Responsibilities:

• Teach, supervise, and assess students, prepare study material in undergraduate and postgraduate diploma in Mental Health Nursing.
• Be available for contact sessions with students.
• Research in mental health nursing articulates well with the existing research interests of the department.
• Improve and increase personal knowledge of mental health nursing through research and publications.
• Contribute 1.5 (AP) /2 (P) research output units per year.
• Share in the administration and management of the Department and Faculty.
• Invigilate during University examinations and assessments.
• Participate in official gatherings of the University and committees to which the incumbent has been nominated.
• Participate in official meetings of the Department and Faculty.
• Participate in University – linked community development projects.
• Do anything reasonably requested by the Head of Department and Executive Dean.

Minimum requirements

Minimum requirements for Professor:

• The minimum requirement is a doctoral degree (NQF 10) in the relevant discipline.
• Must be registered with SANC as a professional nurse and midwife
• Proof of current registration with SANC as a Post Basic Psychiatric Nurse.
• Registration with SANC as a nurse educator, assessor, and moderator.
• A minimum of five (5) years’ teaching experience of mental health nursing in an academic tertiary institution.
• A minimum of five (5) years’ working experience in the mental health nursing discipline.
• Experience in clinical accompaniment of undergraduate / postgraduate diploma in mental health nursing students.
• Has successfully supervised/ co-supervised Master’s and/or Doctoral students within the minimum time.

Minimum requirements for Associate Professor:

• The minimum requirement is a doctoral degree (NQF 10) in the relevant discipline.
• Must be registered with SANC as a professional nurse and midwife
• Proof of current registration with SANC as a Post Basic Psychiatric Nurse.
• Registration with SANC as a nurse educator, assessor, and moderator.
• A minimum of five (5) years’ teaching experience of mental health nursing in an academic tertiary institution.
• A minimum of five (5) years’ working experience in the mental health nursing discipline.
• Experience in clinical accompaniment of undergraduate / postgraduate diploma in mental health nursing students.
• Good track record of supervision/co-supervision of Master’s and/or Doctoral students.