About Us

The Academic Teaching Department of Physiotherapy is situated in the School of Life Course & Population Sciences and comprises an expert team of educators providing excellent research enhanced teaching and learning opportunities that prepare over 250 pre-registration Physiotherapy students effectively for working and leadership in the changing health and social care environment. The BSc Physiotherapy Programme is the highest ranked in London in the Guardian University League table 2023-24.  The Department is based on the beautiful Guy’s campus near London Bridge station and Borough market, and you will have access to the King’s Sport Health and Wellness facilities that are free to all staff. 

The School of Life Course & Population Sciences is one of six Schools that make up the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine at King’s College London. The School unites over 400 experts in women and children’s health, nutritional sciences, population health and the molecular genetics of human disease. Our research links the causes of common health problems to life’s landmark stages, treating life, disease and healthcare as a continuum. We are interdisciplinary by nature and this innovative approach works: 91 per cent of our research submitted to the Subjects Allied to Medicine (Pharmacy, Nutritional Sciences and Women's Health cluster) for REF was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent. We use this expertise to teach the next generation of health professionals and research scientists. Based across King’s Denmark Hill, Guy’s, St Thomas’ and Waterloo campuses, our academic programme of teaching, research and clinical practice is embedded across five Departments.

About the role

We are seeking to appoint a physiotherapist with a passion for teaching and learning and a track record of excellence in practice. The successful candidate will join the Academic Teaching Department of Physiotherapy and work closely with the team that includes expert educators and research active academics with a diverse range of specialist backgrounds.

Together the staff deliver two innovative pre-registration Physiotherapy programmes (BSc and MSc) that adopt a blended approach to learning and contribute to the college -wide interprofessional education programmes. We offer a supportive and inclusive environment and access to training opportunities that will support you to develop your knowledge and expertise and to understand the requirements and opportunities of an academic role in a research active institution.

The role will provide an excellent opportunity to develop your teaching skills using a broad range of approaches and learning technologies including the cutting edge Chantler clinical skills centre. In addition, you will be able to contribute to a range of authentic assessment approaches that prepare our students to be evidence-based, person-focussed practitioners.

This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 02/02/2028.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Degree in Physiotherapy with UK HCPC or other national registration body or eligible to apply for registration with the HCPC
2. Experience of working in higher education and/or substantial experience of practice-based learning supervision with the ability to design and deliver teaching sessions
3. Excellent knowledge, practical skill and evidence based clinical reasoning of an area of physiotherapy practice
4. Knowledge and/or experience of contemporary healthcare issues within the NHS and the wider health and social care environment
5. Excellent time management and organisation skills and ability to work under pressure to achieve goals and meet deadlines
6. Experience of teaching in practice or higher education 

Desirable criteria

1. Teaching qualification
2. Masters/PhD level qualification and/or relevant post-registration training 
3. Experience of co-ordination and administration of educational modules 
4. Experience of differentiating teaching and assessment for different academic levels (undergraduate and postgraduate) 

Further Information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘ How we Recruit’ pages.

We are able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.

This post is subject to Occupational Health clearance.