Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy

UWE Bristol’s School of Health and Social Wellbeing is home to a vibrant, forward-thinking academic community committed to excellence in teaching, research, and professional practice. Our growing Physiotherapy provision includes a HCPC-validated and CSP-accredited BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy degree, a BSc (Hons) Applied Physiotherapy Degree Apprenticeship, and a variety of postgraduate and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programmes.

We’ve got an exciting opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic Physiotherapist to join our dynamic and supportive Physiotherapy team as a Senior Lecturer. You’ll contribute to the delivery, development, and leadership of our undergraduate and degree apprenticeship physiotherapy programmes, as well as engage in scholarly, research, and professional practice activities.

This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the education of the next generation of physiotherapists while developing your academic career in a supportive and innovative environment. We welcome applicants with a broad range of clinical experience who can contribute to teaching across the programme and play an active role within the programme placement team.

You will:

• Deliver high-quality teaching and assessment across our undergraduate programmes.
• Lead modules and supervise undergraduate research dissertations.
• Act as a personal tutor and provide academic and pastoral support to students.
• Contribute to curriculum development and ensure alignment with current professional and regulatory standards.
• Coordinate Physiotherapy placements in partnership with colleagues & our University Practice Placement Office.
• Support university and practice staff in supporting students on placement & optimising their learning opportunities and experience.
• Be a source of advice for staff and students in navigating the opportunities and challenges of practice placement learning.
• Engage in research, scholarship, or knowledge exchange, depending on your profile.

About you

We are particularly interested in applicants who:

• Have extensive clinical experience in physiotherapy, ideally including work with older adults in community, rehabilitation, or other complex care settings.
• Are passionate about student learning and development.
• Have an understanding of clinical placements and are interested in supporting the programme placement team
• Hold (or are working towards) a Master’s degree or can demonstrate significant postgraduate study & engagement with professional development.
• Have experience in teaching and/or a developing research or scholarly profile.
• Are HCPC-registered as a Physiotherapist.

Why UWE Bristol?

This post is based at our Glenside Campus.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits.

We also provide a tailored professional programme to support our academic colleagues in delivering the highest in professional teaching standards.

We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates as we are currently under-represented in this area, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.

As a Disability Confident employer we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.

For further information, please contact: debbie.hubbard@uwe.ac.uk, louise3.robbins@uwe.ac.uk, anna.gould@uwe.ac.uk or amy2.belisario@uwe.ac.uk.

Interviews are scheduled to take place week commencing 1st December.

This is a full-time, permanent post.

This post is available on a job share basis.

This role is campus based for all of your time, with occasional opportunities for remote working.

Salary offers will be made in line with the University's salary assessment guidelines.

This post requires enhanced DBS clearance.

The University has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to work in the UK. We may be able to sponsor qualifying candidates for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route.

UWE Bristol does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.

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