Teaching Fellow or Lecturer in Physiotherapy

Faculty of Science & Health
School of Sport, Health & Exercise Science

Teaching Fellow or Lecturer in Physiotherapy

Employment type: Permanent
Employment basis:  Part-time (0.5fte)
Salary: £17,922 (£35,845 x 0.5fte) - £19,576 (£39,152 x 0.5fte) per annum

Interview date: 19 May 2021

The University of Portsmouth is a dynamic and ambitious institution with a track record of success. One of only four universities in the south east of England to achieve a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework and ranked in the top 150 in the Times Higher Young University World Rankings.

To support the development and delivery of a new pre-registration MSc Physiotherapy, the School of Sport, Health, and Exercise Science is seeking to appoint a further 0.5fte Lectureship or a 0.5fte Teaching Fellow position in Physiotherapy. The School is within the Faculty of Science and Health and is hopeful of continued success in the forthcoming REF2021, ranks amongst the leading Sport, Health and Exercise Science providers in the UK, and has consistently boasted excellent student satisfaction. 

Teaching Fellow: The successful candidate will make a significant contribution to teaching activities, and support our existing, and emerging, multidisciplinary school-wide themes: Extreme Environments; Individual, Occupational and Organisational Performance; and, Physical Activity, Health, and Rehabilitation. Candidates will be a registered practitioner Physiotherapist with the Health and Care Professions Council, and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. We are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals who can evidence broad experience across clinical practice, support placement activities, deliver and develop our curriculum pathways, and support the vocational relevance of our curriculum pathways in accordance with University strategy and School thematic strengths.

Lecturer: The successful candidate will make a significant contribution to teaching activities, and support our existing, and emerging, multidisciplinary school-wide themes: Extreme Environments; Individual, Occupational and Organisational Performance; and, Physical Activity, Health, and Rehabilitation. Candidates will be a registered practitioner Physiotherapist with the Health and Care Professions Council, and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. We are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals who can evidence broad experience across clinical practice, support placement activities, deliver and develop our curriculum pathways, and support the vocational relevance of our curriculum pathways in accordance with University strategy and School thematic strengths. The school comprises of 35 academic staff, of 950 Undergraduate and Postgraduate taught/research students. Recent investments have supported our student learning experiences, research environment, and estate developments to extend beyond the current accommodation within the Spinnaker Building; as per the estate space for Strength, Conditioning and Rehabilitation activities. The school features excellent human analysis facilities including motion capture, force, EMG and isokinetic dynamometry, and has access to clinical teaching and simulation facilities through the Faculty of Science and Health. The school is fully committed to ensuring a supportive working and learning environment that embraces equality, diversity and inclusivity (EDI). If you would also like to apply for this post, you will need to make a separate application.

For further information regarding the position, please contact Professor Richard Thelwell (Head of School; richard.thelwell@port.ac.uk) or Dr Tim Exell (Course convenor: tim.exell@port.ac.uk) As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons and all appointments will be made on merit. As we are committed to the principles of the Race Equality Charter Mark, we would particularly welcome applications from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community who are currently under-represented at this level in this area.   

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