Associate Professor in Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy (Education)

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £57,422 to £66,537 with potential progression once in post to £86,760

Background

The School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences is seeking to grow our team by appointing a full-time Assistant/Associate Professor in Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy who will contribute to a range of education-related and administration activities within the School primarily across our pre and post registration physiotherapy programmes.

The School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences is a world-leading School that performs cutting-edge and translational research in all aspects of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation sciences. This unique platform allows us to address societal challenges from a multidisciplinary perspective and enrich our curricula with a research intensity that ranks us at 8th place in global league tables. The university has a long tradition in physiotherapy education and our school’s undergraduate physiotherapy programme is ranked number one in the UK in the Complete University Guide (2023, 2024 and 2025).

You will be joining a thriving community of physiotherapists, health psychologists, physiologists, and sports scientists with access to excellent research and teaching facilities. The school is based in a purpose-built building with a range of teaching spaces and practical labs including simulation capture system. We work closely with clinical centres of excellence and are excited to extend our research and impact for the communities we serve via a new state-of-the art Exercise and Rehabilitation Facility, The Centre for Movement and Wellbeing, which opened in March 2024 and includes a physiotherapy clinic. Future developments include a new Clinical Skills Building with simulation spaces for including ward, clinic and home environments.

Having been awarded Athena SWAN Silver status, the school is committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusivity, and therefore welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds to join our global community. The University of Birmingham holds Advance HE Race Equality Charter and Athena Swan Charter bronze awards and is a Stonewall Global Diversity Champion. Further information about working at the University of Birmingham, including information about employee benefits and childcare provision is at https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/index.aspx

Role Summary

The role holder will be based in Edgbaston. The key duties and responsibilities will include but not be limited to: giving lectures and seminars and supervising undergraduate / post-graduate students, course development and innovation, taking an active part in examinations, and supporting and developing impact activity that enhances the student experience and employability. 

The successful applicant will be a qualified physiotherapist holding current HCPC registration, and have a Postgraduate qualification (MSc/MRes or higher) relevant to the physiotherapy discipline, as well as significant teaching experience within the subject specialism.

Appointments will be made at either an Assistant Professor or Associate Professor level please specify which role you are applying for in the application

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Informal enquiries to Ben Ellis, email: b.ellis@bham.ac.uk 

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