Lecturer in Physician Associates

**Location**

High Wycombe

**Contract Type**

Permanent

**Salary Range**

£38,784 - £43,482

**Hours per week**

15

**Closing Date**

22/08/2025

**Ref No**

1838

**Part Time (15 hrs per week) - Permanent - High Wycombe**

**Salary £38,784 - £43,482 (pro rata)**

Buckinghamshire New University is an ambitious, modern university that is always open to fresh ideas and thinking. We believe in the transformative power of education, and in doing the right thing by our students, people and local community. That’s why our BNU community is a special place to work and study, and where people who want to make a difference can contribute and succeed.

Our University’s DRIVE values and are at the heart of all that we do. We are united in being dynamic, responsible, inclusive, visionary and empowering to ensure that we provide the best experience to our learners and offer excellent service to our partners and to each other as colleagues. Our commitment to these values is unwavering and they are central to our mission.

Working with a professional, knowledgeable and focused team, you will engage with relevant sectors and contribute to the school’s continuing strong reputation as a leader in innovative and career-focused programmes.

**What we offer**:

- a generous holiday entitlement (35 days per annum (pro rata), plus bank holidays & closure days)
- hybrid working (dependant on business needs)
- training & development support opportunities
- contributory pension scheme
- discounted gym membership for our on-site gym
- a range of staff discounts with major retailers.

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If you have the qualities and attributes representative of the University’s values and ambition, we would be delighted to hear from you.

We ensure that our interview/shortlisting Chairs complete the relevant e-learning and/or inclusive recruitment training.

**Closing Date: 22 August 2025**
**Interview Date: 2 September 2025**

If you are successful in securing an interview for the role, you will be required to provide proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**Job Title**: Lecturer in Physician Associates

**College/Directorate**: College of Health & Society

**Grade**: G

**Location**: High Wycombe with occasional travel to partner sites.

**Hours**: 15

**Responsible to**:MPAS Programme Lead

**Responsible for**: No direct line-management; module teams, visiting lecturers and student cohorts as required.

**Job Purpose**:

- To deliver an outstanding, inclusive student experience on the MSc/MPAS Physician Associate programme through high-quality teaching, assessment, curriculum design and student support; to contribute actively to research, scholarship and knowledge-exchange that enhances the University’s reputation and informs contemporary Physician Associate education.
- To practice an inclusive approach and support building an inclusive university community where people can be themselves.

**Main Duties & Responsibilities of the role**:
**Research and Knowledge Exchange**:

- Conduct research and scholarly activity, clearly plan to generate income and align own research with teaching and learning
- Contribute to the REF and KEF and to internal and external research and enterprise strategies
- Engage with relevant business and professional networks to promote teaching and learning and research in a professional context
- Engage in doctoral supervision
- Contribute to knowledge through refereed conference outputs and peer-reviewed (non-conference) outputs
- Embed research within teaching and curriculum and contribute to research impact
- Contribute to the leadership of an inclusive and interdisciplinary research culture
- Undertake research with external partners, communities, professional bodies and/or employers.

**Learning, Teaching & Scholarship**:

- Deliver educational knowledge and practice through generation of peer-reviewed pedagogical outputs
- Contribute to the leadership of an inclusive teaching and learning culture and ensuring delivery of excellent student experience and outcomes
- Contribute to research informed innovative pedagogy, curriculum and programme design and planning including digital technology to enhance learning
- Deliver successful and impactful tutoring and pastoral support to students including the support of placements and internships
- Engage with professional bodies, employers and other organisations to enhance professional practice and student outcomes
- Provide effective feedback, support and guidance to students, which promotes improvement of performance.
- Participate in funded educational projects as required

**Leadership and Academic Citizenship**:

- Contribute to growth by increasing student recruitment
- Active participation in business planning, strategy setting and key decision making with