Lecturer (Research Tutor)

This new part-time (0.8 FTE) post is available from 18 September on a fixed term basis until 31 July 2028.

We welcome applications from candidates interested in working part-time hours or job-sharing arrangements.

We are pleased to be offering the opportunity for a Lecturer (Research Tutor) to join us on the  NHS-funded Doctorate in Clinical Psychology Programme in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences in the Professional Doctorates in Psychology (DCPGR) and Clinical Associate in psychology: Degree Apprenticeship (MCAPS) Portfolio. The postholder(s) will work with a skilled and supportive research team to support the Research Director with the delivery of the research training on the DClinPsy programme.

About the role

The role involves supporting and designing the delivery of research teaching and training, across qualitative or quantitative methods, depending on your methodological specialty (the team is currently well-balanced with both). The role will entail collaborating with other Research Team members and colleagues external to the University, in order to ensure a high-quality, clinically relevant research training. The postholder(s) will be expected to participate in the full range of research-support activities provided on the programme. This includes providing teaching sessions and one-to-one supervision of DClinPsy Trainees in producing both small-scale Quality Improvement Studies, Systematic Literature Reviews and Empirical studies that comprise their PGR Doctoral thesis.

About you

The successful applicant(s) will:

• Possess a depth or breadth of specialist knowledge demonstrated by a doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology / or related clinical area of Psychology. Applicants with a doctorate in Clinicial Psychology (or equivalent) and HCPC registration would be welcomed. It is desirable that the successful candidate(s) have experience of teaching in an HE environment
• be able to use a range of delivery techniques to enthuse and engage students; 
• have evidence of excellent teaching identified by peer review and have made an impact at discipline programme level beyond their own teaching; 
• be expected to work towards Fellow of the HEA status and to attend formal CPD relating to this

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community. 

Further information

Before submitting an application you may wish to discuss the post further by contacting Dr. Fiona Warren, Research Director, DClinPsy Programme; DClinPsy-Research-Director@exeter.ac.uk or Nick Moberly, Senior Lecturer and Research Tutor, DClinPsy: N.J.Moberly@exeter.ac.uk or Raluca Topciu, Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Tutor, DClinPsy: R.A.Topciu@exeter.ac.uk

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