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), andis 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

The post holder will primarily contribute to postgraduate taught education at the Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, providing teaching backfill during Dr Sabrina Bajwah’s five-year NIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship. The post holder will co-lead the Advanced Symptom Control module on the MSc Palliative Care, with Dr Bajwah as senior lead, and lead/co-lead the Symptoms and Psychosocial Concerns module on the MSc Health and Care Strategies for Ageing Populations.

The role involves delivering teaching across modules including Advanced Symptom Control, Research Methods and Statistics, and Service Development and Policy; marking; personal tutoring; MSc dissertation supervision; and the annual refresh, forum moderation and delivery of distance-learning content. The post holder will also co-supervise MBBS scholarly projects aligned to the EQUICARE research programme and join postgraduate research supervision teams as a day-to-day supervisor. This role is instrumental in preparing the next generation of palliative care and health equity leaders, thereby contributing to distinctive education and world-leading research that improves health and care.

The successful applicant will be responsible to Dr Sabrina Bajwah, Clinical Reader in Palliative Medicine, and will work collaboratively with the programme leads for the MSc Palliative Care and MSc Health and Care Strategies for Ageing Populations and the faculty professional services teams.

The role is a part time role (14 hours per week) and you will be offered a five-year fixed term contract aligned to the fellowship (to 31 August 2031). The faculty will also consider secondments into the role.

Location: Hybrid – minimum of one day per week (Wednesday) on site at the Cicely Saunders Institute, King’s College Hospital campus, Denmark Hill

About You

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

Essential criteria

1. Registration with a healthcare discipline, such as nursing, midwifery, medicine, pharmacy, and the allied health care professions (including healthcare scientists) in the UK or international equivalent
2. Experience of 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. Specialist knowledge and clinical and/or academic experience in palliative care and symptom management, sufficient to co-lead and deliver postgraduate teaching in advanced symptom control
4. Sound knowledge of research design and methodology, including systematic review methods and qualitative and quantitative synthesis, with the ability to teach research methods and supervise postgraduate dissertations
5. Ability to work well as an effective and inclusive member of teams and networks, to share and encourage good practice in teaching and research, and to inspire and motivate others
6. Excellent administrative, organisational, interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to deliver high-quality work to deadlines and take individual responsibility for planning and undertaking work
7. Publications, conference presentations and/or applicant on funding to support educational enhancement, service improvement, research and/or scholarship

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, 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.

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