21 Oct
University of Chichester
Chichester
Job description
School of Nursing and Allied Health
Full Time (1.0fte) or 2 x Part Time (0.5fte)
Salary up to £54,395 per annum (pro rata if applicable)
About this role
The University of Chichester is looking for a talented, passionate HCPC registered Physiotherapist to join its rapidly growing health care education team, based at the Chichester campus.
This is an exciting time for health care education in our GOLD TEF University which reflects our outstanding teaching and student experience.
We are growing our provision and have significant investment in resources alongside a growing reputation for innovation and excellence.
As a result,
the university is looking to appoint a full time Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy or two part time Senior Lecturers, with experience and interest of Cardio / Pulmonary Physiotherapy, to join our dynamic academic team at our Chichester Campus.
There is the potential to undertake academic development with a Teaching qualification, a Masters or PhD level, as part of this role.
As a Physiotherapy Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Allied Health, your responsibilities will include leading in teaching and module co-ordinating for a contemporary Physiotherapy curriculum.
You will enhance the student experience across our provision; providing students with a high-quality, research informed educational experience leading to an understanding of healthcare practice and the achievement of both academic and professional qualifications.
This will involve teaching and learning activity, student recruitment, clinical placement support, assessment and research.
There are opportunities to embrace interprofessional research and scholarly activity in the school and support collaborations with clinical colleagues to develop and prepare appropriate clinical placements including educational audit and clinical liaison.
As a Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Allied Health, there is the opportunity to develop your research and partner engagement alongside teaching commitments in your working year.
About you
The appointed postholder(s) will have leadership experience, have a good relevant undergraduate degree with further professional or academic qualifications at Masters level (or working towards) in Physiotherapy.
You will be a practicing Physiotherapist currently on HCPC register for a minimum of 4 years and will be a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP).
You will have experience of working as a Physiotherapist in the UK, experience of supporting students and ideally in the NHS.
You will also demonstrate the ability to engage the interest and enthusiasm of students and inspire them to learn ideally drawing on some educational experience.
Your teaching will be informed by a combination of practical experience and / or research to support high quality learning and teaching, experience of using Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs), and the use of technologies to enhance the learning, assessment of and feedback to students.
About the team
You will work within the team to strengthen the distinctiveness of the University’s student experience as high-quality, personalised, accessible and aspirational.
You’ll need to demonstrate an ability to work effectively and positively within a small academic team, excellent teaching methods with the ability to develop a variety of approaches to learning and teaching that is student-centred, inclusive and flexible.
We are a top 40 UK University that prides itself on our sense of community, including an excellent staff experience.
In addition to your salary we offer a competitive reward package with a range of staff benefits , professional development and discounts which include :
- Defined Benefit pension scheme via our provider the Teachers’ Pension Scheme. Your own monthly contributions are enhanced with employer contributions and a substantial automatic lump sum life cover scheme enhancement.
- A paid closure period over the Christmas break is in addition to our generous holiday allowance of 35 days pro rata with bank holidays too and an occupational sickness scheme.
- There’s also an on-site gym; a cycle purchase salary sacrifice scheme; subsidised bus travel between our Bognor and Chichester campuses and Chichester town centre;
24 / 7 Employee Assistance Programme to support our staff and extensive personal / professional training opportunities throughout the year.
- Access to ring fenced study leave for a plethora of professional development opportunities and courses relevant to the role being undertaken
▶️ Senior Lecturer(s) in Physiotherapy
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