Please note a full application including a covering letter detailing your experience alongside a CV is required for applications to be considered. Please be advised applications made without providing a cover letter will not be accepted.

Background of department/role

We are appointing an enthusiastic and experienced candidate at Principal Lecturer or Reader grade in Biomedical Science to support the delivery and design of new IBMS-accredited undergraduate and postgraduate courses. You will be joining a supportive and diverse team of colleagues from a wide range of scientific disciplines (ranging from biomedical scientists to ecologists and geographers). In the two most recent National Student Surveys, the Biomedical Science course at Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) has achieved results well above the national benchmark, leading all Universities nationally in most metrics of student satisfaction and teaching excellence in 2023.

This is an excellent opportunity to apply your clinical experience from the NHS or other healthcare providers in a higher education setting. You will be working with a diverse team of interdisciplinary colleagues in the Section of Natural and Applied Sciences where you will deliver specialist teaching for Biomedical Science students primarily, as well as for students on our other programmes.

This is an exciting role where you will have the opportunity to contribute to the design and delivery of modules and support us as we liaise with external partners to secure clinical placements for students in the NHS as part of our biomedical science provision.

This role is ideal for candidates with practice experience in a clinical setting (e.g. NHS, private healthcare), especially in the areas of haematology, transfusion science, cellular pathology or other clinically relevant areas. Ideally, you will have had some experience in leadership in a clinical laboratory setting or in medical practice and be on the HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council) register. A PhD or experience in higher education are not essential, as long as you have equivalent experience from a practice background, the enthusiasm and clinical practice experience required for the post.

How will you work?

We are committed to supporting flexible methods of working wherever possible and this role is considered flexible and connected (Academic & Student Facing). This means campus attendance will vary on a day-to-day basis and across the year but must purposefully align to the service being delivered and to the needs of our students, staff, and stakeholders. It is expected that the majority of your working time will be spent on campus as agreed with your line manager.

How to apply

Start date for applications: 11th of November 2024
Closing date for applications: 16th of December 2024
Interviews are to be held: To be Confirmed for January 2025

If you require further information regarding the post please feel free to contact Chris Harvey, chris.harvey@canterbury.ac.uk (strictly no agencies, thank you) quoting reference number REQ05335.

Please note, Canterbury Christ Church University reserve the right to bring the closing date of this position forward where a high volume of applications is received.

Additional Information

Canterbury Christ Church University truly welcomes fresh perspectives and new voices. We want you to bring the real you to work, so we are committed to building a genuinely inclusive working environment where everyone is welcomed and where everyone can have a true sense of belonging. Our spirit of community will help us to eliminate discrimination and will enable us all to thrive in a culture that is underpinned by fairness and justice. We therefore seek people to join us who will proactively support and shape this aim and contribute in their own unique way. If this is you, then we are waiting to hear from you.

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Our University is deeply committed to shaping sustainable futures as a key part of its mission and values. If you share this passion, we encourage you to join us in making CCCU a more socially and environmentally conscious, sustainable place to study and work

Employment Visa Clarification: According to the UK Government Points Based System, this position does not fulfil the requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route application.

Please ensure you include contact details of two employment referees in your application, one of which must be your current/ most recent line manager.

Please note applications must be made online via the University website; details sent directly via email cannot be considered.