About this role
The School of Health Sciences at the University of Southampton is looking for a highly experienced cardiac physiologist with expertise and leadership in cardiac clinical services to join our motivated and innovative teaching team at the University of Southampton. We wish to enhance our established teaching programmes with the appointment of a Senior Teaching Fellow in Cardiac Physiology (0.4 FTE permanent contract) to teach in the invasive specialist area of cardiac physiology and provide generic teaching. Our BSc (Hons) Cardiac Physiology course continues to have high student satisfaction and 100% employment within the NHS. You will join an established, highly skilled and friendly teaching team.
There will be opportunities to contribute to ongoing curriculum review, ensuring that our programme remains aligned with practice and produce future leaders in cardiac physiology, health care, health research and health education. This is a stimulating position that offers the opportunity to be involved in cross-disciplinary research within the School of Health Sciences, and throughout the University of Southampton. The School is part of the Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences (FELS), which offers further opportunities for innovative, interdisciplinary teaching and research.
You will have a range of cardiac physiology experience, specialised in interventional cardiology, be an experienced educator in cardiac physiology with the ability to bring innovative teaching methods and contemporary practice-based experience to our well-established curriculum.
The job
You will be expected to support the teaching of cardiac physiology and a range of teaching and learning experiences. You will be required to have responsibility for module leadership, session delivery, marking, and examining. Other tasks include
- contributing to the design and delivery of the programme’s national curriculum
- Practice placement support
- student support and progression
- quality monitoring and enhancement activities across School, Faculty and University teams
You will be joining a vibrant academic community committed to extending understanding in education, research and practice to create integrated educational programmes unique to the Faculty and make a positive difference to local and global health. You will receive support and line management from the Programme Manager.
The skills/experience needed
- RCCP/AHCS/BHRS registration
- Teaching experience at undergraduate and postgraduate level in cardiac physiology.
- Pedagogic or practitioner research experience at BSc level as a minimum.
- Clinical expertise and leadership in invasive cardiac physiology.
The School of Health Sciences in the Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences is internationally acknowledged as a leading centre for research in Health Sciences in the UK. In the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) exercise, Health Sciences was ranked number one institution in the UK for overall quality of our research. Our research and research environment received the maximum scores with 100% judged as world leading.
Our School has an excellent track record in nurturing and supporting academic Health Professionals.
Application process
For additional information/informal enquiries contact [email protected].
Please include a covering letter and a 1-2 page CV in your application.
Interview date: Friday 18th December 2026.
Further details
- Job Description and Person Specification