Assistant Lecturer Occupational Therapy
Coventry University
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
£27,924 – £37,467 per annum, pro-rata
Part-time
Ref: REQ009693
The School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health are seeking to recruit enthusiastic and ambitious HCPC registered Occupational Therapists to join our dynamic team of academics delivering excellent and visionary pre-registration occupational therapy courses. We have been successful in growing our provision and due to recent promotions within the team are seeking to recruit 3 academic posts to work within our team supporting to prepare our learners for practice.
You will be joining an outstanding team of over 40 occupational therapists, and we offer a range of courses including BSc, MSc and Integrated Degree Apprenticeships in Coventry and London. Our curriculum area continues to develop offering educational delivery across the whole career pathway and now includes AHP Return to Practice, Enhanced Clinical Practitioner and Advanced Clinical Practice e-portfolio routes. The successful applicants will be working within a diverse curriculum focused on personalised learning, research inspired teaching and strong partnership working with our partners.
Assistant Lecturer: Clinical Placement Support
This post has been developed to support preparation for placement, you will work alongside an experienced placement team and support readying our learners for their practice placements including co-ordinating delivery of clinical skills training and placement preparation and reflection sessions. For the Assistant Lecturer post, applicants should demonstrate a wide range of clinical experience and is an excellent opportunity to gain experience in an academic career. Our occupational therapy team are one of the largest in the country and work collaboratively with a wide range of health care professions within the Faculty of Health and Life sciences and now benefit from new, ‘state of the art’ health science simulation facilities, a £60M+ investment.
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You will be joining an outstanding team of nearly 40 occupational therapists and we offer a range of courses including BSc, MSc and Integrated Degree Apprenticeships in Coventry and London and will be the first University to deliver a MSc OT apprenticeship (pre-registration) in January 2022.
The University offers academic and professional development and provides a Post Graduate Certificate Teaching Qualification for those who do not hold a recognised teaching qualification.
Informal enquiries should be addressed to Dr Kim Stuart (Curriculum Lead: Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy) Email kim.stuart@coventry.ac.uk
Closing date: 7/08/22