Lecturer in Physiotherapy

SLCPHS has a large undergraduate and postgraduate teaching portfolio in physiotherapy, primary care, public health and global health and interprofessional links with other healthcare and bioscience programmes in the Faculty and university. The post-holder will contribute to two successful pre-registration physiotherapy programmes. They will make a significant contribution to the leadership, ongoing development and delivery of the curricula in physiotherapy to reflect contemporary research, evolving health and social care, global relevance and educational innovation. The post-holder will work with an interdisciplinary group of innovative researchers and educators to promote interprofessional learning, student engagement and high-quality student support.

This is a full-time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria (Grade 6)

• PhD in a relevant subject area or equivalent post-registration education and experience.
• Chartered Physiotherapist or other Allied Health Professional (UK HCPC or other national registration body and eligible to apply for registration with the HCPC).
• Evidence of successful independent, high-quality research (or evidence of a trajectory towards this), including evidence of publications of high-quality, peer-reviewed papers.
• Evidence of sustaining research activity at an appropriate level for an early career including grant applications (may be collaborative grants as co-investigator).
• Evidence of supervision of MSc students.
• Evidence of experience in the development and delivery of high-quality teaching including module organisation and curriculum development in higher education.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills (written & verbal).
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, actively addressing areas of potential bias.

Essential criteria (Grade 7)

• PhD in a relevant subject area.
• Chartered Physiotherapist or other Allied Health Professional (UK HCPC or other national registration body and eligible to apply for registration with the HCPC).
• Evidence of successful independent, high-quality research, including evidence of publications of high-quality, peer-reviewed papers as first, last or corresponding author.
• Evidence of sustaining research activity at an appropriate level for an early career including securing research funding as a Co-Investigator and/or Principal Investigator.
• Evidence of supervision of PhD and MSc students.
• Evidence of experience in the development and delivery of high-quality teaching including module organisation and curriculum development in higher education.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills (written & verbal).
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, actively addressing areas of potential bias.

Desirable criteria (both grades)

• Higher education teaching qualification.
• Knowledge of the requirements of research funding bodies in the UK.
• Experience of education leadership in programme delivery and curriculum development.
• Clinical expertise, focused on personalised musculoskeletal or neurological physiotherapy, or rehabilitation including application of digital health methods.

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.