, with advanced clinical practitioner experience, who would value the opportunity to be involved in the education of the next generation of advanced clinical practitioners and contribute to post-registration education.

Applicants must be experienced advanced clinical practitioner, NMC or HCPC registrants, who wishes to develop their career to provide high quality and innovative teaching to students in undertaking undergraduate and postgraduate education in the Centre for Rural Health Science.

Ideally applicants should have experience of teaching and learning of pre and post-registration students. Experience of delivering academic education and a recognised teaching qualification is desirable, but not essential.

The successful candidate will join a team committed to enhancing education of nurses, midwives and allied health professionals (NMAHPs) across the Highland and Islands and further afield. This is an academic post within the Centre for Rural Health Sciences, which is part of a wider established academic team, involving NMAHP education, research and pedagogical activity.

The University offers academic and professional development and the opportunity to undertake a Postgraduate Certificate Teaching Qualification for individuals who do not hold a recognised teaching qualification. You will be supported to develop your interests in order to progress your career.

Centre for Rural Health Science

The Centre for Rural Health Sciences is part of the university’s Health, Social Care and Life Sciences subject area that brings together all health researchers and related teaching at UHI.

Based in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, we have a campus in Inverness, the capital of the Scottish Highlands, and in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis. We provide accessible, evidence informed education for nurses and other health and social care professionals, including undergraduate and postgraduate students, and are committed to supporting our students to make a significant contribution to the care of patients and the public.

We foster a strong research community locally and build research collaborations nationally and internationally in order to conduct high quality applied research that improves health and wellbeing within the Highlands and Islands and addressing key health questions relevant to Scotland and beyond.

We have expertise in developing novel interventions and evaluating existing health and social care services and have highly experienced researchers and behavioural scientists.

A detailed job description and person specification for the post are attached.

We particularly welcome applications from those with experience of working in remote and rural areas and or the community setting

Applicants with informal questions are encouraged to contact Professor Nicola Carey Head of Centre for Rural Health Science, by email to nicola.carey@uhi.ac.uk or Dr Heather Bain Associate Head of Centre for Rural Health Science, by email to Heather.Bain@uhi.ac.uk

Applicants from those interested in secondment are welcome

Pay and Benefits

Full time, 35 hours per week

Salary is dependent on experience

This role is linked to grade 7 on the UHI payscale.

The starting salary for this position will normally be in the range £41,360-43,880 per annum pro- rata. For exceptional candidates a higher salary up to the top of the grade (currently £47,947 per annum) may be available.

This post is subject to a Disclosure Scotland Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme check, so please let us know if you are currently a PVG scheme member.

A reasonable relocation package is available for the successful candidate.

The workplace pension scheme we provide to workers at grade six and above is the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS). This is a qualifying pension scheme, which means it meets or exceeds the government’s standards. Full information on the scheme can be found at http://www.uss.co.uk/Pages/default.aspx ]

Full-time posts carry a total of 39 days leave per annum (pro rata for part-time posts). It is practice that, with the exception of a Christmas and New Year closure, leave may be taken at any time of year, subject to the requirements of the post and department and with the permission of your line manager.

Recruitment Process

When completing the application form please ensure that you clearly evidence how you meet the selection criteria identified on the relevant person specification.

The deadline for submitting your application is Sunday 24^th August 2025 at 11.59pm.

Shortlisting will take place the week commencing w/c 25^th August 2025

Interviews will be held by videoconferencing Wednesday 3^rd September 2025

If you have any queries regarding our recruitment and selection process, or if you would like to request any reasonable adjustments to either the recruitment process or the prospective job, please contact the HR team as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held Wednesday 3rd September 2025.

Apply online

If you have any queries about the application process please contact the HR Office at HR@uhi.ac.uk.