Lecturer in Operating Department Practice

The full-time starting salary is normally £42,860.00 per annum, with progression available in post to £46,586.00 per annum.

Exciting opportunities exist to join our Operating Department Practice team at Birmingham City University, to support the growth of the College of Health and Care Professions. The College is a dynamic and diverse academic community, with a 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 be experienced in Operating Department Practice and Perioperative Care, and can share their knowledge effectively to learners, through their passion and commitment to education, research and high-quality service delivery. 

The post holder will support teaching and learning activities across the Operating Department Practice provision and the wider College using research informed teaching and learning strategies to include design and delivery of skills and simulations, use of Anatomage, professional and academic skills, basic life support and interprofessional learning. Other responsibilities will include personal tutoring, mentor training, research supervision, providing support for students and clinical partners whilst on placement and play an active role in the recruitment of our students.     

Successful candidates will be supported to develop their personal and professional academic portfolio and research interests, including the opportunity to undertake our highly regarded Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in HE. 

The campus provides a modern, vibrant learning environment which houses superb facilities. Our location at our City South Campus in Edgbaston is home to our Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences and in 2022/23 benefitted from a £3.75 million redevelopment of our health care skills hub including a state-of-the-art operating theatre, recovery suite, basic and advanced life support facilities and home simulation room with our Simbulance arriving in spring 2024.

We put students at the heart of everything we do, giving them the best opportunities for future success. The University has an enviable reputation for providing quality, student-focused education in a professional and friendly environment. Our superb courses, state-of-the-art facilities, first-rate staff, and focus on practical skills and professional relevance is producing some of the country’s most employable graduates. We are proud of our reputation for excellence and are constantly developing and expanding our range of courses to meet tomorrow’s health care needs today.

It is an exciting era for the professions, and we are keen to become national leaders in the delivery of education for Operating Department Practitioners. Candidates sought have the enthusiasm, passion and ambition to have a noticeable impact in developing Operating Department Practice education and interprofessional collaboration. 

Applicants must be educated to degree level with a desire to positively impact the student experience. Candidates will need to be registered with either the HCPC or NMC. We are a friendly, supportive and forward-thinking team and would be delighted to discuss this opportunity further with you.

For further information about this role or for an informal discussion please contact Michael Adams via Michael.adams2@bcu.ac.uk and Charlotte Burnside via charlotte.burnside@bcu.ac.uk   

Please review the full Job Description via the link below:

Job Description - 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: 05/05/2025, 23:59