Associate Professor/Assistant Professor / Assistant Professor (Practice) Midwifery – Newcastle upon Tyne

ABOUT THE ROLE

Working as part of multidisciplinary teams, you will assist the Head of School to maintain, enhance and improve the School and Faculty’s national and international reputation in midwifery and healthcare.

You will be responsible for contributing to an exceptional student experience through the delivery of teaching and learning, knowledge exchange, and business and enterprise engagement activity.

This post is advertised across our Associate Professor, Assistant Professor and Assistant Professor (Practice) roles.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 therefore the successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check. 

ABOUT THE TEAM

The School of Healthcare and Nursing Sciences at Northumbria University is one of the UK’s largest providers of nursing and midwifery education, with an exceptional reputation for high quality education, impactful research and strong partnerships with healthcare services across the North East.

Northumbria is ranked 1st in the UK for Children’s Nursing and 2nd for General Nursing in the Guardian University Guide 2026. Our students benefit from innovative simulation and practice based learning, supported by a recent £4 million investment in nursing, midwifery and allied health facilities.

We offer a supportive and ambitious academic environment with strong NHS and professional partnerships. Our new undergraduate midwifery programme has recently been approved by the NMC.

ABOUT YOU

Applicants for the Associate Professor role will be expected to demonstrate continuing academic attainment and achievement and provide academic leadership through contributions to their discipline and to the life and work of the Faculty. You will also need to be an NMC Registered Midwife.

Applicants for the Assistant Professor (Practice) role should hold a first degree in a relevant subject and a professional qualification, notably NMC Registered Midwife, or substantial professional experience in the discipline. You must also be able to demonstrate contemporary expert specialist knowledge and subject expertise within the relevant discipline and practice areas, ensuring that the curriculum reflects the latest developments within contemporary midwifery and healthcare practice.

Experience of designing, delivering, assessing and evaluating high quality teaching and learning, as well as evidence of contributions to the development of contemporary practice, are essential.

Further information about the requirements of the Associate Professor, Assistant Professor and Assistant Professor (Practice) roles is available in the relevant role descriptions and person specifications.

If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Professor Barry Hill, Associate Head of School, at b.t.hill@northumbria.ac.uk.

Please state clearly in your application which role you are applying for.

We welcome applications from the UK and across the world. Visit our web pages for details about Relocation Assistance. 

This opportunity is open to applications from internal candidates who do not hold a current substantive academic role at Northumbria. Current academic colleagues with a substantive role are encouraged to consider options to progress via the Academic Development Review process.

Pay, Pensions and Total Reward Approach

Northumbria University offers a competitive reward package for academic colleagues through our Total Reward Approach. This combines salary and pension provision to provide flexibility and choice, enabling colleagues to select the option that best suits their individual circumstances.

Academic colleagues can choose to join either the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) or the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS).

Further information about our Total Reward Approach, including pay, pension options and career progression, can be found on our dedicated webpage.

To apply for this vacancy please click ‘Apply Now’.  Your application should include a covering letter and a CV.  Please ensure your CV includes research / education statements, and grants and publications list highlighting your highest quality research outputs up to a maximum of four.  For your most recent grants please include the grant title, funder reference, funder, amount, and your role.  In addition, you are asked to provide copies of the top two research outputs (Journal / book chapter / practice-based portfolio). 

ABOUT US 

Join Northumbria University, a research-intensive institution unlocking potential and changing lives locally and globally. Named Times Higher Education’s University of the Year in 2022 and Modern University of the Year in 2025, we rank top 25 in the UK for research power.  Discover more about us. 

With over 37,000 students from 140+ countries, we offer world-leading research, award-winning partnerships, and an outstanding student experience. We empower our exceptional staff, promoting a positive work-life balance and offering great benefits, including excellent pension schemes, flexible working, generous holiday entitlement and more. 

Our Northumbria Values, co-created by our team, define who we are: Academic Excellence, Innovation, Inclusivity, Collaboration, and Ambition. Our Behaviours shape our work culture: We listen and learn, support one another, respect everyone, trust each other, and are bold.   

Based in Newcastle upon Tyne and London, we are an on-campus organisation and offer flexible hours and location where the role allows. We pride ourselves on diversity and inclusivity, holding a Silver Athena Swan in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality, a bronze Race Equality Charter Award and we are a Disability Confident Leader.  We also hold the HR Excellence in Research award for implementing the concordat supporting the career Development of Researchers and are members of the Euraxess initiative to deliver information and support to professional researchers. The University has implemented a range of flexible working arrangements, and we are happy to explore candidate requirements as part of the recruitment process.

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