FEHHS Health: Public Health Practice

Location: Medway campus
Salary: £40,322 to £49,553
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: Monday 27 April 2020
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Reference: 2343

We are seeking an HCPC registered speech and language therapist, with clinical and teaching experience of adult acquired communication and swallowing difficulties to join our creative and innovative academic team. The BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Therapy is a collaborative programme, run jointly by the University of Greenwich and Canterbury Christ Church University.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the newly formed School of Health Sciences, part of the highly successful Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences. The School delivers a range of undergraduate and post graduate programmes that lead to registration in nursing, midwifery, health visiting/school nursing, speech and language therapy, and paramedic science. We also have a wide portfolio of post qualifying provision including the MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice and the Faculty’s PhD in Health & Social Care programme. We have a vibrant research culture contributing fully to the Faculty’s ambitious and achievable long-term plan to build internationally leading research. The School is frequently commended for our partnership working and we are currently number one in London in Nursing for the quality of our teaching and overall student satisfaction.

You will have experience of providing high quality teaching, curriculum development and quality management and enhancement in higher education. As a member of the Speech and Language Therapy team, you will contribute fully to teaching on the School’s BSc (Hons) in Speech and Language Therapy and will also have the opportunity to contribute to modules across our courses according to expertise. You will also work closely with our colleagues in practice, supporting both students and practice educators. You will be linked into one of our centres within the Institute of Lifecourse Development providing you with  numerous opportunities to engage with research, enterprise and knowledge exchange.

Successful applicants will have the opportunity to progress through our GOLD framework to achieve Higher Education Academy fellowship and senior fellowship. The opportunity also exists to undertake doctoral studies through a professional doctorate or PhD programme. The University has an established career framework which offers the opportunity for promotion through an annual application process.

To discuss this opportunity and the role before applying, please contact:

Professor Karen Cleaver, Head of School, Health Sciences email: k.p.cleaver@greenwich.ac.uk telephone +44 208 331 8075, or Dr Louise Cotton, Senior lecturer in SLT L.Cotton@gre.ac.uk telephone +44 208 331 9193

We are looking for people who can help us deliver our mission of transforming lives through inspired teaching and research, through our values.