2 Year Fixed Term

Please note a full application including a covering letter detailing your experience alongside a CV is required for applications to be considered. Please be advised applications made without providing a cover letter will not be accepted.

Canterbury and Medway

This exciting opportunity to develop an innovative clinical–academic role, where you will combine practice, teaching and research to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities and autistic people, is your chance to develop your academic career, influence the future workforce, and make a real impact.

Make a Difference Where It Matters Most

Are you ready to combine clinical practice, education, and research to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities and autistic people? This is an exciting opportunity to help shape nursing education and develop the future workforce while driving innovation in care. You will deliver high-quality education, support students in practice, and help shape future nursing programmes while contributing to innovation and service improvement.

This unique post offers the chance to:

Deliver inspiring, student-centred teaching.
Support learners in practice as a Practice Supervisor/Assessor.
Influence and innovative learning disability nursing curricula.
Develop and strengthen practice learning environments and placements.
Contribute to research and service improvement.

Who We are Looking For

We are looking for a NMC Registered Nurse whose clinical experience is substantively within learning disability services. You should have a passion for education, innovation and improving outcomes and be motivated to develop as a clinical academic leader.

Why Join Us?

We can offer you a genuine clinical–academic career pathway, and an opportunity to shape future nurses and midwives. You will work across clinical, academic and research environments and be part of a team committed to reducing health inequalities.

We want to hear from you if you are driven to educate, innovate and transform care.

How to apply

Start date for applications: 16th of July 2026
Closing date for applications: 8th of July 2026
Interviews are to be held: 22nd of July 2026

If you require further information regarding the post please feel free to contact Dr Paula Kuzbit paula.kuzbit@canterbury.ac.uk (strictly no agencies, thank you) quoting reference number REQ06204.

Please note, Canterbury Christ Church University reserve the right to bring the closing date of this position forward where a high volume of applications is received.

Additional Information

Canterbury Christ Church University truly welcomes fresh perspectives and new voices. We want you to bring the real you to work, so we are committed to building a genuinely inclusive working environment where everyone is welcomed and where everyone can have a true sense of belonging. Our spirit of community will help us to eliminate discrimination and will enable us all to thrive in a culture that is underpinned by fairness and justice. We therefore seek people to join us who will proactively support and shape this aim and contribute in their own unique way. If this is you, then we are waiting to hear from you. #yourCCCU

Our University is deeply committed to shaping sustainable futures as a key part of its mission and values. If you share this passion, we encourage you to join us in making CCCU a more socially and environmentally conscious, sustainable place to study and work

Employment Visa Clarification: According to the UK Government Points Based System, this position does not fulfil the requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route application.

Please ensure you include contact details of two employment referees in your application, one of which must be your current/ most recent line manager.

Please note applications must be made online via the University website; details sent directly via email cannot be considered.

Prior consideration will be given to applicants in the University’s redeployment pool. No agencies, thank you.

For more information about this role, please view the job description via the attachments link above.