Lecturer/clinical Link Tutor Physiotherapy

Supporting learners on practice placements.
- Contribute to academic teaching & associated activities (tutorial support,

marking, pastoral care) at the University and in practice settings.
- Support the Continuous Professional Development of practice colleagues
- Uphold and enhance the reputation of the Physiotherapy programmes.
- Collaborate with key external partners to develop high quality workplace

learning and practice placement experiences for learners.

**Key Responsibilities**
**and Accountabilities**:
Faculty Specific:

- Support innovation and development of placement learning for the

programme through effective communication with Clinical Link Tutors,
practice educators, mentors and assessors, practice placement supervisors
and other external partners hosting student placements.
- Organise regular meetings to support students during workplace learning.
- Meet with Practice Placement Facilitators (PPF’s) and practice/education

leads to maintain and develop the partnership links related to the learner
experience and attainment of practice excellence.
- Act as the academic tutor for practice placement half-way calls and support.
- Co-ordinate and develop learner actions plans, support for referral to

Fitness to Practice and related to student progression
- Contribute to academic teaching & simulation across all the BSc (Hons)

Physiotherapy programmes
- Contribute to the marking of a range of assessments (written and practical)

and provide appropriate, timely feedback to learners.
- Contribute to practical skills and mandatory training sessions
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of the BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy

programmes and placement portfolio, ensuring the programme meets the
internal and external quality drivers.
- Provision of high-quality pastoral and academic support to learners
- Actively engage in the marketing and recruitment activities.
- Collaborate with others to develop research opportunities in Physiotherapy
- You may be asked to perform other duties occasionally which are not

included above, consistent with the role

**Special**
**Circumstances**:
**Achievement of Teaching Qualification and HEA Fellowship**

Lecturers without a teaching qualification and Higher Education Academy
Fellowship status will be expected to achieve both within two years of commencing
their role.

**Academic staff progression from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer**:
There is also an expectation that staff appointed to the Lecturer Role Profile will
have the opportunity to develop the role and take on the duties and responsibilities
of the Senior Lecturer role. The process for progression from the Lecturer to Senior
Lecturer role is outlined in the Academic Staff Progression guidelines document.

**Part 1 B**:
**Generic to all Lecturer roles**:
**Individuals carry out a range of duties and have responsibility taken from the**
**following. Whilst it is not anticipated that all of the activities listed below will**
**be covered by one individual, it is expected that over time all individuals will**
**make a balanced contribution to the three areas of academic activity**
**(research, teaching and learning and reach-out).
**Academic Practice**
- Agree and manage own teaching, research, reach-out and academic

management/administration responsibilities, with guidance from a mentor if
required.
- Teach as a member of a teaching team in a developing capacity within an

established programme of study.
- Teach in a developing capacity in a variety of settings from small group

tutorials to large lectures.
- Transfer knowledge in the form of practical skills, methods and techniques.
- Identify learning needs of students and define appropriate learning objectives.
- Ensure that content, methods of delivery and learning materials will meet the

defined learning objectives.
- Develop own teaching materials, methods and approaches with guidance.

thinking, foster debate and develop the ability of students to engage in critical
discourse and rational thinking.
- Supervise the work of students, provide advice on study skills and help them

with learning problems.
- Select appropriate assessment instruments and criteria, assess the work and

progress of students by reference to the criteria and provide constructive
feedback to students.
- Seek ways of improving performance by reflecting on teaching design and

delivery and obtaining and analysing feedback
_,_ including peer review of
teaching.
- Develop and implement personal research and reach-out plans.
- Conduct individual and/or collaborative research and reach-out_ _projects.
- Contribute to writing proposals for external funding for research and/or reach
- out activities and contribute to the subsequent delivery of projects that are
funded.
- Disseminate the outcomes of research and/or reach-out through publication,

presentation or exhibition.
- Continually update knowledge and understanding at the forefront of the

academic discipline and, if appropriate, a