Senior Lecturer in Sports Rehabilitation
Sport Rehabilitation at UWE Bristol is part of the interdisciplinary School of Health and Social Wellbeing. We offer a full-time British Association of Sport Rehabilitators (BASRaT) accredited BSc (Hons) Sport Rehabilitation programme, alongside a range of postgraduate and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programmes, including an MSc in Rehabilitation.
As a Senior Lecturer in Sport Rehabilitation, your role will encompass various aspects of education and programme delivery, including teaching, assessment, and student support. You will also contribute to curriculum development and quality assurance, collaborating with colleagues to continually improve our offerings.
Responsibilities:
- Teach and assess students across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
- Provide support for students during placements, externally and within the in-house clinic.
- Contribute to curriculum development and quality monitoring within the department.
- Engage in programme design and ongoing improvements.
About you
We are looking for an experienced and passionate Graduate Sport Rehabilitator, Graduate Sports Therapist or Physiotherapist with a strong background in clinical practice and education. A solid understanding of assessment and management strategies, clinical reasoning, application to practice and contemporary injury management and rehabilitation within sport is essential.Expertise or interest in Strength and Conditioning, Nutrition and Special Population Rehabilitation would be advantageous.
A Master’s degree would be an advantage; however, applicants with evidence of study at post graduate level, university teaching and/or a research profile within Sport Rehabilitation or related area would be positively considered.
You will need to be registered with BASRaT as a Graduate Sport Rehabilitator, The Society of Sports Therapy (or equivalent), or with the HCPC as a Physiotherapist.
Additional Information:
- Contract type: Permanent, part-time (0.8 FTE). This post is available on a job share basis for applicants wishing to work part-time.
- Location: This post is based at our Glenside Campus which is set within beautiful grounds in Stapleton, just three miles north east of Bristol City Centre, with occasional opportunities for remote working.
- DBS Clearance: This role requires an enhanced DBS check.
Join us at UWE Bristol and make a meaningful impact in shaping the future of healthcare education. We look forward to welcoming you to our growing academic community!
We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.
We also provide a tailored professional programme to support our academic colleagues in delivering the highest in professional teaching standards.
Add your individuality to ours
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 please contact Ellie Dooley ellie.dooley@uwe.ac.uk or Ellen Cook, ellen.cook@uwe.ac.uk (Programme Leads) or Debbie Hubbard (Associate Director), debbie.hubbard@uwe.ac.uk.
This is a part time, permanent post working on a 0.8 FTE contract.
Interviews are scheduled to take place week commencing 24 February 2025 or 3 March 2025.
To ensure fairness and equity 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.
We may be able to sponsor qualifying candidates for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route. Please read our Skilled Worker Guidance to assess if you will be eligible.
Candidates without current Right to Work in the UK who are not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship or another Global Talent visa route, may wish to look into the Global Talent Peer Review route. This is a self-application process and is subject to you meeting qualifying criteria.
You may also wish to explore other visa options which will allow you to work in the UK.
UWE Bristol does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.