2 x Lecturers/Senior Lecturers in Occupational Therapy

£40,082 to £46,414 per annum or £47,801 to £55,389 per annum

Ranked in the top 20 universities in the UK, UEA has some of the most innovative and highly regarded centres for education and research in the UK.

The School of Health Sciences is a vibrant academic community, with a strong commitment to world leading, applied health research and enterprise. At an exciting time of growth and investment, we are inviting applications for a number of lecturer and senior lecturer positions to expand our experienced and dedicated academic team.

Our education provision is a diverse range of pre-registration and post-qualifying programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level, including our NIHR Masters in Clinical Research and advanced clinical practice. Our vision is to become an internationally excellent, academic school, focused on addressing the most pressing global health challenges now and in the future.

We are shaping the future of healthcare practice and policy through our teaching and research excellence.

We are seeking to appoint highly motivated individuals with an occupational therapy background and a proven academic track record. Successful candidates will be professionally registered occupational therapists, with expertise in line with the School’s strategic themes in one or more of the following areas: technologies and interventions to maintain independence in older age, including the development of sustainable interventions with dementia; occupational health and mental wellbeing; child development: supporting participation, and living with disability. For candidates applying for the ATR pathway, we are particularly interested in candidates who have research interests in Health Promotion and Prevention, Dementia Care, Rehabilitation and Health Services Research. 

Applications are actively invited from candidates with an interest in, and the ability to take on, an important course leadership opportunity within the team.

All applicants for academic teaching scholarship (ATS) pathways will hold a minimum of a good first degree and a higher degree or equivalent in a health related field. Applicants for academic teaching research (ATR) pathways will be qualified to Doctorate level in a relevant field and have a track record of high quality research activity with potential for 3* and 4* research quality.

Senior Lecturer applicants will have demonstrable experience of effective academic leadership.

The posts will be subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Closing date: 12 noon on 8 April 2016.

Further particulars and an application form are available on our website: www.uea.ac.uk/hr/vacancies or Tel. 01603 593493.

The University is a Bronze Athena Swan Award holder, currently working towards Silver.