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.
About you
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.
Where you will be working
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.
Why UWE Bristol?
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.
We also provide a tailored professional programme to support our academic colleagues in delivering the highest in professional teaching standards.
Add your individuality to ours
UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community.
We’re part of a vibrant, multicultural city and welcome talented people from all backgrounds. Diversity is our strength, enhancing creativity, decision‑making, and problem‑solving. Join our supportive community and thrive.
We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates as we are currently under-represented in this area, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.
As a Disability Confident employer, we encourage applications from disabled or neurodivergent candidates.
Further information
If you would like an informal discussion, please contact either:
Dr Karina Stewart Karina.Stewart@uwe,ac,uk; or Dr Lyn Newton: [email protected].
This is a fixed term post due to last three years, and is part-time working on a 0.4 FTE contract.
Salary offers are made in line with the University’s salary assessment guidelines, reflecting your relevant skills and experience in parity with colleagues.
Right to Work in the UK
If offered a role, you will need to provide valid documentation confirming your right to work in the UK before employment begins. Guidance on acceptable documents is available via the Home Office Right to Work Checklist. Unfortunately, this role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship.
Candidates without current Right to Work who are not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship or another Global Talent visa route, may wish to look into the Global Talent Peer Review route. This is a self-application process and is subject to you meeting qualifying criteria.
You may also wish to explore other visa options which will allow you to work in the UK.
Please note that UWE Bristol does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.
Next Steps
We’d love to hear from you - if this role excites you, please complete our application form as soon as possible and tell us how your skills and experience meet the criteria listed in the Person Specification, using clear and relevant examples wherever possible.
We’ll keep you informed of the outcome by email once shortlisting is complete.
