Clinical Senior Lecturer in Major Trauma Rehabilitation

About the Role
An opportunity for a talented clinical academic Occupational Therapist/ Physiotherapist/Speech and Language Therapist/Dietitian to provide senior clinical leadership to the Major Trauma Centre at the Royal London Hospital (RLH) and lead a research programme aligned with the NIHR Barts Biomedical Research Centre (BRC).

Key Responsibilities

• Clinical (50%): Work with complex patients across the major trauma pathway as a senior member of the multidisciplinary team. The postholder will exercise a high degree of autonomy, using advanced clinical reasoning to assess and manage patients with complex needs, and guide appropriate multidisciplinary interventions. They will contribute to the development of practice and support the design and delivery of education and development programs for trauma staff within the RLH and wider trauma network.

• Research (50%): Develop and lead a research programme aligned with the BRC musculoskeletal theme based on your previous work or aligned with BRC projects e.g.:
  • Targeting mechanistic pathways underpinning muscle dysfunction from generalised atrophy observed following trauma, enabling comparison to clinical outcomes from disease-specific skeletal muscle signatures.
  • Integration of routinely collected rehabilitation data to BRC digital infrastructures enabling data-driven rehabilitation.
  • Development of precision trials for musculoskeletal rehabilitation and/or those cutting across wider BRC themes e.g. cardiac rehabilitation.

About You
We are looking for an enthusiastic, HCPC-registered Therapist with experience at AFC Band 8a or above and a PhD.

• Clinical: advanced capability in highly complex specialist assessments and individualised, evidence-based rehabilitation and management plans for patients with multifaceted needs following major trauma. Experience leading rehabilitation addressing functional recovery, participation, and complex discharge planning across the pathway an advantage.

• Research: leadership of high-quality major trauma research evidenced by publication, a funding record, and subsequent effective award management.

The postholder will play a critical role in developing a sustainable pipeline of allied health clinical academics and strengthening research culture within BH and QMUL.

About the Department/Institute
The postholder will be based at Barts Health (BH) Major Trauma Centre at the RLH -the hub of the largest Trauma Network in the UK. They will also be based at the Centre for Bone & Joint Health working with the BRC to brings outstanding science to 7.5 million patients translating ground-breaking discoveries into treatment.

About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum, a season ticket loan scheme and access to a range of development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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