Lecturer / Associate Professor in Rehabilitation Technology

Aspire is a national charity that works with people with spinal cord injuries, providing practical support and advice to help them regain their independence and go on to lead a fulfilled life We are seeking inspired and driven engineers and scientists who want to make a difference in the understanding and development of assistive and rehabilitative technologies for spinally injured people and to disability science more generally. You can come from any subject discipline bringing a vision for research and a passion for teaching. We are particularly interested in people who want to translate ideas into practice with a strong background in at least one theme such as human-machine interaction, rehabilitation engineering, emergent implantable technology, smart materials, urodynamics, neurostimulation and robotics. This role is available immediately and it is a permanent position.

The post holder must have a Higher academic degree e.g. PhD, and evidence of an equivalent level of attainment in research publications. Writing successful grant applications (Desirable (grade 8) / Essential (grade 9).
Must have training in teaching methods and experience of teaching at undergraduate, postgraduate level and other forms of public presentations. Experience in translational research and IP Protection. Further information can be accessed on the Person Specification.

The Research Department of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science is a global centre for science driven breakthroughs in the restoration of pain free functional mobility and high-quality independent living. We are an interdisciplinary translational research department where clinicians, scientists, engineers, innovators and technologists work together applying research in real time to physical medicine and rehabilitation The department is located on the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) site at the Stanmore campus, with geographically separate components across the site, including the Centre for BioEngineering and Surgical Technology and the Aspire Centre for Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (Aspire CREATe), and a partnership between RNOH Research & Innovation, The Aspire Charity and UCL, which enables delivery of translational clinical research.

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)


• Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme


• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)


• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan


• Immigration loan


• Relocation scheme for certain posts


• On-Site nursery


• On-site gym


• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay


• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service


• Discounted medical insurance Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.