Associate Professor Rehabilitation Engineering

1 month ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom UCL Full time

About us

The department is located on the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) site at the Stanmore campus, with geographically separate components across the site, including the Centre for BioEngineering and Surgical Technology and the Aspire Centre for Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (Aspire CREATe), and a partnership between RNOH Research & Innovation, The Aspire Charity and UCL, which enables delivery of translational clinical research.

About the role

Aspire is a national charity that works with people with spinal cord injuries, providing practical support and advice to help them regain their independence and go on to lead a fulfilled life

We are seeking inspired and driven engineers and scientists who want to make a difference in the understanding and development of assistive and rehabilitative technologies for spinally injured people and to disability science more generally. You can come from any subject discipline bringing a vision for research and a passion for teaching. We are particularly interested in people who want to translate ideas into practice with a strong background in at least one theme such as human-machine interaction, rehabilitation engineering, emergent implantable technology, smart materials, urodynamics, neurostimulation and robotics.

This role is available from May 2024 and it is a permanent position.

• The advert will close on 30th April at 23:59 GMT, however we may close applications early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Early application submission is recommended.

• Interview Date(s) TBC

• A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.
Professor Rui Loureiro on

• The UCL Ways of Working supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work.

About you

The post holder must have a Higher academic degree e.g. PhD, and evidence of an equivalent level of attainment in research publications. Writing successful grant applications and must have training in teaching methods and experience of teaching at undergraduate, postgraduate level and other forms of public presentations.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)

• Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme

• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)

• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan

• Immigration loan

• Relocation scheme for certain posts

• On-Site nursery

• On-site gym

• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay

• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service

• Discounted medical insurance
Visit to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.
We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality.


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