Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Operating Department Practice (Maternity Cover)

Background of department

Applications are invited for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Operating Department Practice. If you are a registered Healthcare Professional with experience in perioperative care and are enthusiastic about supporting Operating Department Practice learning and research we would be pleased to hear from you.

You will provide maternity cover for a period of 12 months where you will join an ambitious academic team with shared research and professional interests in operating department practice, entrepreneurship, and improvement and implementation within the perioperative setting. Most of the time you will support our Operating Department Practice students, however interprofessional education is a key part of our learning and teaching approach and you may teach other students on health, social care and public health courses.

The Role

As a Lecturer / Senior Lecturer, you will use your previous academic, or high-quality practice experience to contribute to the support and management of clinical activities which deliver specialist and generalist knowledge and skills to students at all HE levels. You will use different learning and teaching methods, sensitive to different cultures and students’ ways of learning. Using your clinical experience and contemporary evidence, you will prepare students for future clinical practice which supports embedding research into practice for patient benefit.

You will work within an established and friendly group of academic and professional staff, contributing to enhancing the work and reputation of the school as a whole, collaborating inter-professionally with colleagues in the School, University and externally as appropriate. You will undertake scholarly activity, maintain or work towards being research active and contribute to the school’s enterprise and innovation within the UK and internationally.

We welcome applications from UK registered experienced practitioners who have a minimum of a relevant first Honours degree and/or relevant professional experience. You will be able to offer high-quality practice knowledge and skills relevant to our Operating Department Practice students and be committed to inter-professional higher education.

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.

How to apply

Start date for applications: Thursday, 11th June 2026.
Closing date for applications: Monday, 29th June 2026.
Interviews are to be held: To be confirmed.

If you require further information regarding the post please feel free to contact Luke Ewart luke.ewart@canterbury.ac.uk (strictly no agencies, thank you) quoting reference number REQ06291.