Assistant Professor (Practice) in Occupational Therapy

About the Role

We're offering exciting opportunities to experienced practitioners or academics in occupational therapy.

We're offering exciting opportunities to experienced practitioners or academics in occupational therapy.

This role provides you with the opportunity to bring your professional expertise of contemporary practice into our programmes, to inform the delivery of exceptional teaching and support student success.

Working as part of occupational therapy team within the subject area of Community Wellbeing, you will be responsible for contributing to an exceptional student experience, where you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering transformative teaching and learning. You’ll contribute to a rich academic environment through engaging teaching, innovative practice, impactful knowledge exchange, and active involvement in scholarship, business, and enterprise.

Further information about the Assistant Professor (Practice) role is available in the job description.

This role is based in the School of Communities and Education , a vibrant school within the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, committed to providing excellence in teaching and research, offering a wide range of UG and PG programmes.

Applicants should hold a first degree in occupational therapy, be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council alongside substantial professional experience within occupational therapy. You must also be able to demonstrate contemporary expert specialist knowledge and subject expertise within the relevant discipline/practice areas ensuring that the curriculum reflects the latest developments within practice.

Experience of designing, delivering, assessing, and evaluating high quality teaching and learning practice as well as evidence of your contributions to the development of contemporary practice are essential.

Further information about the requirements of the role is available in the person specification.

If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact juli

We welcome applications from the UK and across the world. Visit our web pages for details about relocation assistance.

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With over 37,000 students from over 140 countries, we offer world-leading research, award-winning partnerships, and an outstanding student experience. We empower our exceptional staff, promoting a positive work-life balance and offering great benefits, including excellent pension schemes, flexible working, generous holiday entitlement and more.

• excellent pension schemes
• flexible working
• generous holiday entitlement

Our Northumbria Values, co-created by our team, define who we are:
Academic Excellence, Innovation, Inclusivity, Collaboration, and Ambition. Our Behaviours shape our work culture:
We listen and learn, support one another, respect everyone, trust each other, and are bold.

Based in Newcastle upon Tyne and London, we are an on-campus organisation and offer flexible hours and location where the role allows. We pride ourselves on diversity and inclusivity, holding numerous awards for gender and race equality, disability confidence, and research excellence.

We also hold the HR Excellence in Research award for implementing the concordat supporting the career Development of Researchers and are members of the Euraxess initiative to deliver information and support to professional researchers. The University has implemented a range of flexible working arrangements, and we are happy to explore candidate requirements as part of the recruitment process.