Lecturer in Physiotherapy

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced physiotherapist to join the Department of Allied Health in the School of Health and Wellbeing. You will join a friendly and supportive team of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, radiographers, and dieticians, who play key roles in the delivery and ongoing development of the courses in the Department.

You should also expect to be actively involved in curriculum development and design, creatively considering teaching and learning within a dynamic team. Responsibilities for the post will include leading modules and teaching on the Physiotherapy course, especially (but not exclusively) relating to neurology, MSK rehabilitation, cardiovascular, and respiratory practice across all 3 years.

We expect and encourage all staff to participate in a variety of modules in physiotherapy and other disciplines at foundation, undergraduate, and postgraduate levels where relevant. All our staff work as an inter-professional team, teaching collaboratively across shared and profession-specific modules at all academic levels, and you will be expected to share this philosophy.

As a student-centred, inclusive university, your role will include being a Personal and Academic Tutor, supporting and encouraging students to achieve their potential. You will also supervise students with their dissertations and participate in admissions and recruitment events where we work collaboratively with our colleagues in IMPACT, the university service-user group, who support teaching, recruitment, and curriculum development.

In addition, the post holder will be expected to play an active role within the School, which may include involvement in the delivery of CPD activity across a range of programmes. All staff are expected to engage in research and scholarly activity to enhance their own professional and academic development. Candidates are expected to highlight their areas of expertise in practice and how they intend to further this through scholarship and research.

Selection Process: Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview and asked to deliver a 15-minute teaching session, followed by 5 minutes of questions. The teaching session should address the topic Understanding Pain: From Acute to Chronic, aimed at Level 5 students. The Chair of the teaching session panel will provide structured feedback on the presentation to the subsequent interview panel.

The School of Allied Health and Community offers courses ranging from foundation degrees in various specialities of health and social care to BSc (Hons) in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Radiography, Dietetics and Social Work, and Master’s level study in a number of disciplines related to Health and Social Care. The School is also developing a range of new CPD provision.

The wider College of Health, Life and Environmental Science has an exceptional reputation for excellence, and the appointee will further develop the quality of our provision through strong collaboration with our practice partners.

What’s in it for you?

• Annual incremental increase up to 43,482, with the opportunity to progress to 47,389
• 47 days leave per year (inclusive of bank holidays and University closure days)
• Access to our Staff Retail Benefits Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Tusker Car Leasing
• Wellbeing advice and support through our Employee Assistance Programme
• In-house training and development support
• A friendly, inclusive and supportive culture and work environment

For this role, full-time and part-time (0.8) will be considered. Please note that this post does not meet the minimum salary requirements for visa sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route. We are therefore unable to consider applicants for this post who will require sponsorship to work in the UK.

Please note that if not already an employee of the University of Worcester, the appointed candidate will be employed through our subsidiary company Uniworc Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Worcester. Appointees of Uniworc Limited will automatically be enrolled into the Aviva FlexHE defined contribution pension scheme (subject to earnings and other eligibility criteria).

We value diversity and wish to promote equality at all levels.