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 2026, King’s is number 2 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

This is an outstanding development opportunity for a talented individual who wishes to advance excellent and innovative research and education, relating to adult nursing with a particular focus on either pre-registration adult nursing at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

We are seeking applicants with experience and expertise in community practice related to healthcare and nursing who have a critical understanding of the issues related to care delivery. We are seeking a candidate capable of integrating community health and nursing experience into evidence-based nurse education. The applicant needs to have a strong record of collaborative practice and fostering partnerships with community-based organizations, primary care networks, and underserved populations. The applicant needs to be passionate about innovative teaching strategies that reflect the realities of home-based care and outreach services. 

We welcome your thoughts on how organisations can create an inclusive environment, including one which supports free speech and the exchange of a wide range of ideas.  

The successful applicant will be responsible to the Head of Department, Adult Nursing and will work collaboratively with the programme, cohort and module leads and the faculty professional services teams 

The role is a 1.0WTE and is offered on a 2-year fixed term contract. The faculty will also consider secondments into the role.

Location: Hybrid – minimum of 40% of time (ie 2 days/week for full time role) on campus (Main sites: Waterloo and Guy’s Campus)

About You

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

Essential criteria

1. Registration as a nurse with the NMC and MSc or equivalent relevant to the themes of the Faculty and this role.
2. Experience of the planning and delivering high-quality evaluated education at undergraduate and/or postgraduate levels with a strong focus on a high-quality inclusive student experience and success.    
3. Evidence of commitment to continued development in evidence-based practice, research methods and evidence relevant to care, with up-to-date knowledge, skills and accomplishments, able to supervise MSc and undergraduate student projects and critically appraise a wide range of relevant research, including data presentation and basic analysis.    
4. Ability to work well as an effective and inclusive member of teams and networks and to share and encourage good practice in teaching and research and to inspire and motivate others, including in challenging environments.   
5. Excellent administrative and organisational skills, underpinned by strong interpersonal skills and personal effectiveness, as well as excellent written, verbal and digital communication skills with the ability to deliver high quality work and projects to deadlines, work efficiently and prioritise appropriately, and take individual responsibility for planning and undertaking work.   
6. Publications, conference presentations and/or applicant on funding to support educational enhancement, service improvement, research and/or scholarship.  
7. Experience and expertise community practice related to healthcare and nursing who have a critical understanding of the issues related to care delivery.   
8. A strong record of collaborative practice and fostering partnerships with community-based organizations, primary care networks, and underserved populations.

Desirable criteria

1. PhD or equivalent relevant to themes of the Faculty and this role.
2. Experience of innovative and effective approaches to teaching, including distance learning, blended learning, digital learning and or simulation (virtual and/or face to face), with appropriate training completed. 
3. Experience of co-leading/leading research projects, education activities or clinical service.
4. Experience of course development, with creative approaches to assessment, providing robust, developmental and constructive feedback at undergraduate and/or postgraduate levels 
5. Proven commitment to innovation and student learning in education, to support student welfare, and enabling students’ personal and professional development, and providing academic advice and pastoral support.

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 page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information

At King’s, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university.

The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension.

We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination.

When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King’s guidance.

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 person specification section of the job description. 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.

We reserve the right to close adverts early due to the volume of applications we receive. While the closing date may change, all adverts will close at 23:59 to allow sufficient time for applications to be submitted on that day.

We encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as once we have closed a vacancy you will be unable to submit your application.

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 and Occupational Health clearances.