Lecturer in Occupational Therapy

School of Health Sciences

Division of Occupational Therapy & Arts Therapies

21 hours per week (0.6 FTE)

Fixed term for 7 months

Grade 8: £41,931 - ££52,841 per annum

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We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated occupational therapist to join our award-winning team of educators and researchers at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh.

As a suitably qualified occupational therapist you will join a growing team of academics committed to developing future therapists and leaders through the creative development and delivery of our portfolio of programmes.

This new post has been created to support our work to innovate in the areas of practice-based and simulation-based learning. You will work with our professional practice tutors and coordinators to deliver a project to develop new and diverse learning opportunities for undergraduate and post-graduate occupational therapy students.

You will be welcomed into our interdisciplinary community of scholars where you can create career development opportunities encompassing teaching, research, development, and knowledge exchange activities that change people’s lives for the better.

We would like to hear from you if:

• You hold a qualifying degree in occupational therapy.
• You have experience of practice-based learning, and evidence of active continuing professional development.
• You have good interpersonal skills that enable you to display leadership and innovation with colleagues, students and partner networks.

For an informal discussion, please contact Joanna Beveridge jbeveridge@qmu.ac.uk

Should you wish to apply for this vacancy please download the job description and complete an application form.

The closing date for this position is Tuesday 9th May 2023 at 23:59.

No unsolicited agency referrals please.

This role does not meet the minimum requirements set by UKVI to enable sponsorship of migrant workers. Therefore, we cannot progress applications from candidates who require sponsorship to work in the UK.

As a university, we are committed to the Researcher Development Concordat and were, in fact, the first Scottish Higher Education Institute (and part of the first UK cohort of institutes) to publicly declare our commitment to its principles.

Queen Margaret University is committed to equality of opportunity for all by providing a supportive, flexible and inclusive working environment, and we welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds. Please have a look at our Diversity, Wellbeing and Inclusion Calendar.

We are proud to hold an Athena SWAN Bronze Award which recognises the advancement of gender equality at QMU. Find out more about Athena SWAN here. We have a number of family friendly policies and are happy to consider job share applications.