King's College London

About Us

King’s College London is a leading University with nine Faculties. As part of King’s Health Partners, we have an excellent environment for health care interaction and a strong focus on mentoring and career development.

The 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) placed King’s applied and allied health research 1st for: overall proportion of research rated 4* (world-leading, the best mark possible), research papers rated 4*, impact rated 4*, environment rated 4*(joint), Grade Point Average and Power.  REF2021 rated as world-leading: 100% of our environment, 86% of our impact and 70% of our research overall. Over 95% of our research overall was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent.

As of 2025, our Faculty is number 1 in the world for Nursing (QS world rankings). King’s produces more highly cited research outputs (top 1% citations) on palliative care than any other centre internationally (SciVal), and is second in the world on the same metric for nursing and midwifery. King’s is the largest provider of health care education in Europe.

The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care (NMPC) is based in the heart of central and south London. It includes the Cicely Saunders Institute for Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, the premier Institute for Palliative Care, bringing together clinical, research and education teams.

Our applied clinical and health multidisciplinary research transforms therapies, the healthcare experience and outcomes for patients and those important to them, wherever they are cared for. Our award-winning NMPC education programmes span pre-registration nursing and midwifery, and multidisciplinary post-graduate taught and research programmes.

We are committed to staff development, and offer opportunities to identify and access appropriate training and professional growth.  

About the role

We are delighted to invite applications for a Research Assistant to join the PALLDEM-Homecare research team at King’s College London. This is a joint project between the Cicely Saunders Institute and the Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit, integrating health and social care for people with dementia.

The PALLDEM-Homecare project aims to explore, as a proof of concept, the implementation of a complex intervention to support homecare practitioners provide person-centred care to people with dementia.

With regular supervision, the postholder will lead the day-to-day management of the project, contributing to high-quality research and ensuring key milestones at met. This will involve close liaison with homecare agencies and practitioners, data collection and analysis, and contributing to broad stakeholder engagement and dissemination activities.

The postholder will develop core research skills in integrated health and social care research and benefit from experienced colleagues and regular development activities at the Cicely Saunders Institute.

We welcome applications from self-motivated and highly organised team players, who are motivated to advance research on the care of people affected by dementia and those supporting them.

The postholder will have demonstrable commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in all activities.

This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 31/08/2027.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. MSc in a relevant subject (e.g. Health or Social Sciences) 
2. Experience in qualitative data collection and analysis
3. Demonstrates commitment to, and experience of, dementia, palliative care or homecare research
4. Self-motivated with ability to work independently as well as part of a team
5. Excellent organisational skills with ability to prioritise different task demands and meet tight deadlines
6. Excellent written, verbal and digital communication skills, in all formats
7. Understands data confidentiality and research integrity
8. Commitment to promoting equality, diversity and inclusivity for staff and students

Desirable criteria

1. Track record of peer-review publication and presentations 
2. Experience of research or practice in homecare settings
3. Experience of research or practice in applied dementia care 

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process

Further Information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community. 

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages. 

This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service clearances.