Lecturer in Physiotherapy

Hours: 0.5 FTE 17.5 hours per week

Salary: Grade 8: £44,128 - £55,755 per annum/pro rata (with possible progression to £62,728 per annum/pro rata)

Fixed Term - Maternity Leave Cover:  From 4/8/25 – 31/7/26

Teaching and Scholarship: 

This is an exciting opportunity to join the School of Health Sciences at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, and contribute to high-quality and transformative educational experiences for healthcare students in an innovative and high-tech learning environment. You will be part of a lively and committed team delivering and growing our portfolio of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the field of Physiotherapy and Sports Rehabilitation. In addition, where relevant, you will have an opportunity to contribute to programmes across the Division, School and University.

The School delivers a breadth of professional programmes such as Physiotherapy, Nutrition, Dietetics, Therapeutic and Diagnostic Radiography, Podiatry, Occupational Therapy, Art Therapies, Speech and Hearing Science, Nursing and Paramedic Science. As such, we are in a unique position to develop opportunities for multi-professional and interdisciplinary learning, teaching and research.

To apply for this role, you must be registered with the HCPC, hold a degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy and a Postgraduate qualification in an area relevant to Physiotherapy. We are specifically looking for someone with knowledge and recent experience of contemporary cardiorespiratory physiotherapy practice with experience of working with adults across a range of cardiorespiratory conditions including long term conditions and cardiorespiratory rehabilitation. You must also have recent experience of undertaking student assessment and facilitating learning and teaching in physiotherapy/healthcare practice or a Higher Education context.

Please review the essential and desirable criteria.

To arrange an informal discussion, please contact Professor Jackie Waterfield, Head of Division; email jwaterfield@qmu.ac.uk  

The closing date for this position is 23.59 on 25^th May 2025

Online Interviews are scheduled for 16^th June 2025

Please note, this vacancy may close earlier than the stated closing date if we receive a high volume of applications.

Should you wish to apply for the vacancy please visit our vacancies page download the job description and complete an application online via the above ‘Apply’ button. 

If you have any queries regarding the application process or require special assistance, please contact Human Resources by email at recruitment@qmu.ac.uk.

This role does not meet the minimum requirements set by UKVI to enable sponsorship of migrant workers. Therefore, we cannot progress applications from candidates who require sponsorship to work in the UK. 

As a university, we are committed to the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers alongside Concordat to Support Research Integrity and  were, in fact, the first Scottish Higher Education Institute (and part of the first UK cohort of institutes) to publicly declare our commitment to its principles. 

Queen Margaret University is committed to equality of opportunity for all by providing a supportive, flexible and inclusive working environment, and we welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds. Please have a look at our Diversity, Wellbeing and Inclusion Calendar 

We are proud to hold an Athena SWAN Bronze Award which recognises the advancement of gender equality at QMU. Find out more about Athena SWAN here 

We have a number of family friendly policies and are happy to consider job share applications.

We are a Disability Confident Employer, should you require any specific arrangements during the recruitment process please contact Human Resources on recruitment@qmu.ac.uk.

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