Teaching Fellow in Vision Rehabilitation, Habilitation and Complex Needs

Interview: Thursday 10th July 2025

New and exciting opportunities are available to join the Vision Rehabilitation, Habilitation and Complex Needs team at Birmingham City University. These opportunities will provide you with the chance to impact on the growth of your profession and the Department of Health and Social Care Professions. You would be joining an already established and dynamic department which supports a diverse academic community, with a track record of delivering excellent education and achieving high graduate employability across our disciplines. A successful candidate will have the opportunity to deliver teaching and learning opportunities across the Vision Rehabilitation, Habilitation and Complex Needs courses offered here at the university and in doing so support the professional development of apprentices and undergraduate students.

Teaching Fellows contribute to the development, implementation and review of teaching and assessments of specific modules within the context of the wider curriculum requirements. Teaching fellows will offer ongoing support and supervision for our learners and may contribute to research opportunities.

We are seeking an innovative, ambitious, and inspirational candidate to join our friendly team. The successful candidate will be a Qualified Vision Rehabilitation Specialist. The post holder will be responsible for teaching across the suite of Vision Rehabilitation courses within the Department of Health and Social Care Professions, as well as giving input on occasion to other Allied Health Professional courses including but not limited to Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy. 

It would be beneficial for the candidate to have experience in habilitation service provision. We are especially keen to hear from candidates who have awareness of the latest technological innovations available to support service users with vision impairment. But these are not essential elements of the post. The candidate will have a track-record in facilitating learning in multi-professional groups, in teaching or training, through online delivery methods, as well as face to face. A passion and commitment to education, training, research, and high-quality service delivery would also be beneficial. 

The post holder will support teaching and learning activities across Vision Rehabilitation, Habilitation and Complex Needs and the wider Department using research-informed teaching and learning strategies to include the design and delivery of skills and simulations, use of Anatomage, professional and academic skills, basic life support, and interprofessional learning. Other responsibilities will include personal tutoring, mentor training, research supervision, providing academic and placement support for students and clinical partners and play an active role in the recruitment of our students. 

The post holder will design and deliver learning activities to the suite of Vision Rehabilitation programmes. Other responsibilities will include personal tutoring, module coordination, placement coordination and development, marketing and promotion of vision rehabilitation courses as well as playing a role in recruitment of students and learners.

In return for your dedication and hard work, you will benefit from ongoing opportunities for personal and professional development, as well as the following key benefits:

• Opportunity for hybrid working.
• Generous annual leave entitlement of 40 days (including bank holidays and closure periods).
• An attractive direct contribution pension scheme, or the option to retain LGPS for existing and previous members.
• Wellbeing advice and support through our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Staff Benefits: Non-Pay Benefits: Birmingham City University (bcu.ac.uk).
• A supportive and collaborative culture and work environment, rooted in BCU’s values.

The successful candidate will be supported to develop their professional academic portfolio, including the opportunity to undertake our highly regarded Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in HE.

The successful candidate will be: 

• A qualified Vision Rehabilitation Specialist 
• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject. 
• Have a desire to positively impact the student experience. 

It is an exciting era for the professions, and we are keen to become national leaders in the delivery of education for the health and social care professions. Candidate are sought that have the enthusiasm, passion and ambition to have a noticeable impact in developing health professions education and interprofessional collaboration. 

The campus provides a modern, vibrant learning environment which houses superb facilities including a telehealth suite and diagnostic imaging facilities. Our location at our City South Campus in Edgbaston is home to our Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences and in 2022/23 benefitted from a £3.75 million redevelopment of our health care skills hub including a state-of-the-art operating theatre, recovery suite, basic and advanced life support facilities and home simulation room with our newly installed Simbulance. This gives fantastic opportunities for simulated education and interprofessional learning to embedded into our Paramedic Science curriculum.

We are a friendly, supportive, and forward-thinking team and would be delighted to discuss this opportunity further with you. For further information about this role or for an informal discussion please contact David Bignell David.Bignell@bcu.ac.uk, Jodie Bryant Jodie.Bryant@bcu.ac.uk or Charlotte Burnside via charlotte.burnside@bcu.ac.uk 

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Apply Before: 22/06/2025, 23:59