Senior Lecturer Practitioner Placement Expansion Allied Health

Opening Date:
22 Feb 2022
Closing Date:
27 Mar 2022
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About ARU:

ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. We are ranked in the world’s top 350 HEIs in the 2021 Times Higher Education World University Rankings and in the top ten mainstream universities in the country for the proportion of UK undergraduates in employment 15 months after graduating. We have campuses in Cambridge, Chelmsford, London and Peterborough with around 2,500 staff and 35,000 students from 180 countries. With a focussed civic mission, we are committed to working with others through education, research and knowledge exchange to enhance the economic, cultural and social wellbeing of the communities in which we work and live.

About the Role:

The Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine & Social Care is the largest faculty in the university. Our Faculty constantly pursues innovative approaches to develop and deliver curricula to meet the ever changing educational needs of the Health and Social Care workforce. The Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine and Social Care offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, including doctoral level studies. Our provision includes: BSc Paramedic Science, Operating Department Practitioner and Degree Apprenticeships. More recently we have expanded our portfolio to encompass MSc Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy. Our dynamic approach ensures that our students receive a high quality, research-informed, educational experience, and placement capacity is essential to this.

This post will include liaising with partners in the private voluntary and independent sectors and NHS Trust partners to develop high quality placement opportunities for allied health courses.

With a degree or relevant professional qualification, and extensive post qualification CPD and/or a higher degree, you’ll have relevant commercial and/or professional experience, excellent communication and negotiation skills, the ability to meet deadlines, sometimes under pressure and passion to enhance the quality of practice learning for healthcare students.

Find out more about working with us.

  • We offer an extensive range of benefits including a generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.
  • We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff to share this commitment.
  • We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
  • We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
  • Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.

Guidance Notes:

For a list of key requirements, please download the Job Description and Person Specification above. To apply for this role please go to https://jobs.aru.ac.uk/vacancy/senior-lecturer-practitioner-placement-expansion-allied-health–476753.html