Lecturer/Practitioner in Physiotherapy

About the role

We are seeking to appoint a Lecturer/Practitioner in Physiotherapy. This new post is an exciting opportunity for an academic to join a vibrant and highly committed physiotherapy academic team and the King’s Sport & Wellness team at King’s to establish themselves as a leader in the development and delivery of physiotherapy practice education and to facilitate the expansion of the KS&W clinical service.

The post-holder will be based in the Department of Physiotherapy (School of Life Course & Population Sciences) in the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine (0.6 WTE) and within King’s Sport & Wellness (0.4 WTE). They will work collaboratively with the department and KS&W to facilitate the expansion of the current clinical service from 3 to 5 days a week and to support a substantial increase in capacity for practice placements. In addition, they will provide inspirational education for students, delivering high quality research-led teaching in lectures, seminars and practical workshops, supervision of student research projects and leadership of a core module, as well as contributing to the development of innovative practice education opportunities. They will offer pastoral guidance to enhance the university experience and support student wellbeing.

The two successful pre-registration physiotherapy programmes at King’s were redesigned in 2021 and aim to prepare over 250 graduates for leading and working flexibly across the changing health and social care environment to provide high-quality, person-centred and population sensitive, responsive services where individual choice is paramount. The curricula adopt a blended approach to learning with an integrated and inclusive approach to curriculum delivery to reflect the NHS Long term plan, contemporary research and to prepare students to consider, prevent and address health inequalities. The programmes are approved by the Health and Care Professions Council and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, allowing graduates eligibility to apply for registration as a physiotherapist. 

This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

• BSc or pre-registration MSc degree in Physiotherapy
• Chartered Physiotherapist (UK HCPC or other national registration body and eligible to apply for registration with the HCPC)
• Membership of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)
• Substantial evidence of a broad knowledge of physiotherapy practice and a detailed knowledge and experience of working in a musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapy role and evidence of working with elite athletes
• Evidence of working effectively with electronic patient records
• An ability to design and deliver lectures, seminars, and practicals and foster an effective and inclusive learning environment
• Extensive experience of teaching and some evidence of module organisation and curriculum development for physiotherapy in higher education
• An innovative and proactive strategic thinker with the ability to prioritise and deliver high quality work to tight deadlines

Desirable criteria

• Higher education teaching qualification
• Working towards or completed MSc Advanced Physiotherapy (SEM or MACP)
• Record of peer-reviewed publications (in education or research) in journals of international standard
• Experience of digital approaches to education delivery
• Relevant interdisciplinary experience

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