Lecturer in Physiotherapy - Clinical Education
- School of Health | UniSC Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs
- Part-time (50% FTE - 18.13 hrs per week) / ongoing appointment
- Academic Level B - $114,751 - $136,143 p.a. (pro rata), plus up to 17% employer superannuation
The School of Heath (SOH)
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The Opportunity
Join our dynamic team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of physiotherapy education! As a lecturer for the newly launched Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours) program, you'll provide strategic and operational leadership in clinical education, working closely with the Discipline Lead and the clinical placement office to ensure high-quality learning experiences. If you're passionate about fostering the next generation of physiotherapists and driving excellence in clinical training, we’d love to hear from you!
Please note: This position will be part-time in 2025, with the expectation of transitioning to a full-time role as the program expands.
For more information please visit us online: School of Health
You will:
- Source high quality clinical placements for physiotherapy students and ensuring placement allocations provide students with sufficient diversity to meet accreditation requirements;
- Provide placement briefing/debriefing and ongoing feedback, advice, and support to students and clinical educators before, during and after placements;
- Coordinate clinical placement courses, monitor/respond to concerns regarding student health, welfare and competency, and collate and finalise student grades;
- Provide clinical education training and support for new and experienced clinical educators in hosting, supervising, and assessing students in different clinical areas and workplace settings; and
- Organise and facilitate pre-clinical placement simulations, contribute to the review of pre-clinical academic courses and screen/moderate suitability of students to progress to placement, and moderate clinical placement assessments.
About you:
You are a highly organised and proactive academic with strong administration and communication skills, capable of working both collaboratively and autonomously in clinical education roles. Your collegial approach and personal qualities contribute to a positive academic environment, fostering high levels of engagement and achievement for both staff and students. With a demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships across a diverse range of industry stakeholders, you excel at balancing multiple perspectives and managing expectations to support the success of clinical education programs.
You will possess:
- Registration to practice physiotherapy with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (AHPRA) and at least 5 years of physiotherapy clinical practice experience;
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide range of professional/industry stakeholders and prioritise and manage diverse perspectives/expectations;
- Evidence of innovation and leadership of quality clinical education of undergraduate students directly as the clinical educator +/- indirectly as clinical site/staff manager
- Completion or near-completion of a PhD qualification in a relevant field or equivalent accreditation and standing or a minimum of ten years clinical experience as a registered physiotherapist in Australia
- Effectiveness as a teacher, which is evidenced by:
- Student feedback on clinical teaching and/or clinical supervision on placement using valid instrument/s, peer review and/or student outcomes, and
- the capacity to conceive, develop and deliver higher education curricula and contribute to relevant areas of teaching in clinical education and physiotherapy
- Evidence of participation in clinical education and academic development activities and the desire to continue to learn and improve as an effective academic.
Desirable
- Postgraduate training, qualifications and/or experience in clinical education, health leadership or management.
- Experience undertaking academic administrative functions within a university (e.g. course coordination, moderation of assessments).
- Diverse physiotherapy experience across different health care and community settings, and ability to guide student preparation for clinical placements across different clinical areas and settings.
UniSC is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, including those with disabilities, women in STEM, First Nations Peoples, and individuals of diverse cultures, genders, abilities, and experiences. We value achievement relative to opportunity and encourage your commentary on your achievements in this context. For additional support during the application process, please contact us at unisc-careers@usc.edu.au or call +61 7 5430 2830.
Position Description: 
493165 - Lecturer in Physiotherapy - Clinical Education.pdf
UniSC values a diverse and talented workforce and invites applications from candidates who already have legal work rights in Australia.
All applications must be lodged through our website.
Applications for this position close midnight, Wednesday 23 April 2025.
Your completed application must include:
- a resume, and a response to selection criteria. Noting that within the application form, we will request a statement addressing each of the selection criteria contained within the position description.
Further information regarding how to prepare your application is available on our website: Join our team
UniSC does not accept unsolicited applications. For agency inquiries, contact unisc-careers@usc.edu.au
We would love the opportunity to get to know you better, but we know it works both ways. To get to know a little more about us, visit us at: Welcome to UniSC and LinkedIn Life
Have questions or want to know more? For a confidential discussion, please contact:
Dr Cherie Wells
Discipline Lead, Physiotherapy – School of Health
Telephone: 07 5456 5022
Email: cwells@usc.edu.au
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