Teaching Fellow in Physiotherapy

About Us

The Academic Teaching Department of Physiotherapy is situated in the School of Life Course & Population Sciences and comprises an expert team of educators providing excellent research enhanced teaching and learning opportunities that prepare over 250 pre-registration Physiotherapy students effectively for working and leadership in the changing health and social care environment. The BSc Physiotherapy Programme is the highest ranked in London in the Guardian University League table 2023-24.  The Department is based on the beautiful Guy’s campus near London Bridge station and Borough market, and you will have access to the King’s Sport Health and Wellness facilities that are free to all staff. 

About the role

We are seeking to appoint a physiotherapist with a passion for teaching and learning and a track record of excellence in practice. The successful candidate will join the Academic Teaching Department of Physiotherapy and work closely with the team that includes expert educators and research active academics with a diverse range of specialist backgrounds.

Together the staff deliver two innovative pre-registration Physiotherapy programmes (BSc and MSc) that adopt a blended approach to learning and contribute to the college -wide interprofessional education programmes. We offer a supportive and inclusive environment and access to training opportunities that will support you to develop your knowledge and expertise and to understand the requirements and opportunities of an academic role in a research active institution.

The role will provide an excellent opportunity to develop your teaching skills using a broad range of approaches and learning technologies including the cutting edge Chantler clinical skills centre. In addition, you will be able to contribute to a range of authentic assessment approaches that prepare our students to be evidence-based, person-focussed practitioners.

This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 02/02/2028.

About You

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

Essential criteria

• Degree in Physiotherapy with UK HCPC or other national registration body or eligible to apply for registration with the HCPC
• Experience of working in higher education and/or substantial experience of practice-based learning supervision with the ability to design and deliver teaching sessions
• Excellent knowledge, practical skill and evidence based clinical reasoning of an area of physiotherapy practice
• Knowledge and/or experience of contemporary healthcare issues within the NHS and the wider health and social care environment
• Excellent time management and organisation skills and ability to work under pressure to achieve goals and meet deadlines
• Experience of teaching in practice or higher education 

Desirable criteria

• Teaching qualification
• Masters/PhD level qualification and/or relevant post-registration training 
• Experience of co-ordination and administration of educational modules 
• Experience of differentiating teaching and assessment for different academic levels (undergraduate and postgraduate) 

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