Lecturer Occupational Therapy

Job description

The Faculty of Life Sciences and Education is looking for a talented, passionate and visionary Lecturer to join their Occupational Therapy Team. The post holder will join an existing team of academic staff and contribute to Occupational Therapy provision, as well as a range of other modules/courses, programmes of scholarly activity, and research within the faculty. The post holder will also assume the role of module manager and clinical practice placement link for a number of areas that will be determined upon appointment.

The post holder will be an enthusiastic Occupational Therapy Practitioner with experience of working within a range of health specialisms. The post holder will contribute to the assurance of a contemporary Occupational Therapy curriculum, and to the strengthening of interprofessional education across occupational therapy, nursing, and health and social care.

The post holder must hold relevant post-registration professional experience of delivering a range of services in an Occupational Therapy environment and registration with the HCPC. They will also have current experience of facilitating the learning of students.

The post holder will be committed to promoting academic enquiry that develops critical thinking in students; supporting safe, effective and evidence-based decision making, whilst developing expertise that supports existing and more established roles in health and social care
settings.

Based at Pontypridd, with an expectation to travel to other campuses as required, this role will provide you with a position where you can utilize your range of advanced practice and prescribing skills within the undergraduate and post graduate courses offered at the University. This is a full time, permanent post.

For an informal conversation about this post please contact the Head of Nursing and Allied Health Iwan Dowie [email protected] or Interim Head of Nursing and Allied Health Alex Holmes [email protected]

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USW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All those working at the University are expected to share this commitment.

We are committed to employing a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive environment. Where colleagues can be themselves and every person is treated with dignity, fairness and respect. We actively encourage applications from diverse backgrounds and communities, especially with regards to age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, race and religion and/or belief. We benchmark our success through equality accreditations with Athena Swan, Race Equality Charter, Stonewall and Disability Confident.

If you're a Welsh learner or a Welsh speaker, we'd be delighted to receive your application. At USW, you'll have access to Welsh courses to enable you to develop your Welsh skills further, in order to provide a bilingual service to our students, colleagues and the public.

We welcome applications in Welsh and English. Applications in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than those made in English.