The School of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Worcester is seeking an experienced External Examiner for our Masters occupational therapy (pre-registration) degree course.

Please see the following link for the full BSc (Hons) Programme Specification

https://www.worcester.ac.uk/documents/programme-specs-2025-26/MScOccupationalTherapy2025-26.pdf

External Examiners play a central role in the maintenance of the standards of the University’s awards and the currency of the curriculum. They perform this role through:

• the approval of assessment tasks and examination papers
• discussions with relevant academic staff
• the review of samples of student work on modules within the programmes
• the endorsement of marks to confirm that the marks are an agreed, fully moderated and externally examined set of results
• the submission of annual reports
• attendance at appropriate boards of examiners (June)
• agreement to programme modifications

Ideal applicants should possess the following:

• Experience of an Integrated Degree Apprenticeship programme
• Current registration with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and be members of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT)
• Relevant experience to maintain comparable quality standards

The appointee will normally serve for a period of four years beginning September 2025. Successful applicants will also be invited to the university’s External Examiner induction day, which will be held in January 2026.