King's College London

About Us

This post is based within the Pharmacy Department at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Science who is ranked 3rd Nationally for Pharmacy and 10th Globally. We deliver the highly regarded MPharm undergraduate programme and postgraduate teaching (including the pharmacist independent prescribing course).

Our School comprises of the Comprehensive Cancer Centre and the Institute of Pharmaceutical Science which have a mission to improve patient outcomes through fundamental science discovery translated into patient care. The School has 300 members of staff (including 80 Principal Investigators) and 200 PhD students located across King's Guy’s, Denmark Hill and Waterloo campuses.

Our academic excellence for healthcare science is widely recognised: we are ranked first in the UK for Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy in terms of the proportion of King’s overall submission that was ranked 4* and research environment (REF2021).

About The Role

We are seeking to appoint a Teaching Fellow for maternity leave cover. The purpose of this role is the delivery of high-quality education in clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice, with the key task of managing clinical pharmacy placements. This role is vital to equipping students with the skills and knowledge required for successful careers in healthcare.

The appointee will coordinate and contribute to the experiential learning (clinical placements) of pharmacy undergraduate students. The appointee will work closely with the MPharm Placement Officer and the Clinical Teaching Team to ensure effective communication with placement supervisors and students regarding the preparation for placements, delivery of the experience and assessment. The role is key for the Pharmacy department as it involves working closely with, and providing leadership to, the Pan-London Pharmacy Consortium, which combines University College London, Kingston University and King’s College London Pharmacy departments to ensure that clinical placements equip students with the skills, knowledge and behaviours necessary for their future career, and maintaining the reputation of King’s within the pharmacy community.

The appointee will be expected to contribute to the teaching of their subject area. These may include lectures, seminars, tutorials, e-learning, workshops, and individual supervision. Staff are expected to be engaged in the planning, design and leadership of teaching, and to be making wider contributions to the work of the School and the University.

Additional duties include being a personal tutor, guiding students in their academic journey including support for Foundation training applications (Oriel), and contributing to the development and marking of assessments.

King’s recognises that an inclusive workplace delivers greater impact and we are looking for an individual who will help evolve our welcoming, vibrant, and inspiring environment. A key part of our ethos is equality, with a dynamic and fulfilling culture for all and an emphasis on tackling under-representation of female and minority ethnic researchers and educators in science.

This is a full time post, and you will be offered a fixed term contract for 13 months.

About You

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

Essential criteria

1. Degree in Pharmacy with UK GPhC registration.
2. Knowledge in the principles of teaching, learning, and assessment in a healthcare or academic setting.
3. Excellent knowledge, practical and clinical reasoning skills in the area of clinical pharmacy.
4. Experience in the organisation, design, and delivery of Pharmacy teaching and assessment via experiential learning at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level.
5. Excellent time management and organisation skills with ability to work independently and as part of a team, under pressure and meet deadlines.
6. Excellent communication skills – written and spoken.
7. Ability to engage collaboratively with a range of stakeholders (e.g. students, employers, professional and regulatory bodies).
8. Willingness to teach outside areas of immediate expertise.

Desirable criteria

1. Education qualification: FHEA or equivalent.
2. Knowledge of how GP surgeries/Integrated Care Systems/Integrated Care Boards and Primary Care networks work.
3. Post-graduate qualification e.g diploma, MSc
4. Experience of quality assurance of clinical placement providers, e-portfolio development and placement supervisor training.

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, the link for which is provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information on 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.

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.

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

Interviews are due to be held 20th August 2026