Senior Lecturer in Medical Engineering

UWE Bristol School of Applied Sciences is one of the largest education centres for healthcare science in the UK. Three BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science Practitioner degree apprenticeship programmes are offered, including Physiological Sciences, Clinical Engineering and Medical Physics Technology. Medical Engineering is one of four specialisms delivered as part of the Clinical Engineering programme, the others being Radiation Engineering, Rehabilitation Engineering, and Renal Technology.

We also deliver three commissioned programmes: a PGCert in Clinical Echocardiography, a PGCert in Sleep Medicine and a Graduate Diploma in Respiratory Science.

This role will focus on delivering excellence in teaching and academic support to students on all specialist training pathways within the Clinical Engineering programme, and in particular Medical Engineering.

Working within a committed and enthusiastic team, you’ll support students on the Medical Engineering specialist pathway specifically, by leading modules, contributing to teaching, learning and assessment, supervising final year research projects and reviewing evidence of work-based competency. You’ll also be expected to contribute to programme development and there will be opportunities to engage in research and to contribute to other programmes across the subject area.

You’ll have a PhD in a subject relevant to this post, or have a relevant master’s qualification with significant professional practice. We are looking for someone with significant clinical experience in Medical Engineering. Ideally you have clinical experience in this field, and in particular to those with expertise in medical electronics and/or a background in computing/ICT/networking in a clinical setting.

You’re someone who aligns to UWE Bristol values. You can demonstrate your experience of leading and motivating groups of people, collegiate working and their organisational skills. You can demonstrate how you’ll keep abreast of latest developments in this subject area and external best practice benchmarks.

You will be supported in this role by an experienced senior lecturer as a mentor. And you’ll be expected to undertake the PG Certificate in Learning and Teaching in HE unless already obtained. The school provides staff development funds to support personal and subject related training for academic staff.

Why UWE Bristol?

This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits. 

We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates as we are currently under-represented in this area of the organisation, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.

As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.

Further information

To discuss the role, please contact Karina Stewart on: karina.stewart@uwe.ac.uk

This is a permanent, part time role working on a 0.6FTE contract.

This post is not available on a job share basis.

This role is campus based with the opportunity to work from home on with agreement from your people manager.

All salary offers will be made in line with the University's salary assessment guidelines and will be based on your relevant skills and experience.

The University has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. You will therefore be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK.

We may be able to sponsor qualifying candidates for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route.

UWE Bristol does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.

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