Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Science

About This Role

The School of Applied Sciences at UWE Bristol is one of the largest education centres for healthcare science in the UK. Three Healthcare Science Practitioner degree‑apprenticeship programmes are offered, including Physiological Sciences, Clinical Engineering and Medical Physics Technology. The school also delivers four commissioned programmes: a PGCert in Clinical Echocardiography, a PGCert in Echocardiography for Congenital Heart Disease, a PGCert in Sleep Medicine and a Graduate Diploma in Respiratory Science.

We are seeking to appoint a Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Science (Cardiac) to support a range of established undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including the Healthcare Science (Physiological Sciences) degree‑apprenticeship and postgraduate Echocardiography programmes. This is a part‑time (0.4 FTE), fixed‑term (3 year) post that will focus on delivering excellence in teaching and academic support. Preference will be given to applicants with significant experience in clinical cardiac physiology, including echocardiography.

The School of Applied Sciences is a very proud recipient of an Athena SWAN Silver Award and our commitment to creating a culture for gender equality is reflected in a number of ongoing actions related to workload management, flexible working and career development within the School.

Candidates will be expected to have a PhD in a subject relevant to this post or have a relevant master’s qualification with significant professional practice. We are looking for candidates with significant experience in clinical cardiac physiology. Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate experience of devising and delivering teaching related to cardiac physiology. Experience of supervising research projects, and module and/or programme development would be an advantage.

We are looking for candidates who align to the UWE values. Successful candidates should be able to demonstrate their experience of leading and motivating groups of people, collegiate working and their organisational skills. Successful candidates will be expected to demonstrate how they will keep abreast of latest developments in this subject area and external best practice benchmarks.

The successful candidate will be supported in this role by an experienced senior lecturer as a mentor. The school provides staff development funds to support personal and subject related training for academic staff.

UWE Bristol is a campus‑based University, with vibrant campus communities that are central to student life.

In this role, you’ll be based at our modern Frenchay Campus where we’ve invested in state‑of‑the‑art facilities designed to help both staff and students succeed.

You’ll spend most of your time on campus with the opportunity to work from home on the remaining days.

We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. Based in vibrant Bristol, our ambitions are to make a positive difference to our planet, transforming futures through actions and solving real world challenges.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, very generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.

UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community.

Diversity is our strength, enhancing creativity, decision‑making, and problem‑solving. Join our supportive community and thrive.

As a Disability Confident employer, we encourage applications from disabled or neurodivergent candidates.

If you would like an informal discussion, please contact either:
Dr Karina Stewart Karina.

Stewart@u…