Professor of Rehabilitation

Join us as a Professor of Rehabilitation at Team Salford, and one of the UK’s fastest growing universities!

We have an opportunity for a Professor to join our Centre for Human Movement and Rehabilitation (CHMR). 

The Centre for Human Movement and Rehabilitation is a thriving research group focusing on a range of topics, including outcome measurement, clinical trials, digital technologies to support health behaviour change and prosthetic and orthotic design. With extensive investment from the University, we boast outstanding facilities, including human performance laboratories, markerless motion capture and cutting-edge ultrasound equipment.

In REF2021, CHMR was returned to UoA3, with 72% of our outputs, 83% of our impact, and 100% of our research environment, being judged world-leading or internationally excellent.  This outstanding performance propelled us 25 places in the Times Higher league table (UoA3), and we now rank 20th for research power.

CHMR is home to the £5.5 million EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Prosthetics and Orthotics, in partnership with Imperial, Strathclyde and Southampton, training up to 60 PhD students from 2019-2026.  

The opportunity

The Professor of Rehabilitation role is primarily focused on research. However, there will be contributions to research-informed teaching, further enhancing Salford's reputation in rehabilitation teaching, and inspiring the next generation of AHP researchers.

To facilitate development, the University of Salford offers internal research funding to establish capacity, pump prime new ideas and purchase equipment.

We welcome candidates with a background in allied health and focus on physical rehabilitation who can drive meaningful research impact for people and populations.  We’re keen for applications from people in connected specialisms, human pain, long-term management of conditions, or hospital rehabilitation, or other areas that intersect with our research.

We’re happy to consider part time working arrangements.

For more information, please contact Alli Whitehouse via [email protected] .

We hope you will bring:

• Strong collaborative and engaging leadership ability, and experience working with academics and senior staff in industry and clinical practice.  
• Demonstrable experience of academic leadership, PhD supervision, mentoring colleagues.
• A track record of attracting research funding and delivering ambitious new projects.

About the School of Health and Society

The University of Salford is one of the largest allied health education providers in the UK including occupational therapy, physiotherapy, podiatry and prosthetics and orthotics.

With an investment exceeding £100M, our new health campus which will deliver world-leading facilities for rehabilitation science research will cement Salford as a hub of global research excellence where talented and ambitious researchers can thrive.  

Salford is also investing in the research leaders of the future with a Fellowship scheme, recruiting future research leaders to work alongside newly created professorial positions.

Our global reputation for rehabilitation and assistive technology research is built on a strong track record of funding from the NIHR, EPSRC, MRC, industry and charities.  

Join the University of Salford where you’ll find:

• a career that works for you, with flexible working, great benefits and continuous professional development
• a real sense of community and belonging. We value diversity — in backgrounds and experiences, and together we share a passion for improving students’ lives.
• our commitment to be Net Zero by 2038 and embed sustainability in all aspects of university life.
• our unique Peel Park campus with lots of green spaces and our MediaCity campus at the heart of one of the country's leading digital and media hubs.