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Background of department
The University's School of Nursing, Midwifery, Allied and Public Health is the University's academic and professional home for Nursing, and the Allied Health Professions, and for all those interested in improving public health and well-being. Our mission is to facilitate, educate and innovate to improve lives. We achieve this through our research, and by providing a portfolio of courses and other learning opportunities that are creative, inspirational and empowering, and which develop knowledge, policy and practice. Our research work within the School focuses on the improvement of nursing, health and care services, health and well-being by co-producing solutions in close collaboration with service users and other stakeholders.
We offer an exciting portfolio of nursing and applied healthcare courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels alongside internationally renowned applied research in implementation and diagnostic practice and policy. The School provides courses at undergraduate and/or postgraduate levels for Nursing, Midwifery, Physiotherapy, Diagnostic Radiography, Occupational Therapy, Paramedic, Speech & Language Therapy and Operating Department Practice professions. In addition, we offer courses that reflect a Public Health perspective around health promotion, mental health and global public health. We have exciting plans for the growth of both our educational and research courses and are keen to attract people who share our ambitions to make a difference.
Our School has Athena SWAN bronze status. We value equality and diversity across our workforce and to ensure our staff community is reflective of the diversity of our student population. In support of these commitments, the University welcomes applications from individuals of Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds for all roles. We have identified six individual leadership behaviours for every member of the School which include developing a shared sense of purpose, supporting each other and celebrating each other's achievements. We are committed to the development of our colleagues and offer a wide range of professional and academic development opportunities.
The Role
We provide a pre-registration MSc SLT course, to widen access to careers within speech and language therapy. Our areas of professional and research interests within speech and language therapy include implementation and improvement science and health promotion.
We hope to recruit a colleague to join our academic team who shares our passion for supporting the development of speech and language therapy, who will contribute to our courses and research developments. We welcome applications from all areas of Speech and Language Therapy and particularly welcome candidates with any of the following expertise:
a paediatric SLT with expertise in Developmental Language Disorder, Selective Mutism, Hearing Impairment, Paediatric Dysphagia and/or Stammering.
an adult SLT with a specialism in Acquired Communication Disorders
You will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with staff in Allied & Public Health and across the School of Nursing, Midwifery, Allied and Public Health to advance interprofessional education and research.
The course is delivered at our Medway campus and attendance will vary on a day-to-day basis and across the year but must purposefully align with 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 the Medway campus.
How will you work?
We are committed to supporting flexible methods of working wherever possible and this role is Flexible and connected (Academic & Student Facing) 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.
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
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