Lecturer in Occupational Therapy

2 weeks ago

Sheffield, United Kingdom Sheffield Hallam University Full time

Job summary

You will be involved in supporting the delivery of our degree apprenticeship provision based in Sheffield working on the Occupational Therapy courses and inter-professional portfolio. As a Lecturer, you will be able to inspire our students and make a valuable contribution to their learning experience, whilst preparing them for contemporary occupational therapy practice.

Main duties of the job

You will support teaching and learning across a range of modules, assessment, and feedback, supporting students academic and practice learning progression. As a Lecturer, youll have the ability to inspire, enthuse and connect with a range of backgrounds and you will work collaboratively to enhance the student experience.

About us

The School of Health and Social Care is one of the largest providers in the UK with a wide range of knowledge and expertise working across seven different professional areas. It sits within the College of Health Wellbeing and Lifesciences.Integrated care is a key feature in our portfolio reflecting the current cutting-edge thinking in relation to health and social care provision. Ensuring that our activity is in step with the latest developments allows us to maintain our teaching and research at a contemporary level. The range of professions represented within the department and our extensive expertise in innovative learning design and education development means that the department is excellently placed to respond to many national and increasingly international, health and social care agendas.We are one of the first UK Universities to offer Allied Health Professions Degree Apprenticeship courses and are developing our portfolio in this area building on the strengths. We passionately believe that we can make a positive impact on the service userexperience and service provision by providing quality education for the Allied Health Professions workforce. We work proactively and collaboratively across the professions capitalising on the commonalities and valuing any differences.

Job description

Job responsibilities

In this role, you will be involved in supporting the delivery of our degree apprenticeship provision based in Sheffield and with occasional travel to the North West (Manchester) working on the Occupational Therapy course and inter-professional portfolio.

As a Lecturer, you will be able to inspire our students and make a valuable contribution to their learning experience, whilst preparing them for contemporary occupational therapy practice.

You must be an HCPC-registered occupational therapist and have well-developed and current knowledge and understanding of critical, practical, and theoretical issues relevant to contemporary practice.

Ideally, youll be at the forefront of new ways of working in the NHS, in either primary or secondary settings, demonstrating care innovation and emergent management pathways. We have a team of lecturers to deliver our apprenticeship provision, and it would be envisaged that you would be part of this innovation, contributing to occupational therapy education in higher education, whilst retaining strong links with employers and practice partners.

The Degree Apprenticeship programme is delivered in weekly blocks interspersed throughout the year encompassing hybrid delivery made up of 2 days on-site and 3 days online.

Our main base is at Sheffield Hallam University where hybrid working is our normal practice (online or on-campus) and with occasional travel to the North West (approximately 2 days per month).

The role also requires you to contribute to our pre-registration apprenticeship course through teaching, assessing, academic advising and academic citizenship.

The ability to inspire, enthuse and connect with a range of backgrounds is required. You will support students academic, and placement learning progression and work collaboratively to enhance the student experience.

The School of Health and Social Careis one of the UKs leading teaching centres of pre-registration health education and one of the first universities to offer Allied Health Professions Degree Apprenticeship Courses. We are growing our occupational therapy team due to continued expansion of our teaching portfolio.

Our teaching team has a range of expertise in all areas of occupational therapy and is responsible for a distinctive and high-quality education portfolio which includes the BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy, BSc Occupational Therapy Degree Apprenticeship, MSc Occupational Therapy (pre-registration) and MSc Advanced Practice in Sensory Integration. In addition, the team contributes to cross-department and cross-College teaching including inter-professional education provision and CPD provision.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Good occupational therapy honours degree ( UK or 1st Class), or equivalent professional qualification or experience in a relevant discipline A relevant postgraduate qualification OR a commitment to complete one. HCPC Registration Postgraduate teaching qualification (PG Cert or HEA fellowship) or a commitment to complete PG Cert Teaching in Higher Education

Desirable

Evidence of post-registration professional development in occupational therapy at MSc level

Experience

Essential

Teaching, training, and supervising students and peers Well-developed current understanding of practical and theoretical issues in contemporary occupational therapy practice. Experience in a range of clinical environments and occupational therapy roles with evidence of highly developed specialised knowledge in at least one of these areas. Knowledge of current developments within the profession, NHS care, HEE, and Higher Education. Knowledge of how information technology and online learning can support educational delivery

Desirable

Evidence of a contribution to knowledge in your field publications/creative work/service evaluations Undertaking professional or academic project work , research, creative or industrial projects, scholarship and/or knowledge exchange

Competencies

Essential

Ability to inspire, enthuse and connect with a range of stakeholders , students and external clients from a wide range of backgrounds Ability to design and deliver transformative and innovative learning experiences to occupational therapy and interprofessional cohorts Ability to manage priorities/time and adhere to assessment policies to effectively assess written and practical performance of students Excellent written and verbal communication skills Excellent team working skills and the ability to establish good working relationships Excellent planning and organisational skills and the ability to manage conflicting demands and meet deadlines Excellent IT/digital proficiency in a broad range of platforms and online portals Willingness to work flexibly including some weekends and evenings, , to support open days (occasional) Willingness to travel in UK or abroad (occasional)

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