Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy (Pre-Registration Masters)

The full-time starting salary is normally £52,996.00 per annum, with progression available in post to £57,602.00 per annum.

Birmingham City University is offering a new and exciting opportunity for an exceptional candidate to join our Occupational Therapy and pre-registration master's course team. This is a fantastic chance to make a significant impact and take a leadership role in the growth of your profession and the College of Health and Care Professions. You will be joining a dynamic and established College that supports a diverse academic community, with a proven track record of delivering excellent education and achieving high graduate employability across our disciplines. We are seeking innovative, ambitious, and inspirational candidates to join our friendly team. The successful candidates will have substantial academic and clinical experience in Occupational Therapy practice, with an in-depth understanding of the specialism that enables the development of new knowledge. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to make independent decisions and effectively plan and prioritise their own workload and that of others.

The role requires experience in leading a team in a busy academic environment and the ability to share your knowledge effectively with learners. Experience in leading or collaborating on research and enterprise projects is preferred. It will also be advantageous for the successful candidate to demonstrate experience in establishing external partnerships and possess external recognition.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support teaching and learning activities across the Occupational Therapy and pre-registration Master’s portfolio, using research-informed teaching strategies.
• Give considerable input into the design, delivery of innovative teaching sessions using a wide variety of pedagogical techniques 
• Provide personal tutoring, mentor training, research supervision, and academic and placement support for students and clinical partners.
• Play an active role in the recruitment of students.
• Provide professional Occupational Therapy leadership to colleagues within the College.
• Grow and develop the Occupational Therapy subject across aligned provision at BCU.

Essential Qualifications and Experience:

• Educated to Honours Degree level.
• Previous academic experience in Higher Education.
• Hold, or be working towards, Masters or Doctorate awards. Evidence of ongoing post-registration professional development.
• Registration with the HCPC as an Occupational Therapist.

Closing date for this post is Sunday 16th March 2025

Interview Date: Friday 4th April 2025.

The interview will be conducted in person

About Us:

Our campus provides a modern, vibrant learning environment with superb facilities. Located at the City South Campus in Edgbaston, our Faculty of Health, Education, and Life Sciences has recently benefited from a £3.75 million redevelopment of our healthcare skills hub. This includes state-of-the-art facilities such as the Simbulance, an operating theatre, recovery suite, basic and advanced life support facilities, telehealth suite and a home simulation room.

We are committed to putting students at the heart of everything we do, offering the best opportunities for their future success. The University has an enviable reputation for providing quality, student-focused education in a professional and friendly environment. With superb courses, state-of-the-art facilities, and first-rate staff, we are producing some of the country’s most employable graduates.

We are excited about the future of the professions and aim to become national leaders in Occupational Therapy education. We are looking for candidates with the enthusiasm, passion, and ambition to make a noticeable impact on Occupational Therapy education and interprofessional collaboration.

FACULTY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND LIFE SCIENCES

The Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences has a long and established history of delivering training for the education, health and social care professions. The Faculty benefits from close links with local NHS Trusts and healthcare providers, as well as schools and colleges throughout the Midlands, which ensure that our students are at the heart of innovation and developments in the health, social care and education sectors.

Join Our Team:

We are a friendly, supportive, and forward-thinking team, and we would be delighted to discuss this opportunity further with you. For more information about the role or to have an informal discussion, please contact Michael Adams at michaeladams2@bcu.ac.uk or Charlotte Burnside at charlotte.burnside@bcu.ac.uk.

We look forward to hearing from you.

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Job Description - Senior Lecturer

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About Us

At the heart of our Strategy for 2030 and Beyond, it is our mission to enable our students to transform their lives and to achieve their potential. Through our education and research, and the roles our graduates go on to play in the world, we not only support individuals to transform their lives, but we also play a part in transforming society.

Located in the centre of the UK’s second city, we are a university with a long heritage of innovation and of making, dating back to our origins in 1843 when we were founded as the Birmingham Government School of Design.

Our heritage of making through innovation and its application through knowledge exchange, and of creative research and practice, today finds it expression in our STEAM agenda, in our research and enterprise, and in our commitment to challenge-based learning. Working across disciplines, and delivering impactful research and enterprise, interdisciplinarity is at the heart of the continuing transformation of our academic portfolio.

Apply Before: 16/03/2025, 23:59