Please note a full application including a cover letter detailing your experience alongside a CV is required for applications to be considered. Please be advised that applications made without providing a cover letter will not be accepted.

Background of department

The University’s School of Nursing, Midwifery, Allied and Public Health is the University’s academic and professional home for Nursing and the Allied Health Professions, and for all those interested in improving public health and well-being. Our mission is to facilitate, educate and innovate to improve lives. We achieve this through our research, and by providing a portfolio of courses and other learning opportunities that are creative, inspirational and empowering, and which develop knowledge, policy and practice. Our research work within the School focuses on the improvement of nursing, health and care services, health and well-being by co-producing solutions in close collaboration with service users and other stakeholders.

We offer an exciting portfolio of nursing and allied healthcare courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels alongside internationally renowned applied research in implementation and diagnostic practice and policy. The School provides courses at undergraduate and/or postgraduate levels for Nursing, Midwifery, Physiotherapy, Diagnostic Radiography, Occupational Therapy, Paramedic, Speech & Language Therapy and Operating Department Practice professions. In addition, we offer courses that reflect a Public Health perspective around health promotion, mental health and global public health. We have exciting plans for the growth of both our educational and research courses and are keen to attract people who share our ambitions to make a difference.

Our School has Athena SWAN bronze status. We value equality and diversity across our workforce and to ensure our staff community is reflective of the diversity of our student population. In support of these commitments, the University welcomes applications from individuals of Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds for all roles. We have identified six individual leadership behaviours for every member of the School which include developing a shared sense of purpose, supporting each other and celebrating each other’s achievements. We are committed to the development of our colleagues and offer a wide range of professional and academic development opportunities.

The Role

We are seeking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated Diagnostic Radiography academic to join our dynamic and forward-thinking team in a new role of Principal Lecturer. This is a 1.0 FTE post that comes at an exciting time to provide strategic academic and professional leadership in the delivery and development of our highly respected BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography course, preparing students for professional practice in a rapidly evolving healthcare environment.

The successful candidate will contribute to course management leadership, professional leadership to our partners, stakeholders, and professional bodies. You will work closely with the team to advance our teaching, assessment, module leadership, and curriculum development across undergraduate (and potentially postgraduate) provision, with a focus on delivering high-quality, evidence-based education. You will also work within internal teams to support student recruitment, marketing, and ongoing curriculum design and development of our accredited course aligned to HCPC standards, Society of Radiographers guidance and NHS stakeholders' workforce priorities.

In this dynamic and multifaceted role, the successful candidate will be leading an established teaching team to educate the next generation of healthcare professionals. The role requires a commitment to academic excellence, fostering an environment of innovative learning, and advancing the field of Diagnostic Radiography through impactful research and practice. You will bring specialised knowledge and skills to these critical areas, enriching our courses and contributing to the education of the future Diagnostic Radiography workforce. Your experience will be invaluable in developing curriculum content, guiding research projects, and leading staff in working in these areas. Collaborating with clinical partners, you will take joint responsibility for sourcing clinical placements and expanding current placement resources whilst allocating and supervising students on placements.

How to apply

Start date for applications: 3rd July 2026
Closing date for applications: 27th July 2026
Interviews are to be held: 11th August 2026

If you require further information regarding the post please feel free to contact Paul Lockwood (paul.lockwood@canterbury.ac.uk) (strictly no agencies, thank you) quoting reference number REQ06251

Please note, Canterbury Christ Church University reserve the right to bring the closing date of this position forward where a high volume of applications is received.

Additional Information

Canterbury Christ Church University truly welcomes fresh perspectives and new voices. We want you to bring the real you to work, so we are committed to building a genuinely inclusive working environment where everyone is welcomed and where everyone can have a true sense of belonging. Our spirit of community will help us to eliminate discrimination and will enable us all to thrive in a culture that is underpinned by fairness and justice. We therefore seek people to join us who will proactively support and shape this aim and contribute in their own unique way. If this is you, then we are waiting to hear from you. #yourCCCU

Our University is deeply committed to shaping sustainable futures as a key part of its mission and values. If you share this passion, we encourage you to join us in making CCCU a more socially and environmentally conscious, sustainable place to study and work

Please note applications must be made online via the University website; details sent directly via email cannot be considered.

Prior consideration will be given to applicants in the University’s redeployment pool. No agencies, thank you.