King's College London

About Us

The School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences (SCMMS) at King’s College London comprises over 70 academic research groups, supports more than 300 staff members and 100 PhD students, and offers an exceptional multidisciplinary environment for cutting-edge cardiovascular and metabolic research. Learn more about our school (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/scms) 

Our research spans the fundamental molecular, cellular, and physiological mechanisms underlying normal and pathological cardiovascular and metabolic function. This work is supported by state-of-the-art core facilities and a strong emphasis on translational science, driving advances in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment across our campuses at Guy’s, St Thomas’, and King’s College Hospitals.

As part of King’s Health Partners, we benefit from a rich environment for basic-clinical collaboration and place a strong emphasis on mentoring and career development. SCMMS also hosts the British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence at King’s, and the MRC/BHF Centre of Research Excellence in Advance Cardiac Therapies (REACT) uniting internationally renowned scientists and clinicians from across the School and the wider university to focus on both basic and applied cardiovascular research. 

About The Role

King’s College London Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine seeks to appoint an outstanding clinical academic to the post of Professor of Paediatric Inherited Cardiovascular Medicine within the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences.

The appointee will be clinically active and have an excellent track record of innovative paediatric cardiovascular research, substantial competitive grant funding (e.g. programme grants), and proven scientific leadership (e.g. leadership of multi-disciplinary teams, networks). They will pursue an internationally recognised research programme that complements existing cardiovascular activities at King’s, unified through the King’s British Heart Foundation (BHF) Centre of Research Excellence and MRC/BHF Centre of Research Excellence in Advanced Cardiac Therapies (REACT).

The successful applicant will play a key leadership role in strengthening the clinical and translational research reach of the Faculty, leveraging the unparalleled clinical services and expertise of what is now the largest cardiovascular service in the UK. They will contribute to the strategic growth of world-class research teams that work synergistically across the academic-clinical-industry interface, identifying and growing promising early career researchers, and supporting the involvement of clinical colleagues in research. We also wish to maximise the relevance of our work to our highly diverse catchment population in inner city London as well as more widely.

This is a full-time post, with up to 5 PAs for clinical and supporting activities based at Evelina London Children’s Hospital. You will be offered an indefinite contract.

About You

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

Essential criteria

1. Full GMC registration with valid license to practice and extensive experience of working in a clinical environment within a busy teaching hospital with expertise in paediatric inherited cardiovascular medicine
2. Internationally recognised research profile with a sustained record of outputs of international excellence and, where appropriate, world‑leading quality.
3. Outstanding track record of securing and leading substantial external research funding as Principal Investigator.
4. Extensive experience of delivering and leading high‑quality undergraduate and postgraduate education.
5. Proven record of successful postgraduate research supervision as lead supervisor, with sustained evidence of completions and researcher development.
6. Excellent strategic leadership, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to shape agendas across disciplines and institutions.

Desirable criteria

1. PhD qualified in relevant subject area
2. Significant academic leadership experience at Departmental, Faculty, College or equivalent level.

We strongly encourage you to download and review the full Job Description, which is available at the bottom of this page. This document outlines the responsibilities of the role, as well as the essential skills, knowledge, and experience required. It also details the criteria that 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.

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.