Lecturer in Occupational Therapy

Part time – 25.9 hours per week (0.7 FTE)

Closing date 25/10/26 at 23:30 hours

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist looking for a new challenge? If you're a Band 6, or an experienced Band 5 ready to take the next step, this is your opportunity to shape the future generation of the profession whilst developing your own academic career.

We're looking for an enthusiastic HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist with expertise in teaching, training and supervision to join our supportive and ambitious team within the School of Health and Social Care.

As one of the UK's leading providers of allied health education, we deliver a diverse portfolio of undergraduate, postgraduate and degree apprenticeship programmes across 14 registered professions. As part of our team, you'll play a pivotal role in teaching, assessment and academic activities contributing to our BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy Degree Apprenticeship and cross teaching to our full-time BSc Hons Occupational Therapy programme, helping to prepare competent, compassionate and practice-ready graduates.

This is an exciting opportunity to inspire students from a wide range of backgrounds through innovative teaching, assessment and research. You'll work closely with the course team and practice partners to ensure our programmes reflect the realities of contemporary occupational therapy practice and the changing needs of the NHS/other sectors.

Whether your experience comes from pioneering new models of care in primary or secondary care, leading service innovation, or supporting pre-registration learners, you'll bring valuable insight that enriches the student experience.

We'll support your own professional development. You'll have opportunities to build your academic profile, develop your research interests, and, where appropriate, gain a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education.

If you're passionate about developing the next generation of dietitians and want to combine your clinical expertise with a rewarding career in higher education, we'd love to hear from you.

Come and meet us!

If you have any questions or would like to meet our friendly team before applying, you're warmly invited to attend our Open Event on Tuesday 13^th October 2026 at 16:00.

To book your place, please contact Katie Peck Associate Head of School – Professional Lead (Occupational Therapy and Dietetics) at email: k.peck@shu.ac.uk

The University currently enrols eligible academic staff into the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS), a defined-benefit pension scheme. Further details on TPS can be found here.

If you’re a member of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) directly before joining us, you can choose to remain in USS instead.

Sheffield Hallam welcomes applications from all candidates irrespective of age, pregnancy and maternity, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, or marital or civil partnership status.

For this job we particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority applicants who are underrepresented in this area/this type of job at Sheffield Hallam.

The role is not likely to be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route so if you are an international applicant, you will need to ensure you have an appropriate visa to evidence the necessary right to work in the UK. For more information, please visit the UKVI Guidance before applying.

We welcome applications for job-share, and flexible working arrangements.

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