Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy

Lecturer: £41,885 rising to £45,641

Senior Lecturer: £48,337 rising to £59,390.

An opportunity has arisen for a motivated Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy (OT) to join our team at Oxford Brookes. 

Located within the School of Sport, Nutrition and Allied Health Professions (SNAHP), Faculty of Health, Science and Technology, Oxford Brookes University offers pre-registration OT programmes at BSc and MSc degree levels. Following successful revalidation, newly designed and updated programmes are due to be launched in September 2026. Teaching and learning are primarily delivered in the healthcare teaching facilities at the Marston Road site of the University, offering state-of-the art simulation skills labs and teaching facilities, and close to local clinical and research sites of excellence. 

We would expect our new Lecturer/Senior Lecturer to undertake academic and academic-related responsibilities in the delivery of high quality OT. The successful candidate will contribute to the teaching and supervision of student research projects at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. The successful candidate will also be expected to contribute to the management, scholarly activity and developmental ambitions of the department. The post holder must have a postgraduate degree and hold registration with the HCPC as an OT. 

A fractional appointment may be considered at a minimum of 0.6 fte depending on candidate experience.

Experience required for the post:

We are particularly interested in encouraging applications for our Lecturer/Senior Lecturer post from candidates who have the following:

• a clinical background in OT (L/SL)
• a track record of placement-based teaching and practice education (L/SL)
• a track record of teaching and module leadership in a higher education institution (L/SL)
• experience of supervising undergraduate (L) and postgraduate student research projects (SL)
• possession of a suitable teaching qualification for a higher education setting (or willingness to complete in post) (SL)
• a postgraduate degree (L/SL) and/or a doctoral degree (SL)
• a track record in course design, assessment development and the ability to contribute to teaching, management and leadership within higher education (SL)

Please note: the successful applicant will need to be subject to a background disclosure check by the Disclosure and Barring System (DBS) before any appointment can be confirmed. 

If you are interested in finding out more information about this post or would like an informal conversation, please contact Dr Tanya Rihtman trihtman@brookes.ac.uk.

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